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Census Tract 291, Jefferson, LA

3,060 Population
0.8 square miles 4,059.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

54 ±7.5 Median age
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Metairie: 41.3 ±1
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Jefferson Parish: 40 ±0.3

Economics

$33,104 ±$7,170 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Metairie: $46,765 ±$1,254
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Jefferson Parish: $37,862 ±$683
$58,581 ±$12,852 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Metairie: $73,042 ±$3,784
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Jefferson Parish: $65,252 ±$1,992

11.9% ±5.5% (356  ±173) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in Metairie: 12.5% 17,443 (±1.1% / ±1,517)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Jefferson Parish: 16.6% 70,927 (±1% / ±4,063)

24.4 minutes ±7.5 (31,345  ±12,277) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Metairie: 21.7 1,327,755 (±0.5 / ±58,469)
  • about the same as the figure in Jefferson Parish: 24.3 4,453,365 (±0.4 / ±101,952)

Families

1,426 ±169 Number of households
  • Metairie: 61,248 ±1,276
  • Jefferson Parish: 177,003 ±1,136
2.1 ±0.2 (2,989  ±415) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Metairie: 2.3 139,244 (±0 / ±2,989)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Jefferson Parish: 2.4 427,697 (±0 / ±69)

11.5% ±11.9% (71  ±76) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about double the rate in Metairie: 5.8% † 1,729 (±1.1% / ±336)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Jefferson Parish: 7% † 6,767 (±0.7% / ±723)

Housing

1,594 ±157 Number of housing units
  • Metairie: 66,355 ±1,112
  • Jefferson Parish: 194,418 ±143

$230,600 ±$21,182 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Metairie: $327,500 ±$6,997
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Jefferson Parish: $251,400 ±$3,985

7.6% ±4.8% (231  ±149.8) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Metairie: 10.1% † 13,948 (±1% / ±1,432.7)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Jefferson Parish: 10.4% 44,245 (±0.7% / ±2,763.3)

Social

92.5% ±9.8% (2,284  ±410.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Metairie: 91.3% 92,473 (±1.9% / ±2,590.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Jefferson Parish: 86.3% 261,123 (±1.4% / ±4,359.7)
27.8% ±11.3% (685  ±296.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Metairie: 41.2% 41,685 (±1.5% / ±1,695.5)
  • about 90 percent 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

2.8% ±2.8% (87  ±85) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Metairie: 14% 19,572 (±1.1% / ±1,595)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Jefferson Parish: 14.6% 62,771

2.5% ±2.6% (66  ±69) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in Metairie: 4.9% † 5,359 (±0.5% / ±567)
  • about half the rate in Jefferson Parish: 5.1% 17,007 (±0.3% / ±1,035)
66 Total veterans ±69 66 Male ±69 N/A Female ±14

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