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District 4, St. James Parish, LA

3,362 Population
65.2 square miles 51.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.5 ±4.1 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in St. James Parish: 40.8 ±0.7
  • about the same as the figure in Louisiana: 38 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$46,833 ±$11,801 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in St. James Parish: $37,140 ±$2,506
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Louisiana: $35,038 ±$248
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$65,577 ±$23,035 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in St. James Parish: $65,531 ±$4,784
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Louisiana: $60,756 ±$408
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

4.3% ±2.6% (141  ±90) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in St. James Parish: 11.1% † 2,148 (±3% / ±578)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Louisiana: 18.9% 848,967 (±0.3% / ±13,955)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

28.3 minutes ±4.7 (35,965  ±9,776) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in St. James Parish: 28.3 221,445 (±1.9 / ±19,306)
  • 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

1,346 ±243 Number of households
  • St. James Parish: 7,543 ±201
  • Louisiana: 1,804,780 ±5,143
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.6 (3,309  ±533) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in St. James Parish: 2.6 19,371 (±0.1 / ±10)
  • 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

7.1% ±6.8% (53  ±53) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in St. James Parish: 6.7% † 278 (±3% / ±124)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Louisiana: 5.7% 61,378 (±0.2% / ±2,325)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,591 ±247 Number of housing units
  • St. James Parish: 8,678 ±28
  • Louisiana: 2,108,902 ±333
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$178,600 ±$28,458 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in St. James Parish: $211,800 ±$17,347
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Louisiana: $216,500 ±$1,367
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

4.9% ±3% (162  ±103.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in St. James Parish: 3.7% † 704 (±1.5% / ±278.9)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Louisiana: 11.4% 520,360 (±0.2% / ±10,157.4)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

91.6% ±7% (2,014  ±329.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in St. James Parish: 87.8% 12,054 (±5.2% / ±720.3)
  • a little higher than 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)
24.9% ±6.4% (548  ±161.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in St. James Parish: 19.5% † 2,677 (±2.5% / ±340.9)
  • 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

0.4% ±0.5% (14  ±16) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in St. James Parish: 1.8% 347
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Louisiana: 4.9% 224,537
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

3.8% ±2.7% (85  ±62) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in St. James Parish: 3.7% † 561 (±0.9% / ±134)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Louisiana: 6.1% 212,834 (±0.1% / ±3,526)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
85 Total veterans ±62 48 Male ±46 37 Female ±42

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