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Census Tract 253, Jefferson, LA

2,118 Population
0.5 square miles 4,118.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

48.4 ±5.5 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Gretna: 38.3 ±1.8
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Jefferson Parish: 40 ±0.3

Economics

$37,578 ±$7,014 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Gretna: $29,607 ±$2,739
  • about the same as the amount in Jefferson Parish: $37,862 ±$683
$78,864 ±$11,427 Median household income
  • nearly double the amount in Gretna: $43,110 † ±$7,162
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Jefferson Parish: $65,252 ±$1,992

10.3% ±4.7% (219  ±107) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Gretna: 26.9% † 4,379 (±4.3% / ±696)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Jefferson Parish: 16.6% 70,927 (±1% / ±4,063)

25.2 minutes ±5.5 (27,945  ±10,102) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Gretna: 25.4 † 167,390 (±2.8 / ±23,470)
  • a little higher than the figure in Jefferson Parish: 24.3 4,453,365 (±0.4 / ±101,952)

Families

930 ±188 Number of households
  • Gretna: 7,544 ±480
  • Jefferson Parish: 177,003 ±1,136
2.3 ±0.6 (2,118  ±373) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Gretna: 2.2 16,262 (±0.1 / ±58)
  • a little less than the figure in Jefferson Parish: 2.4 427,697 (±0 / ±69)

1.4% ±2.7% (6  ±12) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Gretna: 7% † 271 (±2.9% / ±116)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Jefferson Parish: 7% † 6,767 (±0.7% / ±723)

Housing

1,093 ±193 Number of housing units
  • Gretna: 8,352 ±477
  • Jefferson Parish: 194,418 ±143

$313,100 ±$30,554 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Gretna: $257,400 ±$25,428
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Jefferson Parish: $251,400 ±$3,985

13.5% ±8.6% (286  ±187.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Gretna: 16.1% † 2,778 (±3.4% / ±582.8)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Jefferson Parish: 10.4% 44,245 (±0.7% / ±2,763.3)

Social

79.5% ±6.6% (1,333  ±278.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Gretna: 75.7% 9,121 (±4.9% / ±711.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Jefferson Parish: 86.3% 261,123 (±1.4% / ±4,359.7)
24.6% ±5.7% (412  ±124.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Gretna: 24.5% † 2,946 (±3.1% / ±388.3)
  • about 80 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

29.9% ±13.8% (634  ±312) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Gretna: 19.4% † 3,376 (±3.6% / ±623)
  • about double the rate in Jefferson Parish: 14.6% 62,771

3.3% ±2.7% (58  ±49) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Gretna: 2.8% † 379 (±0.8% / ±111)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Jefferson Parish: 5.1% 17,007 (±0.3% / ±1,035)
58 Total veterans ±49 58 Male ±49 N/A Female ±14

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