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Census Tract 255, Jefferson, LA

3,112 Population
0.3 square miles 9,227.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

28.5 ±5.8 Median age
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Gretna: 38.3 ±1.8
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Jefferson Parish: 40 ±0.3

Economics

$17,407 ±$4,106 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Gretna: $29,607 ±$2,739
  • about half the amount in Jefferson Parish: $37,862 ±$683
$28,451 ±$13,704 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Gretna: $43,110 † ±$7,162
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Jefferson Parish: $65,252 ±$1,992

44.4% ±12.6% (1,381  ±469) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Gretna: 26.9% † 4,379 (±4.3% / ±696)
  • more than double the rate in Jefferson Parish: 16.6% 70,927 (±1% / ±4,063)

39.1 minutes ±16.5 (44,430  ±22,807) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Gretna: 25.4 † 167,390 (±2.8 / ±23,470)
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in Jefferson Parish: 24.3 4,453,365 (±0.4 / ±101,952)

Families

1,159 ±233 Number of households
  • Gretna: 7,544 ±480
  • Jefferson Parish: 177,003 ±1,136
2.7 ±0.7 (3,112  ±575) Persons per household
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Gretna: 2.2 16,262 (±0.1 / ±58)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Jefferson Parish: 2.4 427,697 (±0 / ±69)

13.6% ±8.8% (106  ±75) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • nearly double the rate in Gretna: 7% † 271 (±2.9% / ±116)
  • about double the rate in Jefferson Parish: 7% † 6,767 (±0.7% / ±723)

Housing

1,257 ±216 Number of housing units
  • Gretna: 8,352 ±477
  • Jefferson Parish: 194,418 ±143

$149,600 ±$24,527 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Gretna: $257,400 ±$25,428
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Jefferson Parish: $251,400 ±$3,985

17% ±8.9% (506  ±280.1) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in Gretna: 16.1% † 2,778 (±3.4% / ±582.8)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Jefferson Parish: 10.4% 44,245 (±0.7% / ±2,763.3)

Social

59.3% ±9.8% (1,004  ±253.4) High school grad or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Gretna: 75.7% 9,121 (±4.9% / ±711.2)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Jefferson Parish: 86.3% 261,123 (±1.4% / ±4,359.7)
16.4% ±8.9% (277  ±159.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Gretna: 24.5% † 2,946 (±3.1% / ±388.3)
  • about half 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

36.5% ±15.2% (1,135  ±517) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in Gretna: 19.4% † 3,376 (±3.6% / ±623)
  • more than double the rate in Jefferson Parish: 14.6% 62,771

1.4% ±1.8% (27  ±34) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in Gretna: 2.8% † 379 (±0.8% / ±111)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Jefferson Parish: 5.1% 17,007 (±0.3% / ±1,035)
27 Total veterans ±34 27 Male ±34 N/A Female ±14

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