What is the population of Walker town?

Walker town has 6,385 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #89 of 489 in Louisiana.

What is the median household income in Walker town?

Median household income in Walker town is $84,912 a year, 8.1% above the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $1,114 a month and the median home value is $221,500, so rent absorbs about 15.7% of median household income.

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

Homes cost about 2.6× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Walker town is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 15.7% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Walker, LA population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Walker, Louisiana (Walker, LA — Census place “Walker town”) is 6,385 residents, ranking #89 of 489 places in Louisiana. Median household income is $84,912, the median home is worth $221,500 and median gross rent runs $1,114 a month. Looking for the Walker Louisiana ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Walker, LA: 70785.

Population: 6,385Walker town residents
Median household income: $84,912Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $221,500Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,114Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 32.2 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 77%Owner-occupied households

Walker ZIP codes (Louisiana)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Walker.

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

70785

What the numbers mean in Walker town

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Walker town median would spend about 15.7% 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 2.6× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 11.9% of residents and 77% of households own their home.

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

Walker town, LA in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Walker town is a mid-size town in Louisiana, with 6,385 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #89 of 489 ranked by population — larger than 81% of them. The median age here is 32.2 years against 39.1 nationally, a distinctly younger profile, typical of places with students, military posts or a fast-growing family population. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Walker town earn a median of $84,912 a year, 8.1% above the national figure of $78,538 and 58% 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 11.9% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Walker town is valued at $221,500, 27% below the national figure and 28% above the $173,000 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,114 a month, 20.8% below the national figure, or roughly $13,368 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 15.7% 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 2.6×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 77% 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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What is the population of Walker town?: Walker town has 6,385 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #89 of 489 in Louisiana.
What is the median household income in Walker town?: Median household income in Walker town is $84,912 a year, 8.1% above the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Walker town?: Median gross rent is $1,114 a month and the median home value is $221,500, so rent absorbs about 15.7% of median household income.
Is Walker town affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2.6× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Walker town is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 15.7% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Walker town data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.