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Census Tract 299, Jefferson, LA

3,890 Population
0.3 square miles 12,001.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.6 ±5.9 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Metairie: 41.3 ±1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Jefferson Parish: 40 ±0.3

Economics

$27,308 ±$9,564 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Metairie: $46,765 ±$1,254
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Jefferson Parish: $37,862 ±$683
$27,186 ±$25,299 Median household income
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Metairie: $73,042 ±$3,784
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Jefferson Parish: $65,252 ±$1,992

38.2% ±14.6% (1,455  ±636) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in Metairie: 12.5% 17,443 (±1.1% / ±1,517)
  • more than double the rate in Jefferson Parish: 16.6% 70,927 (±1% / ±4,063)

17.6 minutes ±2.5 (31,825  ±9,727) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Metairie: 21.7 1,327,755 (±0.5 / ±58,469)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Jefferson Parish: 24.3 4,453,365 (±0.4 / ±101,952)

Families

2,340 ±419 Number of households
  • Metairie: 61,248 ±1,276
  • Jefferson Parish: 177,003 ±1,136
1.7 ±0.1 (3,890  ±772) Persons per household
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Metairie: 2.3 139,244 (±0 / ±2,989)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Jefferson Parish: 2.4 427,697 (±0 / ±69)

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

2,507 ±403 Number of housing units
  • Metairie: 66,355 ±1,112
  • Jefferson Parish: 194,418 ±143

$130,300 ±$109,659 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Metairie: $327,500 ±$6,997
  • about half the amount in Jefferson Parish: $251,400 ±$3,985

19.3% ±9.9% (750  ±411.5) Moved since previous year
  • nearly double the rate in Metairie: 10.1% † 13,948 (±1% / ±1,432.7)
  • nearly double the rate in Jefferson Parish: 10.4% 44,245 (±0.7% / ±2,763.3)

Social

88.3% ±17.5% (2,690  ±800.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than 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)
19.9% ±12.3% (606  ±396.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Metairie: 41.2% 41,685 (±1.5% / ±1,695.5)
  • about two-thirds 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

19.3% ±13.8% (749  ±558) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Metairie: 14% 19,572 (±1.1% / ±1,595)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Jefferson Parish: 14.6% 62,771

7.8% ±3.4% (250  ±119) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Metairie: 4.9% † 5,359 (±0.5% / ±567)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Jefferson Parish: 5.1% 17,007 (±0.3% / ±1,035)
250 Total veterans ±119 126 Male ±112 124 Female ±99

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