Mamou, LA

Census Place

2024 Population

2,864

US Senator

Bill Cassidy

Republican Party

US Senator

John Kennedy

Republican Party

2024 Median Age

40.1

0.496% 1-year decrease

2024 Poverty Rate

58.5%

1.16% 1-year increase

2024 Median Household Income

$24,808

25% 1-year growth

2024 Median Property Value

$86,500

Economy

The economy of Mamou, LA employs 1.1k people. In 2024, the largest industries in Mamou, LA were Health Care & Social Assistance (407 people), Utilities (114 people), and Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting (100 people), and the highest paying industries were Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction ($233,297), Educational Services ($45,417), and Public Administration ($40,531).

Employment

Occupations

1.1k

2024 Value

± 336

12.9%

1 Year growth

± 40.1%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Mamou, LA grew at a rate of 12.9%, from 976 employees to 1.1k employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Mamou, LA, are Healthcare Support Occupations (305 people), Construction & Extraction Occupations (162 people), and Business & Financial Operations Occupations (88 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Mamou, 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

1.1k

2024 Value

± 336

12.9%

1 Year growth

± 40.1%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Mamou, LA grew at a rate of 12.9%, from 976 employees to 1.1k employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Mamou, LA, are Health Care & Social Assistance (407 people), Utilities (114 people), and Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting (100 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Mamou, LA, though some of these residents may live in Mamou, LA and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

Median Earnings by Industry

$21,039

Median earning men ± $9,419

$19,006

Median earning women ± $1,799

The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2024 are Public Administration ($40,531), Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting, & Mining ($26,250), and Transportation & Warehousing, & Utilities ($18,438).

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2024 are Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($18,726) and Retail Trade ($13,750).

Housing & Living

The median property value in Mamou, LA was $86,500 in 2024, which is 0.26 times smaller than the national average of $332,700. Between 2023 and 2024 the median property value increased from $88,300 to $86,500, a 2.04% decrease. The homeownership rate in Mamou, LA is 45%, which is lower than the national average of 65.2%.

People in Mamou, LA have an average commute time of 26.4 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Mamou, LA is lower than the national average, with an average of 1 car per household.

Housing

Property

$86,500

Median Property Value 2024

±$9,813

$540

Median Property Taxes

±$167

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

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

Rent vs Own

45%

Homeownership

2024

85%

Homeowners with Mortgage

2024

In 2024, 45% of the housing units in Mamou, LA were occupied by their owner. This percentage declined from the previous year's rate of 46.5%.

This chart shows the percentage of owner in Mamou, 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.

$24,808

Median Household Income

± $8,612

1.2k

Number of Households

± 349

In 2024, the median household income of the 1.2k households in Mamou, LA grew to $24,808 from the previous year's value of $19,841.

The following chart displays the households in Mamou, 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 $15k - $20k range.

Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for Mamou, 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 (70%)
Other (28.4%)
Walked (1.55%)

In 2024, 70% of workers in Mamou, LA drove alone to work, followed by those who used some unspecified means to get work (28.4%) and those who walked to work (1.55%).

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

26.4 minutes

Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Mamou, LA have a shorter commute time (26.4 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.4 minutes). Additionally, 5.63% of the workforce in Mamou, LA have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

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

Car Ownership

1 car

Average Number

The following chart displays the households in Mamou, LA distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Mamou, LA have 1 car.

Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

58.5% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Mamou, LA (1.64k out of 2.8k 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 6 - 11, followed by Females 35 - 44 and then Males 35 - 44.

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

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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