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Census Tract 35.05, East Baton Rouge, LA

2,823 Population
3.1 square miles 920.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.4 ±7.5 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Merrydale: 38.8 † ±5.7
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in East Baton Rouge Parish: 34.1 ±0.2

Economics

$23,860 ±$3,774 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Merrydale: $20,468 † ±$4,358
  • about three-fifths of the amount in East Baton Rouge Parish: $38,736 ±$1,080
$53,295 ±$5,753 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Merrydale: $41,500 † ±$20,680
  • about 80 percent of the amount in East Baton Rouge Parish: $63,071 ±$2,142

20.6% ±8.6% (573  ±251) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Merrydale: 30% † 2,848 (±9.4% / ±1,020)
  • a little higher than the rate in East Baton Rouge Parish: 19.6% 85,736 (±1.2% / ±5,371)

24.8 minutes ±0.1 (26,300  ±5,443) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Merrydale: 26.7 74,880 (±0.9 / ±19,184)
  • a little higher than the figure in East Baton Rouge Parish: 23.6 4,428,025 (±0.4 / ±104,767)

Families

1,055 ±113 Number of households
  • Merrydale: 3,372 † ±499
  • East Baton Rouge Parish: 177,295 ±1,381
2.6 ±0.3 (2,747  ±393) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Merrydale: 2.8 9,490 (±0.3 / ±1,631)
  • a little higher than the figure in East Baton Rouge Parish: 2.5 437,759 (±0 / ±180)

7% ±11.1% (39  ±63) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Merrydale: 4.1% † 98 (±4.3% / ±107)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in East Baton Rouge Parish: 4.4% † 5,234 (±0.7% / ±822)

Housing

1,352 ±137 Number of housing units
  • Merrydale: 3,772 † ±519
  • East Baton Rouge Parish: 206,591 ±136

$148,800 ±$29,327 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Merrydale: $136,100 † ±$26,517
  • about three-fifths of the amount in East Baton Rouge Parish: $248,800 ±$3,342

19.2% ±10.1% (538  ±293.7) Moved since previous year
  • nearly double the rate in Merrydale: 9.9% † 925 (±6.8% / ±651.9)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in East Baton Rouge Parish: 15.9% 71,057 (±1% / ±4,586.6)

Social

84.4% ±12.6% (1,565  ±300.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Merrydale: 85.8% 5,339 (±2.1% / ±894.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in East Baton Rouge Parish: 90.8% 257,565 (±1.6% / ±4,468.3)
7.1% ±4.2% (131  ±78.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Merrydale: 16.9% † 1,054 (±7.1% / ±472.1)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in East Baton Rouge Parish: 38.5% 109,286 (±1% / ±2,784.6)

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

1.9% ±1.8% (53  ±51) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Merrydale: 1.1% † 101 (±0.9% / ±91)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in East Baton Rouge Parish: 7.1% 32,007

5.3% ±3.1% (116  ±68) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Merrydale: 6.6% † 455 (±5.1% / ±357)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in East Baton Rouge Parish: 4.4% 15,343 (±0.4% / ±1,249)
116 Total veterans ±68 78 Male ±50 38 Female ±38

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