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Jena, LA

4,160 Population
5.5 square miles 756.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.7 ±1.3 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in LaSalle Parish: 36.6 ±2.1
  • 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

$36,460 ±$6,120 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in LaSalle Parish: $31,649 ±$2,568
  • a little higher than the amount in Louisiana: $35,038 ±$248
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$71,730 ±$24,533 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in LaSalle Parish: $68,497 † ±$9,683
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Louisiana: $60,756 ±$408
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

11.3% ±5.8% (439  ±224) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in LaSalle Parish: 16% † 2,205 (±3.4% / ±462)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Louisiana: 18.9% 848,967 (±0.3% / ±13,955)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

36.4 minutes ±12.2 (69,555  ±24,815) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in LaSalle Parish: 32.6 † 189,900 (±4.1 / ±28,696)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Louisiana: 25.7 46,906,036 (±0.2 / ±362,947)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,463 ±172 Number of households
  • LaSalle Parish: 5,049 ±218
  • Louisiana: 1,804,780 ±5,143
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.7 ±0.3 (3,880  ±74) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in LaSalle Parish: 2.7 13,763 (±0.1 / ±43)
  • a little higher than the figure in Louisiana: 2.5 4,488,126
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

8.2% ±7.1% (74  ±66) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in LaSalle Parish: 6.9% † 198 (±3.5% / ±101)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Louisiana: 5.7% 61,378 (±0.2% / ±2,325)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,681 ±187 Number of housing units
  • LaSalle Parish: 6,202 ±25
  • Louisiana: 2,108,902 ±333
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$139,700 ±$31,281 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in LaSalle Parish: $119,500 ±$10,499
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Louisiana: $216,500 ±$1,367
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

13.5% ±5.6% (554  ±230.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in LaSalle Parish: 10.7% † 1,554 (±2.6% / ±382.9)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Louisiana: 11.4% 520,360 (±0.2% / ±10,157.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

91.7% ±14.6% (2,576  ±445.9) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in LaSalle Parish: 82.9% 8,346 (±5.9% / ±686.4)
  • 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)
21.8% ±9% (611  ±256.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in LaSalle Parish: 13.1% † 1,317 (±3.2% / ±330.8)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Louisiana: 27% 840,382 (±0.3% / ±8,276.4)
  • about three-fifths of 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

1.6% ±2.2% (67  ±93) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in LaSalle Parish: 0.9% 131
  • about one-third of the rate in Louisiana: 4.9% 224,537
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

1.2% ±1.1% (36  ±34) Population with veteran status
  • about two-fifths of the rate in LaSalle Parish: 3.1% † 357 (±1.1% / ±123)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Louisiana: 6.1% 212,834 (±0.1% / ±3,526)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
36 Total veterans ±34 28 Male ±28 8 Female ±13

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