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District 8, Ascension Parish, LA

11,331 Population
18.1 square miles 626.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.7 ±4.3 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
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$56,519 ±$7,705 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Ascension Parish: $42,258 ±$1,668
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Louisiana: $35,038 ±$248
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$144,032 ±$25,808 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Ascension Parish: $91,549 ±$5,417
  • more than double the amount in Louisiana: $60,756 ±$408
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

6.2% ±3.7% (689  ±425) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Ascension Parish: 10.3% † 13,346 (±1.4% / ±1,856)
  • about one-third of the rate in Louisiana: 18.9% 848,967 (±0.3% / ±13,955)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

28.3 minutes ±5.1 (152,860  ±32,596) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than 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)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

3,876 ±389 Number of households
  • Ascension Parish: 47,656 ±640
  • Louisiana: 1,804,780 ±5,143
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.9 ±0.2 (11,331  ±1,289) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Ascension Parish: 2.7 129,490 (±0 / ±25)
  • about 20 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

3.5% ±2.9% (99  ±84) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Ascension Parish: 7.1% † 2,297 (±1.4% / ±457)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Louisiana: 5.7% 61,378 (±0.2% / ±2,325)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

4,081 ±371 Number of housing units
  • Ascension Parish: 51,940 ±81
  • Louisiana: 2,108,902 ±333
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$397,200 ±$26,661 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Ascension Parish: $279,600 ±$7,042
  • nearly double the amount in Louisiana: $216,500 ±$1,367
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

2.5% ±2.4% (278  ±268.7) Moved since previous year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Ascension Parish: 10.3% † 13,258 (±1.5% / ±1,872.4)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Louisiana: 11.4% 520,360 (±0.2% / ±10,157.4)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

92.4% ±3.3% (6,355  ±671) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Ascension Parish: 89.3% 76,280 (±3.1% / ±2,681.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in Louisiana: 87.3% 2,711,692 (±0.5% / ±14,180.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
50.4% ±5.1% (3,464  ±492.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Ascension Parish: 29.1% 24,849 (±1.8% / ±1,574.4)
  • nearly double the rate in Louisiana: 27% 840,382 (±0.3% / ±8,276.4)
  • about 1.4 times 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

4.9% ±2.9% (549  ±338) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in Ascension Parish: 4.9% 6,401
  • about the same as the rate in Louisiana: 4.9% 224,537
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8% ±2.7% (642  ±225) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Ascension Parish: 6.1% † 5,864 (±0.7% / ±683)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Louisiana: 6.1% 212,834 (±0.1% / ±3,526)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
642 Total veterans ±225 460 Male ±186 182 Female ±113

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