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St. Joseph, LA

709 Population
0.9 square miles 796.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

49 ±7.5 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Tensas Parish: 47.4 ±2.1
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Louisiana: 37.8 ±0.1

Economics

$21,182 ±$11,127 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Tensas Parish: $21,878 † ±$3,277
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Louisiana: $34,211 ±$247
$33,864 ±$14,924 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Tensas Parish: $36,074 † ±$4,401
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Louisiana: $60,023 ±$491

41.3% ±15.7% (287  ±137) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Tensas Parish: 32.8% † 1,255 (±5.9% / ±224)
  • more than double the rate in Louisiana: 18.9% 848,769 (±0.3% / ±14,766)

17 minutes ±7.2 (4,110  ±2,320) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Tensas Parish: 27.5 † 31,670 (±3.7 / ±5,774)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Louisiana: 25.8 47,566,968 (±0.2 / ±402,285)

Families

312 ±66 Number of households
  • Tensas Parish: 1,629 ±125
  • Louisiana: 1,783,168 ±5,717
2.3 ±0.4 (704  ±200) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Tensas Parish: 2.4 3,830 (±0.2 / ±11)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Louisiana: 2.5 4,497,152

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

436 ±73 Number of housing units
  • Tensas Parish: 2,804 ±22
  • Louisiana: 2,094,002 ±454

$56,100 ±$7,973 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Tensas Parish: $80,300 † ±$14,643
  • about one-quarter of the amount in Louisiana: $208,700 ±$1,365

10.2% ±9.9% (72  ±73.3) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Tensas Parish: 6.2% † 244 (±2.6% / ±102)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Louisiana: 11.9% 543,392 (±0.2% / ±10,090.1)

Social

83.9% ±32.9% (436  ±120.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Tensas Parish: 80.9% 2,332 (±8% / ±237.4)
  • a little less than the rate in Louisiana: 86.9% 2,702,854 (±0.5% / ±14,218.9)
8.7% ±7.3% (45  ±40.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Tensas Parish: 13.1% † 379 (±3.4% / ±98.1)
  • about one-third of the rate in Louisiana: 26.6% 825,794 (±0.3% / ±7,861)

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

N/A Foreign-born population

9% ±5% (50  ±31) Population with veteran status
  • about double the rate in Tensas Parish: 4.5% † 140 (±1.8% / ±56)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Louisiana: 6.2% 217,225 (±0.1% / ±3,492)
50 Total veterans ±31 40 Male ±30 10 Female ±12

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