With 4,743 people, Westlake is a city in Louisiana. 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. Home values have more than doubled since 2000, reaching $166,100. 75% of homes are owner-occupied. The foreign-born share is 5%. Density works out to 1,240 people per square mile.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $68,381, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Mid-age
median age 40.0
US median: 38.9
Less educated
24% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 37%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Westlake
What changed most since 1990
White share82.9% → 79.8%(−3.1 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Poverty rate18.9% → 12.1%(−6.8 pts)US over the same years: −0.8 pts
Black share14.7% → 9.4%(−5.3 pts)US over the same years: +0.2 pts
Westlake's population equals 2.3% of Calcasieu Parish's. Its number of veterans equals 5.7% of the county's. Its number of people who work from home equals 1.0% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)38.4%(261)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)4.3%(29)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era30.5%(207)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War0%(0)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 679 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Westlake, decade by decade
Westlake population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
5,007
$58,266
$114,483
6.1%
36.3
2000
4,668
$62,998
$121,140
8.7%
42.9
2010
4,568
$57,785
$139,829
16.6%
49.8
2020
4,781
$67,829
$130,173
13.3%
58.7
2024
4,743
$68,381
$166,100
24.1%
43.8
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
