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Meraux, LA

7,918 Population
4.1 square miles 1,908.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.7 ±2.4 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: 39.2 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in Louisiana: 38 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$33,602 ±$5,516 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: $38,238 ±$466
  • a little less than the amount in Louisiana: $35,038 ±$248
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$76,021 ±$15,249 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: $62,655 ±$1,185
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Louisiana: $60,756 ±$408
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

21.7% ±8.9% (1,711  ±721) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: 18.6% 178,924 (±0.7% / ±6,368)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Louisiana: 18.9% 848,967 (±0.3% / ±13,955)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

32.6 minutes ±4.9 (116,630  ±29,185) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: 24.4 9,715,445 (±0.3 / ±142,938)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Louisiana: 25.7 46,906,036 (±0.2 / ±362,947)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

2,615 ±287 Number of households
  • the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: 398,564 ±2,112
  • Louisiana: 1,804,780 ±5,143
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
3 ±0.5 (7,918  ±819) Persons per household
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: 2.4 962,257 (±0 / ±296)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Louisiana: 2.5 4,488,126
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6.6% ±5.2% (133  ±107) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: 5.7% 13,426 (±0.5% / ±1,093)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Louisiana: 5.7% 61,378 (±0.2% / ±2,325)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,752 ±268 Number of housing units
  • the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: 465,148 ±180
  • Louisiana: 2,108,902 ±333
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$208,700 ±$21,708 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: $260,200 ±$2,739
  • a little less than the amount in Louisiana: $216,500 ±$1,367
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

4.8% ±2.5% (376  ±201) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: 10.7% 104,073 (±0.4% / ±3,540.6)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Louisiana: 11.4% 520,360 (±0.2% / ±10,157.4)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

86.2% ±1.4% (4,504  ±584.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: 87.6% 602,898 (±0.9% / ±6,303.3)
  • about the same as the rate in Louisiana: 87.3% 2,711,692 (±0.5% / ±14,180.6)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
28.4% ±6.4% (1,483  ±384.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: 33.4% 230,169 (±0.6% / ±3,773.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in Louisiana: 27% 840,382 (±0.3% / ±8,276.4)
  • about 80 percent 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

1.3% ±0.7% (103  ±55) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: 9.8% 96,296
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Louisiana: 4.9% 224,537
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

4.5% ±2% (264  ±122) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: 5% 38,442 (±0.2% / ±1,527)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Louisiana: 6.1% 212,834 (±0.1% / ±3,526)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
264 Total veterans ±122 239 Male ±102 25 Female ±33

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