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American Community Survey 2019–2023

Lake Charles area census tracts by residents below the poverty level

Residents below the poverty level is highest in Westlake city (east) (57.9%). This table ranks 54 eligible mapped census tracts.

Residents below the poverty level values are ACS five-year survey estimates. Percentage and median rankings exclude tracts below 500 residents; this reduces but does not eliminate sampling uncertainty.

#Census tract areaResidents below the poverty level
1Westlake city (east)57.9%
2Westlake city (east-southeast)53.5%
3Lake Charles city (northeast 2)51.1%
4Moss Bluff CDP (south)49.8%
5Moss Bluff CDP (south-southeast 2)44.3%
6Lake Charles city (south)43%
7Hayes CDP (north-northwest 1)41%
8Vinton town39%
9Starks CDP (northwest)38.4%
10Moss Bluff CDP (east)36.5%
11Carlyss CDP (south-southwest)32.1%
12Lake Charles city (southeast 2)29.9%
13DeQuincy city (south-southeast)27.9%
14Hayes CDP (southwest)26.1%
15Lake Charles city (northeast 1)25.7%
16Lake Charles city (west)23.7%
17Sulphur city (northwest)23.4%
18Sulphur city (south-southeast)23.3%
19Lake Charles city (southeast 1)22.6%
20Lake Charles city (north-northeast)21.5%
21Lake Charles city (east)19.6%
22Prien CDP (east)19.6%
23Westlake city (west-northwest 2)18%
24Starks CDP (east)16.6%
25Starks CDP (west)16.5%
26Moss Bluff CDP (south-southeast 1)14.9%
27Prien CDP (north 2)14.9%
28Prien CDP (northeast 1)14.8%
29Moss Bluff CDP (north)14.6%
30Lake Charles city (north)14.3%
31DeQuincy city (north-northeast)14.2%
32DeQuincy city (northwest)14.1%
33Moss Bluff CDP (northwest)11.9%
34Sulphur city (west-southwest)11.8%
35Prien CDP (north 1)11.3%
36Carlyss CDP (west)10.9%
37Westlake city (west-northwest 1)10.8%
38Iowa town10.5%
39Lake Charles city (southwest)10%
40Prien CDP (west-southwest)9.4%
41Sulphur city (east)9.4%
42Prien CDP (northeast 2)9.1%
43Moss Bluff CDP (west)8.6%
44Moss Bluff CDP (north-northwest)8.5%
45Prien CDP (northwest)8.4%
46Gillis CDP (east-southeast)8.2%
47Carlyss CDP (north-northeast)7.5%
48Gillis CDP (west-northwest)6.8%
49Hayes CDP (east-southeast)6.8%
50Starks CDP (south)6.5%
51Lake Charles city (northwest)5.4%
52Gillis CDP (north)4.9%
53Lake Charles city (west-southwest)2.8%
54Prien CDP (south-southwest)2.2%

Method and source

Values come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates. Census tracts are small statistical areas, not necessarily neighbourhood boundaries. The result is a descriptive comparison of the mapped area, not a measure of individual households or a prediction. Read about the American Community Survey.