
Louisiana · FIPS 22019
Calcasieu ZIP codes — Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana
Quick answer
Calcasieu Parish is home to 208,668 residents with a median household income of $67,849 and a median home value of $208,500. 72.2% of households own their home and 17.8% of residents live below the poverty line. Looking for a Calcasieu ZIP code? 15 ZIP code areas fall inside Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, listed in full below.
- Population
- 208,668Calcasieu Parish residents
- Median household income
- $67,849Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $208,500Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $1,096Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 37.2 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 72.2%Owner-occupied households
Calcasieu Parish, LA in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
Calcasieu Parish is a mid-size city in Louisiana, with 208,668 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates. The median age here is 37.2 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. At this size the Census also publishes one-year estimates; the five-year values used here are steadier and let you compare against smaller neighbours on the same basis.
Households in Calcasieu Parish earn a median of $67,849 a year, 13.6% below the national figure of $78,538. 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 17.8% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.
The typical owner-occupied home in Calcasieu Parish is valued at $208,500, 31.3% below the national figure, while median gross rent runs $1,096 a month, 22% below the national figure, or roughly $13,152 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 19.4% 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 3.1×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 72.2% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.
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.
ZIP codes in Calcasieu Parish
ZIP code tabulation areas whose land area falls mostly in Calcasieu Parish.
How to read this page
What these estimates cover.
Figures are five-year rolling averages from the American Community Survey, not single-year counts, so they describe conditions across 2019-2023 ACS 5-year rather than a single date. Median home value covers owner-occupied units as valued by their owners, and median gross rent includes utilities the renter pays. Small counties carry wide margins of error; treat single-dollar differences between neighbouring counties as noise.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
Cities and towns in Louisiana
Largest Census places in Louisiana by population.
- New Orleans city 376,035
- Baton Rouge city 223,699
- Shreveport city 183,483
- Metairie CDP 138,995
- Lafayette city 121,537
- Lake Charles city 81,679
- Kenner city 65,113
- Bossier City city 62,832
- Monroe city 47,241
- Alexandria city 44,566
- Prairieville CDP 35,010
- Houma city 32,760
Nearby counties
Other counties in Louisiana.
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this area.
- What is the population of Calcasieu Parish?
- Calcasieu Parish has 208,668 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates.
- What is the median household income in Calcasieu Parish?
- Median household income in Calcasieu Parish is $67,849 a year, 13.6% below the national figure of $78,538.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in Calcasieu Parish?
- Median gross rent is $1,096 a month and the median home value is $208,500, so rent absorbs about 19.4% of median household income.
- Is Calcasieu Parish affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- Homes cost about 3.1× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Calcasieu Parish is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 19.4% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
- How current is this Calcasieu Parish data?
- All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this size the Census also publishes one-year estimates; the five-year values used here are steadier and let you compare against smaller neighbours on the same basis.