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Census Tract 279.04, Jefferson, LA

3,298 Population
30.3 square miles 108.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.3 ±4.6 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Lafitte: 51.6 † ±21.6
  • about the same as the figure in Jefferson Parish: 40 ±0.3

Economics

$33,715 ±$7,673 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Lafitte: $33,025 † ±$16,212
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Jefferson Parish: $37,862 ±$683
$63,895 ±$8,200 Median household income
  • more than double the amount in Lafitte: $29,886 † ±$21,481
  • about the same as the amount in Jefferson Parish: $65,252 ±$1,992

10.5% ±5% (344  ±182) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in Lafitte: 4.3% † 21 (±4.2% / ±22)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Jefferson Parish: 16.6% 70,927 (±1% / ±4,063)

N/A

Families

1,202 ±169 Number of households
  • Lafitte: 237 † ±91
  • Jefferson Parish: 177,003 ±1,136
2.7 ±0.5 (3,297  ±768) Persons per household
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Lafitte: 2.1 † 488 (±0.3 / ±199)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Jefferson Parish: 2.4 427,697 (±0 / ±69)

13% ±6.1% (88  ±48) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Lafitte: 18.6% † 13 (±20.8% / ±17)
  • nearly double the rate in Jefferson Parish: 7% † 6,767 (±0.7% / ±723)

Housing

1,604 ±161 Number of housing units
  • Lafitte: 366 † ±128
  • Jefferson Parish: 194,418 ±143

$205,300 ±$22,253 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Lafitte: $316,400 † ±$168,543
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Jefferson Parish: $251,400 ±$3,985

5.2% ±3.1% (171  ±108.2) Moved since previous year
  • Lafitte: 0%
  • about half the rate in Jefferson Parish: 10.4% 44,245 (±0.7% / ±2,763.3)

Social

81.6% ±16.9% (1,778  ±244.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Lafitte: 81.9% † 316 (±9.9% / ±128.6)
  • a little less than the rate in Jefferson Parish: 86.3% 261,123 (±1.4% / ±4,359.7)
10.6% ±3.6% (231  ±86.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Lafitte: 11.1% † 43 (±12.8% / ±52.2)
  • about one-third 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

0.1% ±0.2% (4  ±6) Foreign-born population
  • Lafitte: 0%
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Jefferson Parish: 14.6% 62,771

5.1% ±2.2% (129  ±62) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Lafitte: 3.4% † 14 (±4.2% / ±18)
  • about the same as the rate in Jefferson Parish: 5.1% 17,007 (±0.3% / ±1,035)
129 Total veterans ±62 89 Male ±43 40 Female ±45

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