Denham Springs, Louisiana

Population

Steady. Within 1% of 2020, every year since.

9,378

people, the 38th-largest of Louisiana's cities and towns.

Census Population Estimates, 2025. Rank among Louisiana's cities and towns computed by the Almanac. Sources: Census Population Estimates

The workday

Nearly every job here goes to someone who lives somewhere else.

95.5%

of 8,021 jobs located in Denham Springs are filled by in-commuters.

Census LEHD LODES, 2023. Sources: Census LEHD LODES

Rent

Median rent is up 54% since the 2005–2009 survey, before inflation.

$1,014

a month. Louisiana's median is $1,064.

Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024 (latest), with earlier 5-year windows. Sources: Census ACS 5-year

The seam

Cross one tract line and median rent doubles.

A $886 gap between neighbors, the sharpest rent edge between adjacent tracts in Livingston Parish.

• $897 Tract 409.05
• $1,783 Tract 409.06

Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024, adjacent tracts compared by the Almanac. Tract estimates carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year

Room to build

The median rent sits inside what local wages can carry.

$805–$1,208

is the monthly rent range local workforce wages support.

• $1,014 median

Supportable rent computed by the Almanac from 2023 source wage data. Median rent: Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Sources: Computed by the Almanac, Census ACS 5-year

Building

74% of the housing here was built before 2000.

• 168 homes permitted in ten years, 2016–2025
• 4% of those were in multifamily buildings
• 74% of all homes were built before 2000

Census Building Permits Survey, 2016–2025; Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Sources: Census Building Permits Survey, Census ACS 5-year

Units needed

Closing the gap would add 0.2–1.8% to the 4,452 homes here.

10–80

is the estimated number of missing housing units, from the lowest to the highest of three estimates.

Range computed by the Almanac from 2023 jobs and household data, using three demand models: 1% of jobs located here, 1% of renter households, and a rate by town size applied to renters. The low end is the lowest of the three and the high end the highest. It is an estimate, not a count. Sources: Computed by the Almanac

Home value

A median home costs 13% less than Louisiana's.

$188,200

median home value in Denham Springs.

• $188,200 Denham Springs
• $216,500 Louisiana
• $332,700 U.S.

Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Sources: Census ACS 5-year