What is the population of Welsh town?

Welsh town has 3,323 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #139 of 489 in Louisiana.

What is the median household income in Welsh town?

Median household income in Welsh town is $75,709 a year, 3.6% below the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $820 a month and the median home value is $187,900, so rent absorbs about 13% of median household income.

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

Homes cost about 2.5× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Welsh town is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 13% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Welsh, LA population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Welsh, Louisiana (Welsh, LA — Census place “Welsh town”) is 3,323 residents, ranking #139 of 489 places in Louisiana. Median household income is $75,709, the median home is worth $187,900 and median gross rent runs $820 a month. Looking for the Welsh Louisiana ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Welsh, LA: 70591.

Population: 3,323Welsh town residents
Median household income: $75,709Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $187,900Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $820Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 34.9 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 78.5%Owner-occupied households

Welsh ZIP codes (Louisiana)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Welsh.

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

70591

What the numbers mean in Welsh town

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Welsh town median would spend about 13% 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 2.5× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 20.9% of residents and 78.5% of households own their home.

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

Welsh town, LA in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Welsh town is a small town in Louisiana, with 3,323 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #139 of 489 ranked by population — larger than 71% of them. The median age here is 34.9 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. 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 Welsh town earn a median of $75,709 a year, 3.6% below the national figure of $78,538 and 41% above the $53,775 median for the 268 Louisiana cities we cover. Median household income counts every pre-tax dollar arriving at an address — wages, self-employment, Social Security, pensions, interest and public assistance — for everyone living there, so multi-earner households pull the figure up even where individual pay is modest. Poverty reaches 20.9% of residents here, well above the 12.4% national rate, which is the single clearest signal in this dataset that median income here is carried by a narrow band of households.

The typical owner-occupied home in Welsh town is valued at $187,900, 38.1% below the national figure and 9% above the $173,000 peer median, while median gross rent runs $820 a month, 41.7% below the national figure, or roughly $9,840 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 13% 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 2.5×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 78.5% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. Rent is reported gross — contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities — which is why it runs above the advertised price on a listing for the same unit.

No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. 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 Welsh town?: Welsh town has 3,323 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #139 of 489 in Louisiana.
What is the median household income in Welsh town?: Median household income in Welsh town is $75,709 a year, 3.6% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Welsh town?: Median gross rent is $820 a month and the median home value is $187,900, so rent absorbs about 13% of median household income.
Is Welsh town affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2.5× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Welsh town is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 13% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Welsh 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.