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Census Tract 278.12, Jefferson, LA

4,887 Population
4.6 square miles 1,066.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

29.8 ±4.4 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Woodmere: 37 ±3
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Jefferson Parish: 40 ±0.3

Economics

$44,694 ±$29,387 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Woodmere: $36,829 † ±$12,650
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Jefferson Parish: $37,862 ±$683
$75,556 ±$14,359 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Woodmere: $75,828 † ±$10,324
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Jefferson Parish: $65,252 ±$1,992

21.8% ±12% (1,067  ±609) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Woodmere: 18.2% † 2,155 (±6% / ±753)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Jefferson Parish: 16.6% 70,927 (±1% / ±4,063)

28.6 minutes ±4.1 (56,125  ±13,692) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Woodmere: 29.3 129,590 (±2.2 / ±21,723)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Jefferson Parish: 24.3 4,453,365 (±0.4 / ±101,952)

Families

1,358 ±182 Number of households
  • Woodmere: 3,939 ±382
  • Jefferson Parish: 177,003 ±1,136
3.6 ±0.3 (4,887  ±770) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Woodmere: 3 11,879 (±0.2 / ±1,374)
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Jefferson Parish: 2.4 427,697 (±0 / ±69)

8.5% ±7.4% (108  ±97) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Woodmere: 6.9% † 205 (±4% / ±124)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Jefferson Parish: 7% † 6,767 (±0.7% / ±723)

Housing

1,466 ±177 Number of housing units
  • Woodmere: 4,217 ±400
  • Jefferson Parish: 194,418 ±143

$187,200 ±$14,502 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Woodmere: $191,100 ±$6,225
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Jefferson Parish: $251,400 ±$3,985

1.5% ±1.5% (73  ±71.6) Moved since previous year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Woodmere: 5.5% † 645 (±2.8% / ±330.3)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Jefferson Parish: 10.4% 44,245 (±0.7% / ±2,763.3)

Social

84.2% ±12.4% (2,342  ±490.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Woodmere: 79.6% 6,309 (±4.6% / ±730.9)
  • about the same as the rate in Jefferson Parish: 86.3% 261,123 (±1.4% / ±4,359.7)
22.7% ±8.9% (631  ±264.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Woodmere: 17.1% † 1,353 (±3.7% / ±325.6)
  • about three-quarters 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

7.4% ±4.5% (361  ±229) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Woodmere: 8% † 946 (±2.5% / ±318)
  • about half the rate in Jefferson Parish: 14.6% 62,771

4.1% ±3.1% (142  ±107) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Woodmere: 6.3% † 565 (±2% / ±191)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Jefferson Parish: 5.1% 17,007 (±0.3% / ±1,035)
142 Total veterans ±107 75 Male ±54 67 Female ±95

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