Haughton is a very small town located in the state of Louisiana. With a population of 4,430 people and six associated neighborhoods, Haughton is the 101st largest community in Louisiana.

Haughton is a military town: the armed forces employs 6.25% of the workforce, making the military a major focus of life in the city. In the civilian sector, Manufacturing and Healthcare are important in the local economy and are the town’s largest civilian employers, employing 15.98% and 15.38% of the civilian workforce respectively.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 7.72% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

Being a small town, Haughton does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

The percentage of adults in Haughton who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 17.90% of the adults in Haughton have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Haughton in 2022 was $31,763, which is upper middle income relative to Louisiana, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $127,052 for a family of four. However, Haughton contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Haughton is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Haughton home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Haughton residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Haughton include English, German, Irish, French, and French Canadian.

The most common language spoken in Haughton is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.