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Census Tract 215, Jefferson, LA

2,892 Population
0.3 square miles 8,749.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.2 ±9.2 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Metairie: 41.3 ±1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Jefferson Parish: 40 ±0.3

Economics

$26,566 ±$5,835 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Metairie: $46,765 ±$1,254
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Jefferson Parish: $37,862 ±$683
$40,183 ±$5,863 Median household income
  • about half the amount in Metairie: $73,042 ±$3,784
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Jefferson Parish: $65,252 ±$1,992

27% ±11.8% (758  ±371) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in Metairie: 12.5% 17,443 (±1.1% / ±1,517)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Jefferson Parish: 16.6% 70,927 (±1% / ±4,063)

20.8 minutes ±8 (25,055  ±6,616) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Metairie: 21.7 1,327,755 (±0.5 / ±58,469)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Jefferson Parish: 24.3 4,453,365 (±0.4 / ±101,952)

Families

1,457 ±240 Number of households
  • Metairie: 61,248 ±1,276
  • Jefferson Parish: 177,003 ±1,136
1.9 ±0.3 (2,802  ±630) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Metairie: 2.3 139,244 (±0 / ±2,989)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Jefferson Parish: 2.4 427,697 (±0 / ±69)

14.9% ±11.9% (114  ±96) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Metairie: 5.8% † 1,729 (±1.1% / ±336)
  • more than double the rate in Jefferson Parish: 7% † 6,767 (±0.7% / ±723)

Housing

1,726 ±231 Number of housing units
  • Metairie: 66,355 ±1,112
  • Jefferson Parish: 194,418 ±143

$128,600 ±$82,614 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Metairie: $327,500 ±$6,997
  • about half the amount in Jefferson Parish: $251,400 ±$3,985

24% ±10.5% (666  ±322.2) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in Metairie: 10.1% † 13,948 (±1% / ±1,432.7)
  • more than double the rate in Jefferson Parish: 10.4% 44,245 (±0.7% / ±2,763.3)

Social

81% ±6.8% (1,714  ±349.5) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Metairie: 91.3% 92,473 (±1.9% / ±2,590.4)
  • a little less than the rate in Jefferson Parish: 86.3% 261,123 (±1.4% / ±4,359.7)
26.9% ±8.8% (570  ±213.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Metairie: 41.2% 41,685 (±1.5% / ±1,695.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Jefferson Parish: 30.5% 92,294 (±0.9% / ±2,612.4)

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

30.8% ±16.5% (890  ±516) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Metairie: 14% 19,572 (±1.1% / ±1,595)
  • more than double the rate in Jefferson Parish: 14.6% 62,771

4.3% ±4.3% (101  ±103) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Metairie: 4.9% † 5,359 (±0.5% / ±567)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Jefferson Parish: 5.1% 17,007 (±0.3% / ±1,035)
101 Total veterans ±103 101 Male ±103 N/A Female ±14

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