Moss Bluff, Louisiana

Moss Bluff
Census-designated place
Nickname:  "The Bluff"
Moss Bluff Location of Moss Bluff in Louisiana
Coordinates: 30°18′08″N 93°13′10″W / 30.30222°N 93.21944°W / 30.30222; -93.21944[2]
Country	United States
State	Louisiana
Parish	Calcasieu
Area [1]
• Total	15.92 sq mi (41.22 km2)
• Land	15.23 sq mi (39.44 km2)
• Water	0.69 sq mi (1.78 km2)
Elevation [2]	20 ft (6.1 m)
Population  (2020)
• Total	12,522
• Density	822.3/sq mi (317.49/km2)
Time zone	UTC-6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code	337
FIPS code	22-52425
GNIS feature ID	2403308[2]

Moss Bluff is a census-designated place (CDP) in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 12,522 at the 2020 census. Located just north of the city of Lake Charles, it is considered a suburb of that city. Moss Bluff is a burgeoning community, and is one of the communities in Calcasieu Parish besides Lake Charles and Sulphur experiencing growth. Several efforts have been made to incorporate Moss Bluff, but at the present time the community is unincorporated.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 15.8 square miles (40.9 km²), of which 15.2 square miles (39.4 km²) is land and 0.6 square miles (1.6 km²) (3.98%) is water.

Moss Bluff is intersected by U.S. Highway 171 and Louisiana Highway 378.

Moss Bluff first appeared as a census designated place the 1980 U.S. census.^[7]

As of the 2020 census, Moss Bluff had a population of 12,522.^[11] The median age was 37.5 years. 26.5% of residents were under the age of 18 and 15.2% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 96.6 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 92.1 males age 18 and over.^[12]

89.4% of residents lived in urban areas, while 10.6% lived in rural areas.^[13]

There were 4,566 households in Moss Bluff, of which 36.6% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 54.0% were married-couple households, 15.8% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 24.4% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 21.6% of all households were made up of individuals and 9.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.^[12]

There were 4,928 housing units, of which 7.3% were vacant. The homeowner vacancy rate was 1.3% and the rental vacancy rate was 7.8%.^[12][11]

The population density was 692.6 inhabitants per square mile (267.4/km²). The average household size was 2.84 and the average family size was 3.16.

The median income for a household in the CDP was $60,588, and the median income for a family was $54,137. Males had a median income of $41,226 versus $22,327 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $25,766. About 7.3% of families and 8.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 9.7% of those under age 18 and 12.5% of those age 65 or over.

Moss Bluff is the home of Sam Houston Jones State Park, a protected natural park of the state.

David Filo, businessman and co-founder of Yahoo!.

Brett Geymann, businessman and Louisiana State Representative

Clifford Joseph Trahan, better known as Johnny Rebel, musician^[15]

Vic Stelly, author of the Stelly Plan and former Louisiana State Representative resides in Moss Bluff

Moss Bluff's elementary and middle schools maintain some of the highest student populations in Calcasieu Parish. The single Moss Bluff high school, Sam Houston High School, competes in the Louisiana High School Athletic Association Class AAAAA.

• The Moss Bluff Gazette