PlainZIP

Lake Providence, LA

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Lake Providence, LA: 1 USPS ZIP, population 6,759. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.

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ACS city ledger plate

Sheet LAKE-PROVIDENCE-LA · Lake Providence, LA 1 ZIPs · 6,759 pop · #24742/25278 · East Carroll Parish

INC-LOW · RANK-BOTTOM · BELOW-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-LOW · POP-TOWN · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-LOW

  • INC-LOW $31,433
  • RANK-BOTTOM #24742/25278
  • BELOW-PEER under Transylvania
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-LOW 54% owners
  • POP-TOWN 6,759
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $107,100

Nearest income peer: Transylvania, LA (+ $6,408 income $)

Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.

Income neighbourhood around Lake Providence

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Lake Providence on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.

median HH income

What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.

Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-25

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Lake Providence, LA sits among US cities with one of the lowest household incomes among US cities, on a town-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

2nd pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
6,759
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$31,433
avg ZIP median income

Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.

Lower-income footing on only 1 ZIP ($31,433 average) · poverty 37.7%. The primary code (71254) carries the ACS household fields that matter.

Owner-occupancy is comparatively low (53.6%) for this income tier, rent $652 may matter more than the home-value average.

Within Louisiana, Glynn is the closest lower-income city and Homer the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Lake Providence.

Population concentration

One ZIP, 71254, is all of Lake Providence

There is no split to weigh here: 71254 holds every one of Lake Providence's 6,759 ACS residents. City-level and ZIP-level numbers on this site are the same number twice, check the ZIP page for the income/tenure/commute breakdown.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Sparse ZBP book inside single-ZIP Lake Providence

Citywide ZBP: 87 establishments, 1,012 employees , annual payroll $47,084k (~13 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 71254 (87 units) ; leading NAICS Retail trade (16) · also Wholesale trade · Other services (except public administration) .

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ZIP Codes in Lake Providence, LA

These ZIP codes sit in East Carroll Parish, which covers 3 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Lake Providence. See the East Carroll Parish roll-up →

Every one of the 2 cities sharing East Carroll Parish reports a higher average ZIP median income than Lake Providence, Transylvania and Sondheimer among them. That gap is the county's income spread, not a measure of the housing or commute picture below. Sondheimer marks the far end of that range at $83,750, 166% above Lake Providence.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
71254 6,759 $31,433 87 10
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Lake Providence roll-ups here are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial or relocation advice. ACS and Census ZBP figures are estimates; confirm the current table against Census before a money or move decision involving Lake Providence, .