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Census Tract 47, East Baton Rouge, LA

5,516 Population
80.8 square miles 68.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

50.9 ±10.6 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Central: 40.4 ±2
  • about 1.5 times the figure in East Baton Rouge Parish: 34.1 ±0.2

Economics

$37,846 ±$4,159 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Central: $43,056 ±$2,721
  • about the same as the amount in East Baton Rouge Parish: $38,736 ±$1,080
$67,159 ±$32,111 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Central: $89,554 † ±$13,282
  • a little higher than the amount in East Baton Rouge Parish: $63,071 ±$2,142

6.6% ±5.3% (363  ±301) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Central: 5.4% † 1,602 (±1.7% / ±504)
  • about one-third of the rate in East Baton Rouge Parish: 19.6% 85,736 (±1.2% / ±5,371)

30.9 minutes ±11 (57,515  ±14,341) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Central: 29 361,330 (±0.6 / ±27,493)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in East Baton Rouge Parish: 23.6 4,428,025 (±0.4 / ±104,767)

Families

2,335 ±549 Number of households
  • Central: 11,496 ±570
  • East Baton Rouge Parish: 177,295 ±1,381
2.4 ±0.7 (5,512  ±1,154) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Central: 2.6 29,753 (±0.1 / ±48)
  • a little less than the figure in East Baton Rouge Parish: 2.5 437,759 (±0 / ±180)

3.4% ±5.6% (28  ±47) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Central: 5.6% † 332 (±3% / ±183)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in East Baton Rouge Parish: 4.4% † 5,234 (±0.7% / ±822)

Housing

2,585 ±569 Number of housing units
  • Central: 12,372 ±594
  • East Baton Rouge Parish: 206,591 ±136

$248,100 ±$99,173 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Central: $288,700 ±$18,351
  • about the same as the amount in East Baton Rouge Parish: $248,800 ±$3,342

5.4% ±3.6% (299  ±208.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Central: 5.1% † 1,495 (±1.8% / ±519.4)
  • about one-third of the rate in East Baton Rouge Parish: 15.9% 71,057 (±1% / ±4,586.6)

Social

94.7% ±27.5% (3,939  ±793.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Central: 96.6% 19,260 (±6.5% / ±1,434.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in East Baton Rouge Parish: 90.8% 257,565 (±1.6% / ±4,468.3)
30.9% ±13.1% (1,286  ±606.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Central: 35.3% † 7,035 (±4.7% / ±962.6)
  • about 80 percent 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

1.4% ±2% (77  ±113) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Central: 1.3% † 383 (±0.8% / ±246)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in East Baton Rouge Parish: 7.1% 32,007

5.4% ±3.1% (249  ±150) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Central: 6.8% † 1,492 (±1.5% / ±337)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in East Baton Rouge Parish: 4.4% 15,343 (±0.4% / ±1,249)
249 Total veterans ±150 233 Male ±142 16 Female ±27

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