Lake Charles vs Moss Bluff

A side-by-side comparison of Lake Charles and Moss Bluff: population, income, housing, and more.

Lake Charles and Moss Bluff are places in Louisiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Lake Charles has the higher population (81,679 vs 11,451 in Moss Bluff). Moss Bluff has the higher median household income ($85,984 vs $56,864 in Lake Charles). Moss Bluff has the higher median home value ($242,300 vs $204,000 in Lake Charles).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Charles	Moss Bluff
Population	81,679	11,451
Median age	36.2 yrs	44.2 yrs
Median household income	$56,864	$85,984
Median home value	$204,000	$242,300
Median gross rent	$1,090	$1,303
Housing units	40,146	5,490
Homeownership rate	61.1%	79.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.4%	28.4%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Charles	Moss Bluff
Population	77,283 → 81,679 (+5.7%)	11,055 → 11,451 (+3.6%)
Median household income	$42,942 → $56,864 (+32.4%)	$54,788 → $85,984 (+56.9%)
Median home value	$155,700 → $204,000 (+31.0%)	$189,600 → $242,300 (+27.8%)
Median gross rent	$816 → $1,090 (+33.6%)	$856 → $1,303 (+52.2%)

Lake Charles

Population

77,28381,679

Median household income

$42,942$56,864

Median home value

$155,700$204,000

Median gross rent

$816$1,090

Moss Bluff

Population

11,05511,451

Median household income

$54,788$85,984

Median home value

$189,600$242,300

Median gross rent

$856$1,303

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Charles	Moss Bluff
Under 5	6.5%	4.0%
5 to 17	15.9%	19.5%
18 to 24	11.0%	3.8%
25 to 34	15.2%	10.9%
35 to 44	11.8%	15.4%
45 to 54	10.5%	13.0%
55 to 64	12.2%	13.4%
65 to 74	9.7%	13.9%
75 and over	7.3%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Charles	Moss Bluff
White (non-Hispanic)	46.5%	83.1%
Black or African American	42.8%	11.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	2.5%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.9%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	4.7%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Charles	Moss Bluff
No high school diploma	9.8%	7.6%
High school graduate	30.1%	33.5%
Some college or associate's	30.7%	30.5%
Bachelor's degree	18.3%	22.7%
Graduate or professional degree	11.1%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Charles	Moss Bluff
Drove alone	81.4%	84.9%
Carpooled	9.4%	8.8%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	2.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.8%	5.9%
Other means	1.3%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Charles	Moss Bluff
1-unit, detached	68.1%	61.1%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	8.2%	15.9%
5 to 19 units	10.8%	0.9%
20 or more units	8.1%	0.1%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	20.9%

Poverty & households

	Lake Charles	Moss Bluff
Poverty rate	23.2%	12.3%
Average household size	2.49	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	18	25
Median year structure built	1979	1996