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Census Tract 257, Jefferson, LA

1,374 Population
0.4 square miles 3,534.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.3 ±0.6 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Gretna: 38.3 ±1.8
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Jefferson Parish: 40 ±0.3

Economics

$19,301 ±$5,371 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Gretna: $29,607 ±$2,739
  • about half the amount in Jefferson Parish: $37,862 ±$683
$24,896 ±$12,910 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Gretna: $43,110 † ±$7,162
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Jefferson Parish: $65,252 ±$1,992

42.6% ±17.6% (585  ±260) Persons below poverty line
  • about 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)

16.8 minutes ±8.9 (8,405  ±2,859) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Gretna: 25.4 † 167,390 (±2.8 / ±23,470)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Jefferson Parish: 24.3 4,453,365 (±0.4 / ±101,952)

Families

613 ±87 Number of households
  • Gretna: 7,544 ±480
  • Jefferson Parish: 177,003 ±1,136
2.2 ±0.2 (1,366  ±224) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Gretna: 2.2 16,262 (±0.1 / ±58)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Jefferson Parish: 2.4 427,697 (±0 / ±69)

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

716 ±88 Number of housing units
  • Gretna: 8,352 ±477
  • Jefferson Parish: 194,418 ±143

$174,600 ±$63,711 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Gretna: $257,400 ±$25,428
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Jefferson Parish: $251,400 ±$3,985

17.3% ±12.2% (238  ±171.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent 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

83.6% ±16.8% (818  ±204.2) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Gretna: 75.7% 9,121 (±4.9% / ±711.2)
  • a little less than the rate in Jefferson Parish: 86.3% 261,123 (±1.4% / ±4,359.7)
19.5% ±12% (191  ±120.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Gretna: 24.5% † 2,946 (±3.1% / ±388.3)
  • about two-thirds 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

1.8% ±2.2% (24  ±30) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Gretna: 19.4% † 3,376 (±3.6% / ±623)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Jefferson Parish: 14.6% 62,771

1% ±1.3% (10  ±13) Population with veteran status
  • about one-third of the rate in Gretna: 2.8% † 379 (±0.8% / ±111)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Jefferson Parish: 5.1% 17,007 (±0.3% / ±1,035)
10 Total veterans ±13 6 Male ±11 4 Female ±5

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