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District 1, Ascension Parish, LA

12,020 Population
20.6 square miles 582.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.3 ±3.2 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Ascension Parish: 36.6 ±0.4
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Louisiana: 38 ±0.1

Economics

$28,740 ±$4,059 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Ascension Parish: $42,258 ±$1,668
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Louisiana: $35,038 ±$248
$49,122 ±$18,261 Median household income
  • about half the amount in Ascension Parish: $91,549 ±$5,417
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Louisiana: $60,756 ±$408

33.4% ±8.3% (3,827  ±1,017) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in Ascension Parish: 10.3% † 13,346 (±1.4% / ±1,856)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Louisiana: 18.9% 848,967 (±0.3% / ±13,955)

27.6 minutes ±2.3 (115,500  ±22,256) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Ascension Parish: 30.2 1,764,395 (±1.4 / ±98,166)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Louisiana: 25.7 46,906,036 (±0.2 / ±362,947)

Families

4,463 ±476 Number of households
  • Ascension Parish: 47,656 ±640
  • Louisiana: 1,804,780 ±5,143
2.6 ±0.4 (11,443  ±1,072) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Ascension Parish: 2.7 129,490 (±0 / ±25)
  • a little higher than the figure in Louisiana: 2.5 4,488,126

12.8% ±14% (332  ±368) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Ascension Parish: 7.1% † 2,297 (±1.4% / ±457)
  • more than double the rate in Louisiana: 5.7% 61,378 (±0.2% / ±2,325)

Housing

5,183 ±507 Number of housing units
  • Ascension Parish: 51,940 ±81
  • Louisiana: 2,108,902 ±333

$232,400 ±$19,668 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Ascension Parish: $279,600 ±$7,042
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Louisiana: $216,500 ±$1,367

11% ±5.3% (1,279  ±622.9) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in Ascension Parish: 10.3% † 13,258 (±1.5% / ±1,872.4)
  • a little less than the rate in Louisiana: 11.4% 520,360 (±0.2% / ±10,157.4)

Social

83.9% ±0.4% (6,440  ±728.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Ascension Parish: 89.3% 76,280 (±3.1% / ±2,681.1)
  • a little less than the rate in Louisiana: 87.3% 2,711,692 (±0.5% / ±14,180.6)
16.5% ±3.3% (1,263  ±291) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Ascension Parish: 29.1% 24,849 (±1.8% / ±1,574.4)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Louisiana: 27% 840,382 (±0.3% / ±8,276.4)

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

2.5% ±2.7% (301  ±330) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Ascension Parish: 4.9% 6,401
  • about half the rate in Louisiana: 4.9% 224,537

6.1% ±2.7% (530  ±236) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Ascension Parish: 6.1% † 5,864 (±0.7% / ±683)
  • about the same as the rate in Louisiana: 6.1% 212,834 (±0.1% / ±3,526)
530 Total veterans ±236 476 Male ±220 54 Female ±75

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