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Broussard, LA

13,791 Population
18.1 square miles 760.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.9 ±3.8 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 37.2 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Louisiana: 37.8 ±0.1

Economics

$46,211 ±$6,273 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: $34,845 ±$808
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Louisiana: $34,211 ±$247
$116,613 ±$16,447 Median household income
  • nearly double the amount in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: $60,910 ±$1,679
  • nearly double the amount in Louisiana: $60,023 ±$491

16.5% ±8.1% (2,200  ±1,077) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 18.5% 74,988 (±0.9% / ±3,675)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Louisiana: 18.9% 848,769 (±0.3% / ±14,766)

21.4 minutes ±1.7 (155,690  ±20,998) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 25.1 4,285,655 (±0.6 / ±129,120)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Louisiana: 25.8 47,566,968 (±0.2 / ±402,285)

Families

4,821 ±454 Number of households
  • the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 162,763 ±1,271
  • Louisiana: 1,783,168 ±5,717
2.8 ±0.3 (13,632  ±209) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 2.5 405,337 (±0 / ±118)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Louisiana: 2.5 4,497,152

5% ±4% (184  ±150) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 6.2% † 5,968 (±0.7% / ±634)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Louisiana: 5.6% 60,096 (±0.2% / ±2,274)

Housing

5,510 ±578 Number of housing units
  • the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 185,064 ±113
  • Louisiana: 2,094,002 ±454

$301,000 ±$29,145 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: $206,900 ±$3,876
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Louisiana: $208,700 ±$1,365

8.1% ±3.7% (1,103  ±510.6) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 11.6% 47,028 (±0.8% / ±3,121.7)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Louisiana: 11.9% 543,392 (±0.2% / ±10,090.1)

Social

90.8% ±8.1% (8,019  ±995.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 87% 240,617 (±1.5% / ±4,176.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in Louisiana: 86.9% 2,702,854 (±0.5% / ±14,218.9)
40.5% ±6.2% (3,575  ±629.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 27% 74,659 (±0.8% / ±2,299.1)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Louisiana: 26.6% 825,794 (±0.3% / ±7,861)

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

2.9% ±2.2% (396  ±303) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 3.8% 15,616
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Louisiana: 4.7% 218,450

5.7% ±2.4% (553  ±239) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 5.7% 17,581 (±0.3% / ±990)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Louisiana: 6.2% 217,225 (±0.1% / ±3,492)
553 Total veterans ±239 535 Male ±230 18 Female ±34

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