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District B, Lafayette Parish, LA

56,622 Population
115.1 square miles 491.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.7 ±1.3 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Lafayette Parish: 36.5 ±0.3
  • about the same as the figure in Louisiana: 38 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$37,938 ±$3,255 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Lafayette Parish: $40,361 ±$1,155
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Louisiana: $35,038 ±$248
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$61,427 ±$6,333 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Lafayette Parish: $67,451 ±$2,676
  • about the same as the amount in Louisiana: $60,756 ±$408
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

18.1% ±2.7% (10,213  ±1,568) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in Lafayette Parish: 17.1% 41,850 (±1.3% / ±3,185)
  • a little less than the rate in Louisiana: 18.9% 848,967 (±0.3% / ±13,955)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

25.4 minutes ±0.6 (620,860  ±44,009) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Lafayette Parish: 22.9 2,449,460 (±0.6 / ±82,050)
  • about the same as the figure in Louisiana: 25.7 46,906,036 (±0.2 / ±362,947)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

23,074 ±1,111 Number of households
  • Lafayette Parish: 100,903 ±947
  • Louisiana: 1,804,780 ±5,143
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.2 (56,414  ±2,317) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Lafayette Parish: 2.4 244,772 (±0 / ±62)
  • about the same as the figure in Louisiana: 2.5 4,488,126
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6% ±1.9% (798  ±263) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in Lafayette Parish: 6.2% † 3,705 (±0.9% / ±556)
  • a little higher than the rate in Louisiana: 5.7% 61,378 (±0.2% / ±2,325)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

25,108 ±1,078 Number of housing units
  • Lafayette Parish: 112,184 ±69
  • Louisiana: 2,108,902 ±333
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$200,100 ±$11,794 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Lafayette Parish: $242,900 ±$4,823
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Louisiana: $216,500 ±$1,367
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

10.4% ±2.2% (5,795  ±1,273.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Lafayette Parish: 12.3% 30,096 (±1% / ±2,395.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Louisiana: 11.4% 520,360 (±0.2% / ±10,157.4)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

87.1% ±3.4% (33,987  ±1,977.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than 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)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
24.4% ±2.2% (9,517  ±941) 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

7.8% ±1.8% (4,419  ±1,037) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Lafayette Parish: 5.2% 12,880
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Louisiana: 4.9% 224,537
  • about half the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.1% ±1% (2,201  ±424) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Lafayette Parish: 5.6% 10,433 (±0.5% / ±932)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Louisiana: 6.1% 212,834 (±0.1% / ±3,526)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
2,201 Total veterans ±424 1,985 Male ±377 216 Female ±155

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