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Avondale, LA

5,200 Population
5.6 square miles 935.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.5 ±5.8 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: 38.9 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in Louisiana: 37.8 ±0.1

Economics

$19,571 ±$3,225 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: $37,547 ±$464
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Louisiana: $34,211 ±$247
$47,561 ±$11,993 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: $62,271 ±$1,005
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Louisiana: $60,023 ±$491

32% ±10.1% (1,594  ±540) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: 18.3% 177,337 (±0.6% / ±5,312)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Louisiana: 18.9% 848,769 (±0.3% / ±14,766)

25.3 minutes ±5 (49,980  ±13,474) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: 24.5 9,996,485 (±0.3 / ±152,754)
  • about the same as the figure in Louisiana: 25.8 47,566,968 (±0.2 / ±402,285)

Families

1,743 ±201 Number of households
  • the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: 397,029 ±1,760
  • Louisiana: 1,783,168 ±5,717
3 ±0.5 (5,200  ±547) Persons per household
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: 2.4 970,389 (±0 / ±355)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Louisiana: 2.5 4,497,152

3.2% ±2.7% (39  ±35) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: 5.2% 12,473 (±0.4% / ±974)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Louisiana: 5.6% 60,096 (±0.2% / ±2,274)

Housing

1,837 ±212 Number of housing units
  • the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: 463,532 ±245
  • Louisiana: 2,094,002 ±454

$143,900 ±$14,173 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: $248,000 ±$2,229
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Louisiana: $208,700 ±$1,365

14.3% ±7.2% (737  ±379.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: 11.3% 110,457 (±0.4% / ±4,309.9)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Louisiana: 11.9% 543,392 (±0.2% / ±10,090.1)

Social

75.5% ±8.4% (2,519  ±403.1) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: 87.5% 606,045 (±0.9% / ±6,015.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Louisiana: 86.9% 2,702,854 (±0.5% / ±14,218.9)
12.7% ±4.8% (423  ±168.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: 33.1% 228,937 (±0.5% / ±3,549.4)
  • about half the rate in Louisiana: 26.6% 825,794 (±0.3% / ±7,861)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

9.6% ±3.4% (497  ±185) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: 9.5% 93,444
  • about double the rate in Louisiana: 4.7% 218,450

5.4% ±3.2% (201  ±124) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: 5.2% 40,344 (±0.2% / ±1,427)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Louisiana: 6.2% 217,225 (±0.1% / ±3,492)
201 Total veterans ±124 201 Male ±124 N/A Female ±20

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