Fifth Ward, LA

Census Place

2024 Population

1,277

US Senator

Bill Cassidy

Republican Party

US Senator

John Kennedy

Republican Party

2024 Median Age

40.5

2.64% 1-year decrease

2024 Poverty Rate

5.72%

2.91% 1-year decrease

2024 Median Household Income

$51,279

2.99% 1-year growth

2022 Median Property Value

$138,000

Economy

The economy of Fifth Ward, LA employs 515 people. In 2024, the largest industries in Fifth Ward, LA were Retail Trade (168 people), Health Care & Social Assistance (106 people), and Public Administration (82 people), and the highest paying industries were Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($73,636), Health Care & Social Assistance ($73,636), and Construction ($56,250).

Employment

Occupations

515

2024 Value

± 231

3.21%

1 Year growth

± 60.4%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Fifth Ward, LA grew at a rate of 3.21%, from 499 employees to 515 employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Fifth Ward, LA, are Management Occupations (178 people), Installation, Maintenance, & Repair Occupations (107 people), and Construction & Extraction Occupations (77 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Fifth Ward, 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

515

2024 Value

± 231

3.21%

1 Year growth

± 60.4%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Fifth Ward, LA grew at a rate of 3.21%, from 499 employees to 515 employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Fifth Ward, LA, are Retail Trade (168 people), Health Care & Social Assistance (106 people), and Public Administration (82 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Fifth Ward, LA, though some of these residents may live in Fifth Ward, LA and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

Median Earnings by Industry

$45,285

Median earning men ± $11,066

$58,750

Median earning women ± $52,733

The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2024 are Construction ($56,250) and Retail Trade ($45,941).

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2024 are Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($73,636).

Housing & Living

The median property value in Fifth Ward, LA was $138,000 in 2022, which is 0.415 times smaller than the national average of $332,700. Between 2021 and 2022 the median property value increased from $142,800 to $138,000, a 3.36% decrease. The homeownership rate in Fifth Ward, LA is 69.7%, which is higher than the national average of 65.2%.

People in Fifth Ward, LA have an average commute time of 53.6 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Fifth Ward, LA is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.

Housing

Property

$138,000

Median Property Value 2022

±$110,049

$345

Median Property Taxes

±$156

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 Fifth Ward, LA the largest share of households pay taxes in the < $800 range.

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

Rent vs Own

69.7%

Homeownership

2024

64.4%

Homeowners with Mortgage

2024

In 2024, 69.7% of the housing units in Fifth Ward, LA were occupied by their owner. This percentage grew from the previous year's rate of 59.8%.

This chart shows the percentage of owner in Fifth Ward, 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.

$51,279

Median Household Income

± $5,701

495

Number of Households

± 200

In 2024, the median household income of the 495 households in Fifth Ward, LA grew to $51,279 from the previous year's value of $49,788.

The following chart displays the households in Fifth Ward, 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 $50k - $60k range.

Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for Fifth Ward, 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 (76%)
Carpooled (18.6%)
Worked At Home (3.48%)

In 2024, 76% of workers in Fifth Ward, LA drove alone to work, followed by those who carpooled to work (18.6%) and those who worked at home (3.48%).

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

53.6 minutes

Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Fifth Ward, LA have a longer commute time (53.6 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.4 minutes). Additionally, 20.4% of the workforce in Fifth Ward, LA have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

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

Car Ownership

2 cars

Average Number

The following chart displays the households in Fifth Ward, LA distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Fifth Ward, LA have 2 cars.

Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

5.72% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Fifth Ward, LA (73 out of 1.28k people) live below the poverty line, a number that is lower than the national average of 12.5%. The largest demographic living in poverty are Females 18 - 24, followed by Males 45 - 54 and then Females 65 - 74.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Fifth Ward, LA is White, followed by Black and Two Or More.

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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