What is the population of Sunset town?

Sunset town has 3,026 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #149 of 489 in Louisiana.

What is the median household income in Sunset town?

Median household income in Sunset town is $66,684 a year, 15.1% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Sunset town?

Median gross rent is $860 a month and the median home value is $199,400, so rent absorbs about 15.5% of median household income.

Is Sunset town affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 3× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Sunset town is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 15.5% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Louisiana · Census place 74060

Sunset, LA population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Sunset, Louisiana (Sunset, LA — Census place “Sunset town”) is 3,026 residents, ranking #149 of 489 places in Louisiana. Median household income is $66,684, the median home is worth $199,400 and median gross rent runs $860 a month. Looking for the Sunset Louisiana ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Sunset, LA: 70584.

Population: 3,026Sunset town residents
Median household income: $66,684Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $199,400Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $860Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 32.8 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 72.4%Owner-occupied households

Sunset ZIP codes (Louisiana)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Sunset.

The Sunset LA ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

70584

What the numbers mean in Sunset town

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Sunset town median would spend about 15.5% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 3.0× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 15.6% of residents and 72.4% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Sunset town, LA in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Sunset town is a small town in Louisiana, with 3,026 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #149 of 489 ranked by population — larger than 69% of them. The median age here is 32.8 years against 39.1 nationally, a distinctly younger profile, typical of places with students, military posts or a fast-growing family population. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in Sunset town earn a median of $66,684 a year, 15.1% below the national figure of $78,538 and 24% above the $53,775 median for the 268 Louisiana cities we cover. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 15.6% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Sunset town is valued at $199,400, 34.3% below the national figure and 15% above the $173,000 peer median, while median gross rent runs $860 a month, 38.8% below the national figure, or roughly $10,320 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 15.5% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 3×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 72.4% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.

Every value on this page is published directly by the Census for this area — nothing is modelled or interpolated. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Sunset town?: Sunset town has 3,026 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #149 of 489 in Louisiana.
What is the median household income in Sunset town?: Median household income in Sunset town is $66,684 a year, 15.1% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Sunset town?: Median gross rent is $860 a month and the median home value is $199,400, so rent absorbs about 15.5% of median household income.
Is Sunset town affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 3× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Sunset town is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 15.5% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Sunset town data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.