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Census Tract 8, Lafayette, LA

2,322 Population
0.6 square miles 3,613.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

29.5 ±8 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

$15,008 ±$3,277 Per capita income
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Lafayette: $40,517 ±$1,703
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Lafayette Parish: $40,361 ±$1,155
$20,430 ±$7,427 Median household income
  • about one-third of the amount in Lafayette: $61,915 ±$2,564
  • about one-third of the amount in Lafayette Parish: $67,451 ±$2,676

47.1% ±11.7% (1,094  ±363) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in Lafayette: 18.3% 21,882 (±1.8% / ±2,105)
  • more than double the rate in Lafayette Parish: 17.1% 41,850 (±1.3% / ±3,185)

18.7 minutes ±4 (15,625  ±7,416) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Lafayette: 20 1,055,475 (±0.6 / ±43,249)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Lafayette Parish: 22.9 2,449,460 (±0.6 / ±82,050)

Families

971 ±184 Number of households
  • Lafayette: 52,966 ±1,073
  • Lafayette Parish: 100,903 ±947
2.4 ±0.3 (2,317  ±513) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Lafayette: 2.3 119,018 (±0.1 / ±89)
  • about the same as the figure in Lafayette Parish: 2.4 244,772 (±0 / ±62)

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

Housing

1,188 ±172 Number of housing units
  • Lafayette: 59,363 ±931
  • Lafayette Parish: 112,184 ±69

$90,800 ±$38,864 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about one-third of the amount in Lafayette: $257,000 ±$8,693
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Lafayette Parish: $242,900 ±$4,823

5% ±3.7% (115  ±90) Moved since previous year
  • about one-third of the rate in Lafayette: 15.6% 18,836 (±1.5% / ±1,787.8)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Lafayette Parish: 12.3% 30,096 (±1% / ±2,395.9)

Social

75.5% ±10.6% (1,080  ±310) High school grad or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Lafayette: 90.9% 76,755 (±2.7% / ±2,529.3)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Lafayette Parish: 90.2% 151,326 (±2.2% / ±3,703.8)
3.6% ±3.5% (52  ±51.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Lafayette: 41.1% 34,692 (±2% / ±1,772.7)
  • about 10 percent of 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

1.1% ±1.3% (26  ±31) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Lafayette: 7% † 8,533 (±1.1% / ±1,301)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Lafayette Parish: 5.2% 12,880

2.6% ±4.1% (41  ±65) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in Lafayette: 5.4% † 5,225 (±0.6% / ±619)
  • about half the rate in Lafayette Parish: 5.6% 10,433 (±0.5% / ±932)
41 Total veterans ±65 41 Male ±65 N/A Female ±14

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