Carlyss, Louisiana

Carlyss, Louisiana
Census-designated place
Carlyss, Louisiana Location of Carlyss in Louisiana
Coordinates: 30°10′35″N 93°22′36″W / 30.17639°N 93.37667°W / 30.17639; -93.37667[2]
Country	United States
State	Louisiana
Parish	Calcasieu
Area [1]
• Total	11.10 sq mi (28.74 km2)
• Land	11.06 sq mi (28.65 km2)
• Water	0.035 sq mi (0.09 km2)
Elevation [2]	10 ft (3.0 m)
Population  (2020)
• Total	5,101
• Density	461.1/sq mi (178.05/km2)
Time zone	UTC-6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code	70665[3]
Area code	337
FIPS code	22-12840
GNIS feature ID	2402749[2]

Carlyss (pronounced ‘car-liss’) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 5,101 in 2020. It is part of the Lake Charles metropolitan statistical area.

Carlyss is located south of the center of Calcasieu Parish and is bordered to the north by the city of Sulphur. Interstate 10 follows the northern border, with access from exits 20 and 21. I-10 leads east 10 miles (16 km) to Lake Charles and west 22 miles (35 km) to Orange, Texas. Louisiana Highway 27 runs through the center of Carlyss, connecting Sulphur to the north with Holly Beach on the Gulf of Mexico, 32 miles (51 km) to the south.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the Carlyss CDP has a total area of 11.98 square miles (31.03 km²), of which 11.92 square miles (30.86 km²) is land and 0.07 square miles (0.18 km²), or 0.57%, is water.^[4]

Carlyss first appeared as a census designated place in the 1980 U.S. Census.^[9]

As of the 2020 census, Carlyss had a population of 5,101. The median age was 37.8 years. 25.4% of residents were under the age of 18 and 13.7% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 99.5 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 98.6 males age 18 and over.^[13][14]

85.5% of residents lived in urban areas, while 14.5% lived in rural areas.^[15]

There were 1,963 households in Carlyss, including 1,252 families. Of all households, 33.9% had children under the age of 18 living in them, 46.1% were married-couple households, 20.9% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 26.2% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 25.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.^[13]

There were 2,284 housing units, of which 14.1% were vacant. The homeowner vacancy rate was 0.6% and the rental vacancy rate was 29.9%.^[13]