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Census Tract 283, Jefferson, LA

2,876 Population
1.8 square miles 1,563.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.4 ±12.5 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Kenner: 39.3 ±1.9
  • about the same as the figure in Jefferson Parish: 40 ±0.3

Economics

$22,273 ±$4,555 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Kenner: $36,508 ±$2,319
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Jefferson Parish: $37,862 ±$683
$36,756 ±$25,420 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Kenner: $64,020 ±$3,799
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Jefferson Parish: $65,252 ±$1,992

28.1% ±12.8% (807  ±403) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in Kenner: 15.5% † 9,942 (±2.7% / ±1,756)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Jefferson Parish: 16.6% 70,927 (±1% / ±4,063)

21.6 minutes ±4.1 (22,565  ±8,414) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Kenner: 25.3 722,680 (±1.4 / ±50,599)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Jefferson Parish: 24.3 4,453,365 (±0.4 / ±101,952)

Families

1,129 ±165 Number of households
  • Kenner: 25,557 ±803
  • Jefferson Parish: 177,003 ±1,136
2.6 ±0.4 (2,876  ±582) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Kenner: 2.5 64,434 (±0.1 / ±42)
  • a little 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

1,258 ±146 Number of housing units
  • Kenner: 27,908 ±682
  • Jefferson Parish: 194,418 ±143

$160,600 ±$8,085 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kenner: $246,300 ±$6,527
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Jefferson Parish: $251,400 ±$3,985

6.2% ±6.2% (176  ±179.6) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kenner: 9.8% † 6,242 (±2% / ±1,252.1)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Jefferson Parish: 10.4% 44,245 (±0.7% / ±2,763.3)

Social

78.5% ±20.7% (1,604  ±291) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kenner: 84.9% 38,424 (±3.3% / ±1,721.4)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Jefferson Parish: 86.3% 261,123 (±1.4% / ±4,359.7)
12.8% ±4.7% (262  ±107.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Kenner: 29.1% 13,182 (±2.3% / ±1,068.5)
  • 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

7.4% ±7.2% (213  ±212) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Kenner: 21.1% 13,700 (±1.9% / ±1,201)
  • about half the rate in Jefferson Parish: 14.6% 62,771

4.5% ±2.3% (96  ±53) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Kenner: 4.3% † 2,128 (±0.6% / ±300)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Jefferson Parish: 5.1% 17,007 (±0.3% / ±1,035)
96 Total veterans ±53 74 Male ±47 22 Female ±25

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