Start, LA

Census Place

2024 Population

852

US Senator

Bill Cassidy

Republican Party

US Senator

John Kennedy

Republican Party

2024 Poverty Rate

7.75%

55.8% 1-year decrease

2024 Median Household Income

$110,278

63% 1-year growth

2024 Median Property Value

$162,100

20.4% 1-year growth

2024 Employed Population

475

Economy

The economy of Start, LA employs 475 people. In 2024, the largest industries in Start, LA were Educational Services (102 people), Transportation & Warehousing (70 people), and Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction (64 people), and the highest paying industries were Transportation & Warehousing ($250,001), Transportation & Warehousing, & Utilities ($250,001), and Health Care & Social Assistance ($63,750).

Employment

Occupations

475

2024 Value

± 183

20.9%

1 Year growth

± 47.9%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Start, LA grew at a rate of 20.9%, from 393 employees to 475 employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Start, LA, are Education Instruction, & Library Occupations (96 people), Construction & Extraction Occupations (73 people), and Office & Administrative Support Occupations (46 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Start, 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

475

2024 Value

± 183

20.9%

1 Year growth

± 47.9%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Start, LA grew at a rate of 20.9%, from 393 employees to 475 employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Start, LA, are Educational Services (102 people), Transportation & Warehousing (70 people), and Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction (64 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Start, LA, though some of these residents may live in Start, LA and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

Median Earnings by Industry

$58,575

Median earning men ± $31,830

$42,188

Median earning women ± $13,832

The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2024 are Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting, & Mining ($59,323).

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2024 are Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($48,148).

Housing & Living

The median property value in Start, LA was $162,100 in 2024, which is 0.487 times smaller than the national average of $332,700. Between 2023 and 2024 the median property value increased from $134,600 to $162,100, a 20.4% increase. The homeownership rate in Start, LA is 81.8%, which is higher than the national average of 65.2%.

People in Start, LA have an average commute time of 27.5 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Start, LA is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.

Housing

Property

$162,100

Median Property Value 2024

±$25,131

$293

Median Property Taxes

±$141

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

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

Rent vs Own

81.8%

Homeownership

2024

54.8%

Homeowners with Mortgage

2024

In 2024, 81.8% of the housing units in Start, LA were occupied by their owner. This percentage grew from the previous year's rate of 68.9%.

This chart shows the percentage of owner in Start, 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.

$110,278

Median Household Income

± $66,996

358

Number of Households

± 160

In 2024, the median household income of the 358 households in Start, LA grew to $110,278 from the previous year's value of $67,673.

The following chart displays the households in Start, 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 $125k - $150k range.

Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for Start, 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 (78.3%)
Worked At Home (8%)
Carpooled (5.89%)

In 2024, 78.3% of workers in Start, LA drove alone to work, followed by those who worked at home (8%) and those who carpooled to work (5.89%).

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

27.5 minutes

Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Start, LA have a longer commute time (27.5 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.4 minutes). Additionally, 2.06% of the workforce in Start, LA have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

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

Car Ownership

2 cars

Average Number

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

Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

7.75% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Start, LA (66 out of 852 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 Males 15, followed by Females 55 - 64 and then Females 18 - 24.

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