Eastwood (Louisiana)
Bossier Parish
22-22610
Eastwood is a settlement on community- free area in Bossier Parish in the U.S. state of Louisiana. For statistical purposes, the place has been combined to form a census-designated place (CDP). In 2010, Eastwood had 4093 inhabitants.
Eastwood is part of the metropolitan area of Shreveport- Bossier City on the Red River.
Geography
Eastwood is located in northwest Louisiana, 12 km east of the Red River, near the border with Arkansas to the north and Texas to the west. The geographical coordinates of 32 ° 33'23 Eastwood " north latitude and 93 ° 34'02 " west longitude. The site covers an area of 16.3 km ².
About 5 km to the east is with the Louisiana Army Ammunition Plant, a former munitions factory in the U.S. Army, whose site is now used for part of the Louisiana National Guard.
Towns nearby Eastwood Princeton (7.9 km north-east ), Haughton ( on the southeast city limits ) Red Chute ( at the western city limits ) and the center of Bossier City ( 19.8 km west-southwest ).
The center of Shreveport is located 22.5 km west-southwest. The nearest other cities are Louisiana's capital Baton Rouge ( 384 km southeast), Louisiana's largest city of New Orleans ( 505 km in the same direction), Lafayette ( 342 km south-southeast ), Beaumont, Texas ( 337 km south-southwest ), Texas ' largest city, Houston (405 km southwest), Dallas, Texas (320 miles west), Arkansas ' capital Little Rock (325 km northeast) and Mississippi's capital Jackson (331 km east).
Traffic
Along the southern border town of Eastwood runs in east-west direction of Interstate 20, which is the shortest route from Dallas to Jackson. Through the center of the village runs parallel to I 20 as the main road of U.S. Highway 80 All other roads are minor roads, some unpaved roadways and within local roads.
A few hundred meters south of the Ortsrandes runs west-east direction, a railroad line of the Kansas City Southern, another forms the north-western edge of the village.
The nearest airports are the Shreveport Regional Airport ( 31.3 km west-southwest ) and the greater Dallas / Fort Worth International Airport (354 km west ).
Population
According to the census in 2010, lived in Eastwood 4093 people in 1499 households. The population density was 251.1 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 1499 households lived statistically 2.73 per person.
The racial the population was composed of 90.2 percent white, 6.0 percent African American, 0.5 percent Native American, 0.5 percent Asian and 1.1 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.6 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 4.2 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
28.0 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 59.3 percent were between 18 and 64 and 12.7 percent were 65 years or older. 50.8 percent of the population was female.
The median annual income for a household was $ 78,370. The per capita income was $ 25,040. 4.7 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.