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Census Tract 268, Jefferson, LA

2,647 Population
0.5 square miles 5,154.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.4 ±6.4 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Marrero: 39.3 ±3.8
  • a little higher than the figure in Jefferson Parish: 40 ±0.3

Economics

$22,582 ±$4,440 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Marrero: $24,140 ±$1,603
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Jefferson Parish: $37,862 ±$683
$34,752 ±$7,759 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Marrero: $41,402 † ±$4,731
  • about half the amount in Jefferson Parish: $65,252 ±$1,992

20.2% ±7.9% (534  ±229) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Marrero: 23% † 7,421 (±3.4% / ±1,196)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Jefferson Parish: 16.6% 70,927 (±1% / ±4,063)

19.6 minutes ±4.2 (22,640  ±10,135) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Marrero: 23.2 280,760 (±2.1 / ±37,893)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Jefferson Parish: 24.3 4,453,365 (±0.4 / ±101,952)

Families

1,122 ±181 Number of households
  • Marrero: 12,668 ±684
  • Jefferson Parish: 177,003 ±1,136
2.4 ±0.2 (2,647  ±472) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Marrero: 2.6 32,357 (±0.1 / ±1,991)
  • about the same as the figure in Jefferson Parish: 2.4 427,697 (±0 / ±69)

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

Housing

1,122 ±181 Number of housing units
  • Marrero: 13,920 ±568
  • Jefferson Parish: 194,418 ±143

$139,300 ±$61,473 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Marrero: $169,800 ±$6,011
  • about half the amount in Jefferson Parish: $251,400 ±$3,985

5.4% ±5.6% (142  ±149) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Marrero: 8.3% † 2,663 (±2.9% / ±934.3)
  • about half the rate in Jefferson Parish: 10.4% 44,245 (±0.7% / ±2,763.3)

Social

81.9% ±10.9% (1,493  ±363.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Marrero: 78% 16,990 (±3.7% / ±1,279.9)
  • a little less than the rate in Jefferson Parish: 86.3% 261,123 (±1.4% / ±4,359.7)
13.4% ±8.3% (245  ±159.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Marrero: 14.3% † 3,116 (±2.2% / ±508.3)
  • about two-fifths 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

5% ±6.5% (132  ±174) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Marrero: 9.9% † 3,211 (±2.5% / ±820)
  • about one-third of the rate in Jefferson Parish: 14.6% 62,771

N/A Population with veteran status
N/A Total veterans ±14 N/A Male ±14 N/A Female ±14

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