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Census Tract 275.02, Jefferson, LA

4,244 Population
5 square miles 845 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.2 ±9.5 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Waggaman: 33 † ±9.6
  • a little less than the figure in Jefferson Parish: 40 ±0.3

Economics

$21,549 ±$3,066 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Waggaman: $29,827 † ±$5,305
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Jefferson Parish: $37,862 ±$683
$49,375 ±$40,236 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Waggaman: $68,374 † ±$24,942
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Jefferson Parish: $65,252 ±$1,992

21.4% ±7.6% (907  ±470) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Waggaman: 24.5% † 2,775 (±11.5% / ±1,400)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Jefferson Parish: 16.6% 70,927 (±1% / ±4,063)

28.8 minutes ±25.8 (45,610  ±28,669) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Waggaman: 29.7 † 137,295 (±10.8 / ±33,764)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Jefferson Parish: 24.3 4,453,365 (±0.4 / ±101,952)

Families

1,312 ±323 Number of households
  • Waggaman: 3,810 † ±482
  • Jefferson Parish: 177,003 ±1,136
3.2 ±0.9 (4,244  ±1,603) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Waggaman: 3 † 11,330 (±0.4 / ±2,041)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Jefferson Parish: 2.4 427,697 (±0 / ±69)

5% ±6.6% (62  ±93) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Waggaman: 7.7% † 255 (±5.5% / ±202)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Jefferson Parish: 7% † 6,767 (±0.7% / ±723)

Housing

1,459 ±314 Number of housing units
  • Waggaman: 4,068 † ±460
  • Jefferson Parish: 194,418 ±143

$147,700 ±$21,068 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Waggaman: $170,400 ±$15,203
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Jefferson Parish: $251,400 ±$3,985

19% ±10.9% (806  ±553.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Waggaman: 20.4% † 2,276 (±10.2% / ±1,213.5)
  • nearly double the rate in Jefferson Parish: 10.4% 44,245 (±0.7% / ±2,763.3)

Social

80.3% ±29.4% (2,075  ±499.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Waggaman: 82.7% 5,645 (±1.1% / ±849.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Jefferson Parish: 86.3% 261,123 (±1.4% / ±4,359.7)
24.5% ±9.2% (632  ±294.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Waggaman: 17.9% † 1,222 (±4.7% / ±370.5)
  • 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

2% ±3.1% (83  ±135) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Waggaman: 2.2% † 246 (±1.3% / ±153)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Jefferson Parish: 14.6% 62,771

13.5% ±6.8% (433  ±263) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Waggaman: 9.2% † 730 (±3.6% / ±314)
  • more than double the rate in Jefferson Parish: 5.1% 17,007 (±0.3% / ±1,035)
433 Total veterans ±263 252 Male ±132 181 Female ±225

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