Quitman, LA

Census Place

2024 Population

321

US Senator

Bill Cassidy

Republican Party

US Senator

John Kennedy

Republican Party

2024 Median Age

22.1

9.41% 1-year increase

2024 Poverty Rate

47%

13.3% 1-year decrease

2024 Median Household Income

$31,806

19.9% 1-year growth

2024 Median Property Value

$78,800

Economy

The economy of Quitman, LA employs 129 people. In 2024, the largest industries in Quitman, LA were Retail Trade (42 people), Manufacturing (18 people), and Health Care & Social Assistance (16 people), and the highest paying industries were Manufacturing ($21,250), Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($16,979), and Health Care & Social Assistance ($16,250).

Employment

Occupations

129

2024 Value

± 95

19.4%

1 Year growth

± 95.9%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Quitman, LA grew at a rate of 19.4%, from 108 employees to 129 employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Quitman, LA, are Production Occupations (19 people), Management Occupations (18 people), and Construction & Extraction Occupations (17 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Quitman, 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

129

2024 Value

± 95

19.4%

1 Year growth

± 95.9%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Quitman, LA grew at a rate of 19.4%, from 108 employees to 129 employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Quitman, LA, are Retail Trade (42 people), Manufacturing (18 people), and Health Care & Social Assistance (16 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Quitman, LA, though some of these residents may live in Quitman, LA and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

Median Earnings by Industry

$31,964

Median earning men ± $76,310

$16,250

Median earning women ± $23,676

The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2024 are Manufacturing ($21,250).

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2024 are Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($16,979) and Retail Trade ($11,458).

Housing & Living

The median property value in Quitman, LA was $78,800 in 2024, which is 0.237 times smaller than the national average of $332,700. Between 2023 and 2024 the median property value increased from $85,600 to $78,800, a 7.94% decrease. The homeownership rate in Quitman, LA is 55.5%, which is lower than the national average of 65.2%.

People in Quitman, LA have an average commute time of 20.8 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Quitman, LA is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.

Housing

Property

$78,800

Median Property Value 2024

±$40,244

$66

Median Property Taxes

±$42

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 Quitman, LA the largest share of households pay taxes in the None range.

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

Rent vs Own

55.5%

Homeownership

2024

56.9%

Homeowners with Mortgage

2024

In 2024, 55.5% of the housing units in Quitman, LA were occupied by their owner. This percentage grew from the previous year's rate of 45.6%.

This chart shows the percentage of owner in Quitman, 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.

$31,806

Median Household Income

± $26,081

119

Number of Households

± 59

In 2024, the median household income of the 119 households in Quitman, LA grew to $31,806 from the previous year's value of $26,518.

The following chart displays the households in Quitman, 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 $10k - $15k range.

Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for Quitman, 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 (75.2%)
Walked (14%)
Carpooled (6.98%)

In 2024, 75.2% of workers in Quitman, LA drove alone to work, followed by those who walked to work (14%) and those who carpooled to work (6.98%).

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

20.8 minutes

Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Quitman, LA have a shorter commute time (20.8 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.4 minutes). Additionally, 3.23% of the workforce in Quitman, LA have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

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

Car Ownership

2 cars

Average Number

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

Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

47% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Quitman, LA (151 out of 321 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 Females 5, followed by Females 25 - 34 and then Females 18 - 24.

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

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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