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Census Tract 278.13, Jefferson, LA

3,968 Population
1 square miles 4,037.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.6 ±4.5 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Jefferson Parish: 40 ±0.3
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Louisiana: 38 ±0.1

Economics

$40,330 ±$8,130 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Jefferson Parish: $37,862 ±$683
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Louisiana: $35,038 ±$248
$72,280 ±$14,369 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Jefferson Parish: $65,252 ±$1,992
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Louisiana: $60,756 ±$408

13.4% ±10.5% (521  ±411) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Jefferson Parish: 16.6% 70,927 (±1% / ±4,063)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Louisiana: 18.9% 848,967 (±0.3% / ±13,955)

28.6 minutes ±5.8 (46,220  ±13,572) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Jefferson Parish: 24.3 4,453,365 (±0.4 / ±101,952)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Louisiana: 25.7 46,906,036 (±0.2 / ±362,947)

Families

1,604 ±195 Number of households
  • Jefferson Parish: 177,003 ±1,136
  • Louisiana: 1,804,780 ±5,143
2.4 ±0.4 (3,888  ±446) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Jefferson Parish: 2.4 427,697 (±0 / ±69)
  • a little less than the figure in Louisiana: 2.5 4,488,126

24% ±14.8% (266  ±171) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Jefferson Parish: 7% † 6,767 (±0.7% / ±723)
  • more than double the rate in Louisiana: 5.7% 61,378 (±0.2% / ±2,325)

Housing

1,716 ±195 Number of housing units
  • Jefferson Parish: 194,418 ±143
  • Louisiana: 2,108,902 ±333

$349,800 ±$26,102 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Jefferson Parish: $251,400 ±$3,985
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Louisiana: $216,500 ±$1,367

4.8% ±5% (184  ±191.5) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Jefferson Parish: 10.4% 44,245 (±0.7% / ±2,763.3)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Louisiana: 11.4% 520,360 (±0.2% / ±10,157.4)

Social

91.9% ±12.4% (2,609  ±470.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Jefferson Parish: 86.3% 261,123 (±1.4% / ±4,359.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in Louisiana: 87.3% 2,711,692 (±0.5% / ±14,180.6)
35.4% ±9.1% (1,004  ±286.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Jefferson Parish: 30.5% 92,294 (±0.9% / ±2,612.4)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Louisiana: 27% 840,382 (±0.3% / ±8,276.4)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

14.4% ±7.5% (571  ±306) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in Jefferson Parish: 14.6% 62,771
  • more than double the rate in Louisiana: 4.9% 224,537

10.8% ±5.9% (333  ±187) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in Jefferson Parish: 5.1% 17,007 (±0.3% / ±1,035)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Louisiana: 6.1% 212,834 (±0.1% / ±3,526)
333 Total veterans ±187 333 Male ±187 N/A Female ±14

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