Population & Demographics
Lake Charles, LA
Lake Charles is home to 81,143 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 29,431 resident workers commute each day.
81,143 residents
Median age 36.6 · U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year (2024).
Lake Charles population & demographics
Who lives in Lake Charles — population, age, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.
Race & ethnicity in Lake Charles
How Lake Charles breaks down by race and ethnicity — each bar is that group’s share of the population, from the U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year (2024).
Race across Lake Charles
Each dot is a group of people, placed in their 2020 Census block and colored by race or ethnicity — the pattern shows where groups live across Lake Charles.
These figures are for Lake Charles proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.
How Lake Charles commutes
Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.
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How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.
Lake Charles
29,431 commutes, one dot at a time
Lake Charles
Where 29,431 workers commute
Where residents work
Top destinations for people who live in Lake Charles, by worker count.
Who commutes in
Top origin places for workers who travel into Lake Charles.
Top industries
The sectors that employ Lake Charles’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.
Internet options for Lake Charles
The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.
FindBetterInternet is a CensusFlow partner site — we link out so you can compare local plans, and CensusFlow’s Census data stays independent. Provider data is from the FCC National Broadband Map (satellite + fixed wireless excluded).