Sulphur, Louisiana
2026 Edition · 10 cards · data as of Oct 30, 2026
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Population
Down 6.0% since 2020.
20,492
people, the 17th-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
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The workday
8 in 10 jobs here go to people who live somewhere else.
82.6%
of 8,846 jobs located in Sulphur are filled by in-commuters.
Census LEHD LODES, 2023. Sources: Census LEHD LODES
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Rent
Median rent is up 47% since the 2005–2009 survey, before inflation.
$994
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
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The seam
Cross one tract line and median rent doubles.
A $1,185 gap between neighbors, the sharpest rent edge between adjacent tracts in Calcasieu Parish.
- $1,019 Tract 17
- $2,204 Tract 18.03
Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024, adjacent tracts compared by the Almanac. Tract estimates carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year
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Room to build
The median rent sits inside what local wages can carry.
$885–$1,328
is the monthly rent range local workforce wages support.
- $994 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
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Building
75% of the housing here was built before 2000.
- 200 homes permitted, 2022–2025
- 1% of those were in multifamily buildings
- 75% of all homes were built before 2000
Census Building Permits Survey, 2022–2025; Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Sources: Census Building Permits Survey, Census ACS 5-year
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Units needed
Closing the gap would add 0.2–0.9% to the 10,195 homes here.
22–88
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
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Home value
A median home costs 16% less than Louisiana's.
$182,900
median home value in Sulphur.
- $182,900 Sulphur
- $216,500 Louisiana
- $332,700 U.S.
Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Sources: Census ACS 5-year