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Harahan, LA

8,939 Population
2 square miles 4,429.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

47.1 ±4.7 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: 38.9 ±0.1
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Louisiana: 37.8 ±0.1

Economics

$49,092 ±$4,576 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: $37,547 ±$464
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Louisiana: $34,211 ±$247
$78,222 ±$3,323 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: $62,271 ±$1,005
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Louisiana: $60,023 ±$491

8.4% ±3.1% (740  ±273) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: 18.3% 177,337 (±0.6% / ±5,312)
  • about half the rate in Louisiana: 18.9% 848,769 (±0.3% / ±14,766)

22 minutes ±1.4 (94,070  ±10,246) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: 24.5 9,996,485 (±0.3 / ±152,754)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Louisiana: 25.8 47,566,968 (±0.2 / ±402,285)

Families

4,224 ±298 Number of households
  • the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: 397,029 ±1,760
  • Louisiana: 1,783,168 ±5,717
2.1 ±0.2 (8,780  ±35) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: 2.4 970,389 (±0 / ±355)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Louisiana: 2.5 4,497,152

0.9% ±1.3% (17  ±25) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-fifth of the rate in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: 5.2% 12,473 (±0.4% / ±974)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Louisiana: 5.6% 60,096 (±0.2% / ±2,274)

Housing

4,471 ±292 Number of housing units
  • the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: 463,532 ±245
  • Louisiana: 2,094,002 ±454

$309,400 ±$36,338 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: $248,000 ±$2,229
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Louisiana: $208,700 ±$1,365

7.4% ±3.3% (664  ±296.4) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: 11.3% 110,457 (±0.4% / ±4,309.9)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Louisiana: 11.9% 543,392 (±0.2% / ±10,090.1)

Social

92.7% ±7.4% (6,379  ±568.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: 87.5% 606,045 (±0.9% / ±6,015.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Louisiana: 86.9% 2,702,854 (±0.5% / ±14,218.9)
41% ±5% (2,820  ±361.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: 33.1% 228,937 (±0.5% / ±3,549.4)
  • 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% ±1.7% (260  ±153) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: 9.5% 93,444
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Louisiana: 4.7% 218,450

5.9% ±1.5% (441  ±110) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: 5.2% 40,344 (±0.2% / ±1,427)
  • a little less than the rate in Louisiana: 6.2% 217,225 (±0.1% / ±3,492)
441 Total veterans ±110 415 Male ±111 26 Female ±21

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