Cecilia, LA

Census Place

2024 Population

1,742

US Senator

Bill Cassidy

Republican Party

US Senator

John Kennedy

Republican Party

2024 Median Age

32.8

4.13% 1-year increase

2024 Poverty Rate

22.6%

30.3% 1-year decrease

2024 Median Household Income

$67,109

6.43% 1-year growth

2023 Median Property Value

$72,700

Economy

The economy of Cecilia, LA employs 699 people. In 2024, the largest industries in Cecilia, LA were Retail Trade (194 people), Educational Services (130 people), and Health Care & Social Assistance (128 people), and the highest paying industries were Retail Trade ($100,427), Transportation & Warehousing ($69,760), and Transportation & Warehousing, & Utilities ($69,760).

Employment

Occupations

699

2024 Value

± 269

27.1%

1 Year growth

± 41.7%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Cecilia, LA grew at a rate of 27.1%, from 550 employees to 699 employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Cecilia, LA, are Sales & Related Occupations (130 people), Education Instruction, & Library Occupations (120 people), and Transportation Occupations (98 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Cecilia, LA.

Unemployment Insurance Claims

Data is only available at the state level. Showing data for Louisiana.

This chart shows weekly unemployment insurance claims in Louisiana (not-seasonally adjusted) compared with the four states with the most similar impact.

The most recent data point uses Advance State Claims data, which can be revised in subsequent weeks.

Industries

Employment by Industries

699

2024 Value

± 269

27.1%

1 Year growth

± 41.7%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Cecilia, LA grew at a rate of 27.1%, from 550 employees to 699 employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Cecilia, LA, are Retail Trade (194 people), Educational Services (130 people), and Health Care & Social Assistance (128 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Cecilia, LA, though some of these residents may live in Cecilia, LA and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

Median Earnings by Industry

$73,318

Median earning men ± $25,553

$21,950

Median earning women ± $27,511

The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2024 are Retail Trade ($100,694) and Transportation & Warehousing, & Utilities ($69,760).

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2024 are Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($48,984).

Housing & Living

The median property value in Cecilia, LA was $72,700 in 2023, which is 0.219 times smaller than the national average of $332,700. Between 2022 and 2023 the median property value increased from $75,800 to $72,700, a 4.09% decrease. The homeownership rate in Cecilia, LA is 72.5%, which is higher than the national average of 65.2%.

People in Cecilia, LA have an average commute time of 20.4 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Cecilia, LA is higher than the national average, with an average of 3 cars per household.

Housing

Property

$72,700

Median Property Value 2023

±$22,697

$388

Median Property Taxes

±$192

The following chart display owner-occupied housing units distributed between a series of property tax buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. In Cecilia, LA the largest share of households pay taxes in the None range.

The chart underneath the paragraph shows the property taxes in Cecilia, LA compared to it's parent and neighbor geographies.

Rent vs Own

72.5%

Homeownership

2024

53.8%

Homeowners with Mortgage

2024

In 2024, 72.5% of the housing units in Cecilia, LA were occupied by their owner. This percentage declined from the previous year's rate of 76.3%.

This chart shows the percentage of owner in Cecilia, LA compared it's parent and neighboring geographies.

Equity

Household Income

Please note that the buckets used in this visualization were not evenly distributed by ACS when publishing the data.

$67,109

Median Household Income

± $36,639

535

Number of Households

± 213

In 2024, the median household income of the 535 households in Cecilia, LA grew to $67,109 from the previous year's value of $63,056.

The following chart displays the households in Cecilia, LA distributed between a series of income buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households have an income in the $150k - $200k range.

Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for Cecilia, LA is from Louisiana.

0.464

2024 Wage GINI in Louisiana

0.465

2023 Wage GINI in Louisiana

In 2024, the income inequality in Louisiana was 0.464 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 0.265% decline from 2023 to 2024, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat more even. The GINI for Louisiana was lower than than the national average of 0.474. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Louisiana in comparison to the national average.

This chart shows the number of workers in Louisiana across various wage buckets compared to the national average.

Transportation

Commuter Transportation

Most Common Commute in 2024

Drove Alone (79.9%)
Worked At Home (17.4%)
Carpooled (2.68%)

In 2024, 79.9% of workers in Cecilia, LA drove alone to work, followed by those who worked at home (17.4%) and those who carpooled to work (2.68%).

The following chart shows the number of households using each mode of transportation over time, using a logarithmic scale on the y-axis to help better show variations in the smaller means of commuting.

Commute Time

20.4 minutes

Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Cecilia, LA have a shorter commute time (20.4 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.4 minutes). Additionally, 0% of the workforce in Cecilia, LA have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

The chart below shows how the median household income in Cecilia, LA compares to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

Car Ownership

3 cars

Average Number

The following chart displays the households in Cecilia, LA distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Cecilia, LA have 3 cars.

Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

22.6% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Cecilia, LA (394 out of 1.74k people) live below the poverty line, a number that is higher than the national average of 12.5%. The largest demographic living in poverty are Males < 5, followed by Females 25 - 34 and then Males 6 - 11.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Cecilia, LA is Black, followed by White and Native American.

The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.

Social Needs

Data only available at the state level.

Most prevalent states

California
35,798 individuals
New York
5,087 individuals

In 2017, California had the highest estimated number of chronically homeless individuals in the nation, at 35,798, followed by New York (5,087).

The following map shows the estimated number of chronically homeless individuals by state over multiple years.

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