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District A, Lafayette Parish, LA

29,874 Population
44 square miles 678.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.9 ±2.5 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Lafayette Parish: 36.5 ±0.3
  • a little higher than the figure in Louisiana: 38 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$32,436 ±$3,098 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Lafayette Parish: $40,361 ±$1,155
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Louisiana: $35,038 ±$248
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$62,338 ±$7,341 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Lafayette Parish: $67,451 ±$2,676
  • a little higher than the amount in Louisiana: $60,756 ±$408
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

16.9% ±4.1% (4,991  ±1,228) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Lafayette Parish: 17.1% 41,850 (±1.3% / ±3,185)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Louisiana: 18.9% 848,967 (±0.3% / ±13,955)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

26.8 minutes ±2.4 (300,875  ±39,813) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Lafayette Parish: 22.9 2,449,460 (±0.6 / ±82,050)
  • a little higher than the figure in Louisiana: 25.7 46,906,036 (±0.2 / ±362,947)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

11,690 ±708 Number of households
  • Lafayette Parish: 100,903 ±947
  • Louisiana: 1,804,780 ±5,143
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.2 (29,669  ±1,513) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Lafayette Parish: 2.4 244,772 (±0 / ±62)
  • about the same as the figure in Louisiana: 2.5 4,488,126
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5.4% ±2.3% (370  ±158) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Lafayette Parish: 6.2% † 3,705 (±0.9% / ±556)
  • a little less than the rate in Louisiana: 5.7% 61,378 (±0.2% / ±2,325)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

13,483 ±735 Number of housing units
  • Lafayette Parish: 112,184 ±69
  • Louisiana: 2,108,902 ±333
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$221,300 ±$8,762 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Lafayette Parish: $242,900 ±$4,823
  • about the same as the amount in Louisiana: $216,500 ±$1,367
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

12% ±3.5% (3,552  ±1,045.7) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Lafayette Parish: 12.3% 30,096 (±1% / ±2,395.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in Louisiana: 11.4% 520,360 (±0.2% / ±10,157.4)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

88.3% ±2.9% (17,668  ±1,266.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Lafayette Parish: 90.2% 151,326 (±2.2% / ±3,703.8)
  • about the same as 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)
24.5% ±3.2% (4,892  ±706.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Lafayette Parish: 35.3% 59,180 (±1.4% / ±2,315.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Louisiana: 27% 840,382 (±0.3% / ±8,276.4)
  • about two-thirds 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

2.2% ±0.9% (642  ±267) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Lafayette Parish: 5.2% 12,880
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Louisiana: 4.9% 224,537
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.9% ±1.4% (1,750  ±324) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Lafayette Parish: 5.6% 10,433 (±0.5% / ±932)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Louisiana: 6.1% 212,834 (±0.1% / ±3,526)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,750 Total veterans ±324 1,544 Male ±319 206 Female ±157

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