Welcome, LA

Census Place

2024 Population

796

US Senator

Bill Cassidy

Republican Party

US Senator

John Kennedy

Republican Party

2024 Median Age

26.4

30.3% 1-year decrease

2024 Poverty Rate

16.2%

0.24% 1-year decrease

2024 Median Household Income

$56,250

0.36% 1-year decline

2023 Median Property Value

$113,400

Economy

The economy of Welcome, LA employs 386 people. In 2024, the largest industries in Welcome, LA were Retail Trade (115 people), Health Care & Social Assistance (71 people), and Manufacturing (39 people), and the highest paying industries were Administrative & Support & Waste Management Services ($45,694), Professional, Scientific, & Management, & Administrative & Waste Management Services ($45,694), and Retail Trade ($28,885).

Employment

Occupations

386

2024 Value

± 161

11.9%

1 Year growth

± 54.6%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Welcome, LA grew at a rate of 11.9%, from 345 employees to 386 employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Welcome, LA, are Management Occupations (103 people), Sales & Related Occupations (80 people), and Education Instruction, & Library Occupations (34 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Welcome, 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

386

2024 Value

± 161

11.9%

1 Year growth

± 54.6%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Welcome, LA grew at a rate of 11.9%, from 345 employees to 386 employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Welcome, LA, are Retail Trade (115 people), Health Care & Social Assistance (71 people), and Manufacturing (39 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Welcome, LA, though some of these residents may live in Welcome, LA and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

Median Earnings by Industry

$99,750

Median earning men ± $158,675

$21,926

Median earning women ± $13,215

The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2024 are .

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2024 are Retail Trade ($28,885) and Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($20,772).

Housing & Living

The median property value in Welcome, LA was $113,400 in 2023, which is 0.341 times smaller than the national average of $332,700. Between 2022 and 2023 the median property value increased from $159,700 to $113,400, a 29% decrease. The homeownership rate in Welcome, LA is 63.4%, which is lower than the national average of 65.2%.

People in Welcome, LA have an average commute time of 35.6 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Welcome, LA is higher than the national average, with an average of 3 cars per household.

Housing

Property

$113,400

Median Property Value 2023

±$94,632

$161

Median Property Taxes

±$76

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

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

Rent vs Own

63.4%

Homeownership

2024

67%

Homeowners with Mortgage

2024

In 2024, 63.4% of the housing units in Welcome, LA were occupied by their owner. This percentage grew from the previous year's rate of 62.9%.

This chart shows the percentage of owner in Welcome, 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.

$56,250

Median Household Income

± $9,360

254

Number of Households

± 108

In 2024, the median household income of the 254 households in Welcome, LA declined from $56,250 from the previous year's value of $56,453.

The following chart displays the households in Welcome, 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 Welcome, 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 (89.6%)
Carpooled (10.4%)

In 2024, 89.6% of workers in Welcome, LA drove alone to work, followed by those who carpooled to work (10.4%) and those who used public transit to get to work (0%).

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

35.6 minutes

Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Welcome, LA have a longer commute time (35.6 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.4 minutes). Additionally, 0% of the workforce in Welcome, LA have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

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

Car Ownership

3 cars

Average Number

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

Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

16.2% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Welcome, LA (129 out of 796 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 35 - 44, followed by Females 35 - 44 and then Males 18 - 24.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Welcome, 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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