CameronLA
A town settled in 1871, now home to 169 people. A regional job hub with 949 jobs.
Is Cameron a good place to live?
Cameron’s age of the median resident is 56.5 years, against 37.8 years in Louisiana’s towns and 40.5 years across U.S. towns. Of the 162 Louisiana towns we compare, none has a higher owner-occupancy rate than Cameron. Cameron has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
What makes Cameron stand out
Where Cameron beats most towns.
Cameron lives by the ocean
Coastal flooding makes up 64% of the storm damage FEMA expects here.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA · OpenStreetMap
Moving to Cameron: who provides what
Cameron is unincorporated, so Cameron Parish and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Cameron.
Fewer children than Louisiana overall
Among adults 25 and older, 26% have a four-year degree or more, against 27% across Louisiana.
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
Somewhere between 17% and 44% women
The Census survey reached too few of Cameron’s residents to say more: its margin here is ±13.4 points. Across Louisiana, 51.1% of residents are women.
| Cameron | LA | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 0% | 12.6% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 0% | 10.9% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 27.8% | 9.1% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 5.9% | 13.3% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 3% | 13.3% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 8.3% | 11.5% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 39.6% | 12.6% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 15.4% | 10.2% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 0% | 6.5% | 7% |
| No diploma | 4.9% | 12.7% | 10.4% |
| High school | 30.3% | 32.5% | 26% |
| Some college | 17.2% | 20.4% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 21.3% | 7.3% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 21.3% | 17% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 4.9% | 10.1% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 200, single groups can be off by several points
A job hub: Cameron has 6.4 jobs for every working resident and draws in 929 commuters
For working residents in Cameron, the share who work locally is 14%. Half of commuters travel less than 46 miles. The top destinations are Lake Charles (10%), Lafayette (9%) and Beaumont (5%).
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Compared with most of Louisiana and the rest of the country, the FEMA risk score in Cameron is higher
FEMA puts 64% of Cameron’s expected hazard losses down to coastal flooding, and 16% to hurricanes. Households in the town have drawn federal disaster aid in 6 declared disasters, most recently in 2020. Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 100% of U.S. communities.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
In Cameron, expect mild winters and hot summers
No town among the 163 in Louisiana we compare has a lower typical July afternoon high than Cameron. July afternoons reach 89°, January nights drop to 45° and snow is almost unheard of.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
How healthy Cameron is
80% of adults had a checkup this year in Cameron. Among 162 Louisiana towns, just 9 have a lower share of adults who sleep under 7 hours than Cameron.
| Cameron | Louisiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 17% | 16% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 27% | 23% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 36% | 42% | 36% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 26% | 14% |
| What stands out | Cameron | LA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 9.6% | 12.4% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 13.2% | 16.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Homes in Cameron are worth about $226K, by Zillow’s estimate
Over the 12 months to September 2026, the typical home gained 9.7% in value.
Typical home value
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
0% of Cameron is conserved land
2.1 miles of trail. The trail density for Cameron comes to 0.2 miles per square mile.
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Cameron
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Cameron; the nearest are
About 0 of every 100 Cameron residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Louisiana.
169 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
About Cameron
Census-designated place in Louisiana, United States
Cameron is a census-designated place (CDP) in and the parish seat of Cameron Parish, Louisiana, United States. It is part of the Lake Charles Metropolitan Statistical Area. After sustaining extreme damage from Hurricane Rita in 2005 and Hurricane Ike in 2008, as of the 2020 census Cameron had a population of 315.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Area
- 13 sq mi
- Elevation
- 3 ft
- ZIP code
- 70631
Questions about Cameron
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Cameron, LA a good place to live?
Cameron has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.