Louisiana · Census place 2235870
Homer, Louisiana
Homer is a town in Claiborne Parish, Louisiana with an estimated 2,563 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 103rd largest of 155 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 2,563
- #103 of 155 in Louisiana
- Change since 2020
- -6.1%
- -167 people
- Land area
- 4.7 sq mi
- Density
- 551 / sq mi
- State median 1,568
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Homer population, 2020 to 2024
Homer lost 167 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -6.1%. In the latest year it moved by -34.
Homer covers 4.65 square miles of land, for 551 people per square mile of land. The median Louisiana place of 5,000+ has 1,568, so Homer is less dense than the typical town.
What county Homer is in
All of Homer's residents live in Claiborne Parish, which had 13,537 residents in 2024. Homer holds 18.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Homer
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Homer by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 71040. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a town that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where Homer is
The Census internal point of Homer is at 32.793800, -93.059100. Baton Rouge, the capital, is 195.4 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Minden, LA (11,195 people), 17.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Shreveport, LA, 48.3 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 32.793800, -93.059100
- DMS
- 32°47'37.68"N 93°03'32.76"W
- UTM
- 15N 494466.3E 3628429.5N
- Geohash
- 9vvfd3umt
- Plus code
- 8648QWVR+G9
Daylight in Homer
At 32.79° N, Homer gets about 14 h 19 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 59 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 19 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Homer
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Louisiana, measured between internal points. The closest is Haynesville, 12.8 miles away, with 1,906 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Homer, LA?
2,563 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 167 (6.1%) from 2,730 in July 2020.
What county is Homer in?
Claiborne Parish. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Homer?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 71040.
How far is Homer from Baton Rouge?
195.4 miles (314.5 km) in a straight line, heading SE from Homer.
What is the nearest larger city to Homer?
Minden, LA, with 11,195 residents, 17.3 miles away between internal points.
Sources and data as of
Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.