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Census Tract 278.06, Jefferson, LA

6,810 Population
1.2 square miles 5,498.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.7 ±5.6 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Marrero: 39.3 ±3.8
  • a little less than the figure in Jefferson Parish: 40 ±0.3

Economics

$27,915 ±$3,525 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Marrero: $24,140 ±$1,603
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Jefferson Parish: $37,862 ±$683
$58,867 ±$23,455 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Marrero: $41,402 † ±$4,731
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Jefferson Parish: $65,252 ±$1,992

8.8% ±4.3% (595  ±302) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Marrero: 23% † 7,421 (±3.4% / ±1,196)
  • about half the rate in Jefferson Parish: 16.6% 70,927 (±1% / ±4,063)

23.6 minutes ±1.8 (72,165  ±17,340) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Marrero: 23.2 280,760 (±2.1 / ±37,893)
  • a little less than the figure in Jefferson Parish: 24.3 4,453,365 (±0.4 / ±101,952)

Families

2,312 ±313 Number of households
  • Marrero: 12,668 ±684
  • Jefferson Parish: 177,003 ±1,136
3 ±0.2 (6,810  ±1,010) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Marrero: 2.6 32,357 (±0.1 / ±1,991)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Jefferson Parish: 2.4 427,697 (±0 / ±69)

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

Housing

2,639 ±309 Number of housing units
  • Marrero: 13,920 ±568
  • Jefferson Parish: 194,418 ±143

$212,700 ±$16,513 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Marrero: $169,800 ±$6,011
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Jefferson Parish: $251,400 ±$3,985

7.3% ±5.3% (497  ±363.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Marrero: 8.3% † 2,663 (±2.9% / ±934.3)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Jefferson Parish: 10.4% 44,245 (±0.7% / ±2,763.3)

Social

82.6% ±4.7% (3,855  ±678.2) 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)
12.9% ±4.1% (601  ±216.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of 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

10.7% ±3.5% (729  ±261) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Marrero: 9.9% † 3,211 (±2.5% / ±820)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Jefferson Parish: 14.6% 62,771

4% ±2% (204  ±109) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Marrero: 4.2% † 1,053 (±0.9% / ±243)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Jefferson Parish: 5.1% 17,007 (±0.3% / ±1,035)
204 Total veterans ±109 186 Male ±111 18 Female ±33

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