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Jena, LA

4,139 Population
5.5 square miles 752.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.7 ±3 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in LaSalle Parish: 38.6 ±0.9
  • a little higher than the figure in Louisiana: 37.8 ±0.1

Economics

$38,950 ±$6,369 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in LaSalle Parish: $31,297 ±$2,760
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Louisiana: $34,211 ±$247
$85,955 ±$1,225 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in LaSalle Parish: $67,077 † ±$6,893
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Louisiana: $60,023 ±$491

6.5% ±5% (250  ±194) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in LaSalle Parish: 15.5% † 2,126 (±4% / ±547)
  • about one-third of the rate in Louisiana: 18.9% 848,769 (±0.3% / ±14,766)

42.1 minutes ±8 (80,335  ±19,079) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in LaSalle Parish: 35.3 † 209,410 (±4.7 / ±32,173)
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in Louisiana: 25.8 47,566,968 (±0.2 / ±402,285)

Families

1,620 ±220 Number of households
  • LaSalle Parish: 4,883 ±206
  • Louisiana: 1,783,168 ±5,717
2.4 ±0.3 (3,842  ±87) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in LaSalle Parish: 2.8 13,730 (±0.1 / ±51)
  • a little less than the figure in Louisiana: 2.5 4,497,152

9.9% ±9.6% (96  ±95) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in LaSalle Parish: 7.7% † 231 (±5.9% / ±178)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Louisiana: 5.6% 60,096 (±0.2% / ±2,274)

Housing

1,886 ±209 Number of housing units
  • LaSalle Parish: 6,203 ±45
  • Louisiana: 2,094,002 ±454

$157,900 ±$12,326 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in LaSalle Parish: $137,200 † ±$29,890
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Louisiana: $208,700 ±$1,365

17.1% ±7.1% (694  ±290.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in LaSalle Parish: 11.3% † 1,658 (±2.7% / ±401.7)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Louisiana: 11.9% 543,392 (±0.2% / ±10,090.1)

Social

90.1% ±15.4% (2,743  ±497.3) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in LaSalle Parish: 80.4% 8,256 (±6.9% / ±731.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in Louisiana: 86.9% 2,702,854 (±0.5% / ±14,218.9)
33.7% ±11.7% (1,025  ±361.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • nearly double the rate in LaSalle Parish: 17.4% † 1,782 (±3.9% / ±400.5)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Louisiana: 26.6% 825,794 (±0.3% / ±7,861)

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

7.3% ±4.1% (304  ±168) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in LaSalle Parish: 2.3% 345
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Louisiana: 4.7% 218,450

14.6% ±8.4% (484  ±279) Population with veteran status
  • about double the rate in LaSalle Parish: 7.3% † 847 (±2.7% / ±318)
  • more than double the rate in Louisiana: 6.2% 217,225 (±0.1% / ±3,492)
484 Total veterans ±279 462 Male ±280 22 Female ±26

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