Haughton is a very small town located in the state of Louisiana. With a population of 4,445 people and six associated neighborhoods, Haughton is the 101st largest community in Louisiana.

6.25% of the workforce is employed in the armed forces, making the military a huge focus of life in Haughton. Even though it is a military town, the civilian sector still plays an important role in the local economy. The Manufacturing and Healthcare industries respectively employ 15.98% and 15.38% of the civilian workforce.

A relatively large number of people in Haughton telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 7.72% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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.

In terms of college education, Haughton is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 17.90% of adults 25 and older 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.