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Census Tract 278.15, Jefferson, LA

2,288 Population
1.1 square miles 2,066 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.7 ±1.2 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Jefferson Parish: 40 ±0.3
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Louisiana: 38 ±0.1

Economics

$45,596 ±$28,307 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Jefferson Parish: $37,862 ±$683
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Louisiana: $35,038 ±$248
$110,709 ±$102,557 Median household income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Jefferson Parish: $65,252 ±$1,992
  • nearly double the amount in Louisiana: $60,756 ±$408

9.2% ±1.4% (211  ±98) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Jefferson Parish: 16.6% 70,927 (±1% / ±4,063)
  • about half the rate in Louisiana: 18.9% 848,967 (±0.3% / ±13,955)

39.1 minutes ±8.5 (28,000  ±18,668) Mean travel time to work
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in Jefferson Parish: 24.3 4,453,365 (±0.4 / ±101,952)
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Louisiana: 25.7 46,906,036 (±0.2 / ±362,947)

Families

850 ±369 Number of households
  • Jefferson Parish: 177,003 ±1,136
  • Louisiana: 1,804,780 ±5,143
2.6 ±0.3 (2,232  ±1,003) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Jefferson Parish: 2.4 427,697 (±0 / ±69)
  • a little higher than the figure in Louisiana: 2.5 4,488,126

4.3% ±5.6% (25  ±36) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Jefferson Parish: 7% † 6,767 (±0.7% / ±723)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Louisiana: 5.7% 61,378 (±0.2% / ±2,325)

Housing

972 ±350 Number of housing units
  • Jefferson Parish: 194,418 ±143
  • Louisiana: 2,108,902 ±333

$225,000 ±$20,314 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Jefferson Parish: $251,400 ±$3,985
  • a little higher than the amount in Louisiana: $216,500 ±$1,367

16.9% ±11.9% (387  ±320) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Jefferson Parish: 10.4% 44,245 (±0.7% / ±2,763.3)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Louisiana: 11.4% 520,360 (±0.2% / ±10,157.4)

Social

87.6% ±49.1% (1,407  ±538.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Jefferson Parish: 86.3% 261,123 (±1.4% / ±4,359.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Louisiana: 87.3% 2,711,692 (±0.5% / ±14,180.6)
20.6% ±6.2% (331  ±167.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Jefferson Parish: 30.5% 92,294 (±0.9% / ±2,612.4)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Louisiana: 27% 840,382 (±0.3% / ±8,276.4)

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

12.6% ±12.5% (288  ±312) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Jefferson Parish: 14.6% 62,771
  • more than double the rate in Louisiana: 4.9% 224,537

3% ±1.9% (50  ±38) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Jefferson Parish: 5.1% 17,007 (±0.3% / ±1,035)
  • about half the rate in Louisiana: 6.1% 212,834 (±0.1% / ±3,526)
50 Total veterans ±38 35 Male ±31 15 Female ±24

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