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Broussard, LA

14,322 Population
18.2 square miles 788.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.1 ±3.5 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 37.3 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Louisiana: 38 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$48,339 ±$6,387 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: $35,892 ±$760
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Louisiana: $35,038 ±$248
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$116,179 ±$15,880 Median household income
  • nearly double the amount in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: $60,892 ±$1,370
  • nearly double the amount in Louisiana: $60,756 ±$408
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

13.5% ±7.5% (1,866  ±1,048) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 18.4% 75,025 (±0.9% / ±3,650)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Louisiana: 18.9% 848,967 (±0.3% / ±13,955)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

19.8 minutes ±1.3 (147,940  ±19,284) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 25.2 4,279,100 (±0.5 / ±114,876)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Louisiana: 25.7 46,906,036 (±0.2 / ±362,947)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

5,051 ±374 Number of households
  • the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 164,378 ±1,323
  • Louisiana: 1,804,780 ±5,143
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.8 ±0.2 (14,171  ±180) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 2.5 408,560 (±0 / ±89)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Louisiana: 2.5 4,488,126
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6.5% ±4.5% (247  ±174) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 6.4% † 6,218 (±0.7% / ±700)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Louisiana: 5.7% 61,378 (±0.2% / ±2,325)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

5,658 ±445 Number of housing units
  • the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 187,261 ±101
  • Louisiana: 2,108,902 ±333
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$310,200 ±$19,522 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: $214,400 ±$3,823
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Louisiana: $216,500 ±$1,367
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

7% ±2.9% (984  ±406.4) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 11% 44,771 (±0.7% / ±2,924.2)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Louisiana: 11.4% 520,360 (±0.2% / ±10,157.4)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

91.7% ±7.9% (8,590  ±976.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 87.3% 243,188 (±1.5% / ±4,227.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in Louisiana: 87.3% 2,711,692 (±0.5% / ±14,180.6)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
36.1% ±5.2% (3,383  ±544.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 27.6% 76,974 (±1% / ±2,699.6)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Louisiana: 27% 840,382 (±0.3% / ±8,276.4)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

2.7% ±1.6% (386  ±223) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 3.9% 16,244
  • about half the rate in Louisiana: 4.9% 224,537
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.2% ±2.3% (631  ±245) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 5.2% 16,266 (±0.3% / ±1,035)
  • about the same as the rate in Louisiana: 6.1% 212,834 (±0.1% / ±3,526)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
631 Total veterans ±245 597 Male ±240 34 Female ±41

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