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Census Tract 5, Lafayette, LA

2,949 Population
1.1 square miles 2,730.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

30.4 ±4.2 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Lafayette: 36.9 ±1
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Lafayette Parish: 36.5 ±0.3

Economics

$41,545 ±$8,903 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Lafayette: $40,517 ±$1,703
  • a little higher than the amount in Lafayette Parish: $40,361 ±$1,155
$67,899 ±$16,470 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Lafayette: $61,915 ±$2,564
  • about the same as the amount in Lafayette Parish: $67,451 ±$2,676

15.8% ±8.8% (448  ±267) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Lafayette: 18.3% 21,882 (±1.8% / ±2,105)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Lafayette Parish: 17.1% 41,850 (±1.3% / ±3,185)

15.2 minutes ±2.3 (23,520  ±6,746) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Lafayette: 20 1,055,475 (±0.6 / ±43,249)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Lafayette Parish: 22.9 2,449,460 (±0.6 / ±82,050)

Families

1,329 ±281 Number of households
  • Lafayette: 52,966 ±1,073
  • Lafayette Parish: 100,903 ±947
2.2 ±0.6 (2,854  ±594) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Lafayette: 2.3 119,018 (±0.1 / ±89)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Lafayette Parish: 2.4 244,772 (±0 / ±62)

7.2% ±7.2% (62  ±65) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Lafayette: 5.3% † 1,562 (±1.3% / ±378)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Lafayette Parish: 6.2% † 3,705 (±0.9% / ±556)

Housing

1,458 ±275 Number of housing units
  • Lafayette: 59,363 ±931
  • Lafayette Parish: 112,184 ±69

$235,000 ±$31,080 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Lafayette: $257,000 ±$8,693
  • a little less than the amount in Lafayette Parish: $242,900 ±$4,823

19.7% ±10.4% (569  ±323.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Lafayette: 15.6% 18,836 (±1.5% / ±1,787.8)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Lafayette Parish: 12.3% 30,096 (±1% / ±2,395.9)

Social

95.7% ±5.5% (1,986  ±396.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Lafayette: 90.9% 76,755 (±2.7% / ±2,529.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in Lafayette Parish: 90.2% 151,326 (±2.2% / ±3,703.8)
51.6% ±8.8% (1,071  ±274) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Lafayette: 41.1% 34,692 (±2% / ±1,772.7)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Lafayette Parish: 35.3% 59,180 (±1.4% / ±2,315.6)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

0.7% ±1% (21  ±31) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Lafayette: 7% † 8,533 (±1.1% / ±1,301)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Lafayette Parish: 5.2% 12,880

6.2% ±3.2% (153  ±85) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Lafayette: 5.4% † 5,225 (±0.6% / ±619)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Lafayette Parish: 5.6% 10,433 (±0.5% / ±932)
153 Total veterans ±85 119 Male ±89 34 Female ±26

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