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Census Tract 298, Jefferson, LA

3,559 Population
0.7 square miles 5,390.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.1 ±4.1 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Metairie: 41.3 ±1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Jefferson Parish: 40 ±0.3

Economics

$29,595 ±$8,776 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Metairie: $46,765 ±$1,254
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Jefferson Parish: $37,862 ±$683
$47,300 ±$17,140 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Metairie: $73,042 ±$3,784
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Jefferson Parish: $65,252 ±$1,992

33% ±18.2% (1,174  ±692) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in Metairie: 12.5% 17,443 (±1.1% / ±1,517)
  • about double the rate in Jefferson Parish: 16.6% 70,927 (±1% / ±4,063)

21.4 minutes ±2.5 (28,765  ±7,209) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Metairie: 21.7 1,327,755 (±0.5 / ±58,469)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Jefferson Parish: 24.3 4,453,365 (±0.4 / ±101,952)

Families

1,386 ±187 Number of households
  • Metairie: 61,248 ±1,276
  • Jefferson Parish: 177,003 ±1,136
2.6 ±0.4 (3,559  ±726) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Metairie: 2.3 139,244 (±0 / ±2,989)
  • a little higher than the figure in Jefferson Parish: 2.4 427,697 (±0 / ±69)

3.8% ±4.2% (38  ±45) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Metairie: 5.8% † 1,729 (±1.1% / ±336)
  • about half the rate in Jefferson Parish: 7% † 6,767 (±0.7% / ±723)

Housing

1,462 ±154 Number of housing units
  • Metairie: 66,355 ±1,112
  • Jefferson Parish: 194,418 ±143

$276,100 ±$36,465 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Metairie: $327,500 ±$6,997
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Jefferson Parish: $251,400 ±$3,985

7.7% ±6.6% (270  ±239.9) 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

85.1% ±12.2% (1,818  ±380) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Metairie: 91.3% 92,473 (±1.9% / ±2,590.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Jefferson Parish: 86.3% 261,123 (±1.4% / ±4,359.7)
38.7% ±11.2% (827  ±270.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Metairie: 41.2% 41,685 (±1.5% / ±1,695.5)
  • about 25 percent higher than 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

26.1% ±6.8% (929  ±306) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in Metairie: 14% 19,572 (±1.1% / ±1,595)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Jefferson Parish: 14.6% 62,771

0.7% ±1% (16  ±25) Population with veteran status
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Metairie: 4.9% † 5,359 (±0.5% / ±567)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Jefferson Parish: 5.1% 17,007 (±0.3% / ±1,035)
16 Total veterans ±25 16 Male ±25 N/A Female ±14

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