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Census Tract 244, Jefferson, LA

2,552 Population
0.4 square miles 5,764.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

47.9 ±3.4 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Jefferson: 45.4 ±3.5
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Jefferson Parish: 40 ±0.3

Economics

$44,328 ±$7,594 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Jefferson: $41,624 ±$3,362
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Jefferson Parish: $37,862 ±$683
$57,572 ±$16,999 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Jefferson: $57,235 ±$4,942
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Jefferson Parish: $65,252 ±$1,992

12.5% ±4.6% (320  ±128) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Jefferson: 16.5% † 1,569 (±4.3% / ±432)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Jefferson Parish: 16.6% 70,927 (±1% / ±4,063)

16.8 minutes ±0.9 (20,825  ±5,541) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Jefferson: 20 90,635 (±0.8 / ±11,354)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Jefferson Parish: 24.3 4,453,365 (±0.4 / ±101,952)

Families

1,380 ±159 Number of households
  • Jefferson: 5,124 ±378
  • Jefferson Parish: 177,003 ±1,136
1.9 ±0.2 (2,550  ±408) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Jefferson: 1.8 9,407 (±0.1 / ±759)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Jefferson Parish: 2.4 427,697 (±0 / ±69)

7.9% ±6.6% (42  ±37) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Jefferson: 6.3% † 138 (±3.2% / ±74)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Jefferson Parish: 7% † 6,767 (±0.7% / ±723)

Housing

1,521 ±151 Number of housing units
  • Jefferson: 6,128 ±328
  • Jefferson Parish: 194,418 ±143

$259,100 ±$21,377 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Jefferson: $247,700 ±$12,032
  • a little higher than the amount in Jefferson Parish: $251,400 ±$3,985

11.4% ±5.3% (286  ±140.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Jefferson: 14.4% † 1,378 (±4.3% / ±420.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Jefferson Parish: 10.4% 44,245 (±0.7% / ±2,763.3)

Social

92.8% ±21% (1,893  ±296.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Jefferson: 89.2% 6,845 (±3.1% / ±541.3)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Jefferson Parish: 86.3% 261,123 (±1.4% / ±4,359.7)
33.5% ±6.2% (683  ±169.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Jefferson: 35.7% † 2,739 (±3.7% / ±344.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than 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

3.7% ±3.2% (95  ±83) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Jefferson: 7.8% † 756 (±3.2% / ±317)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Jefferson Parish: 14.6% 62,771

4.4% ±2.6% (92  ±56) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Jefferson: 5.3% † 429 (±1.8% / ±150)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Jefferson Parish: 5.1% 17,007 (±0.3% / ±1,035)
92 Total veterans ±56 82 Male ±52 10 Female ±16

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