Beaumont vs Lake Charles
Beaumont, TX compared with Lake Charles, LA · 56 miles apart
Beaumont has 112,967 residents to Lake Charles’s 82,676. Beaumont comes out ahead on poverty rate, unemployment, price to income. Lake Charles does better on median household income, median rent, homeownership.
| Beaumont, TX | Lake Charles, LA | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 112,967 | 82,676 |
| Density (per sq mi) | 1,375 | 1,741 |
| Median household income | $56,997 | $59,235 |
| Median home value | $166,400 | $214,300 |
| Median rent | $1,121 | $1,109 |
| Homeownership | 55.3% | 60.9% |
| Average commute | 20.3 min | 17 min |
| Median age | 35.3 | 36.6 |
| Bachelor's degree + | 24.9% | 29.1% |
| Poverty rate | 21.2% | 23.3% |
| Unemployment | 6.4% | 6.6% |
| Price to income | 2.9× | 3.6× |
Highlighted where one city is clearly better on that measure. Population, density, home value and median age carry no highlight — a higher number there is good or bad depending on what you want.
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