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Census Tract 17, Lafayette, LA

6,269 Population
2 square miles 3,170.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.6 ±2.4 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Lafayette: 36.9 ±1
  • a little higher than the figure in Lafayette Parish: 36.5 ±0.3

Economics

$38,574 ±$4,626 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Lafayette: $40,517 ±$1,703
  • a little less than the amount in Lafayette Parish: $40,361 ±$1,155
$84,855 ±$9,607 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Lafayette: $61,915 ±$2,564
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Lafayette Parish: $67,451 ±$2,676

10.1% ±7% (633  ±445) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Lafayette: 18.3% 21,882 (±1.8% / ±2,105)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Lafayette Parish: 17.1% 41,850 (±1.3% / ±3,185)

18.9 minutes ±6.1 (57,905  ±12,959) 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

2,410 ±290 Number of households
  • Lafayette: 52,966 ±1,073
  • Lafayette Parish: 100,903 ±947
2.6 ±0.2 (6,267  ±847) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Lafayette: 2.3 119,018 (±0.1 / ±89)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Lafayette Parish: 2.4 244,772 (±0 / ±62)

6.9% ±8.4% (67  ±84) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Lafayette: 5.3% † 1,562 (±1.3% / ±378)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Lafayette Parish: 6.2% † 3,705 (±0.9% / ±556)

Housing

2,623 ±254 Number of housing units
  • Lafayette: 59,363 ±931
  • Lafayette Parish: 112,184 ±69

$238,800 ±$23,268 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Lafayette: $257,000 ±$8,693
  • about the same as the amount in Lafayette Parish: $242,900 ±$4,823

7.1% ±4.8% (442  ±304.7) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Lafayette: 15.6% 18,836 (±1.5% / ±1,787.8)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Lafayette Parish: 12.3% 30,096 (±1% / ±2,395.9)

Social

97.9% ±6.9% (4,424  ±748.2) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Lafayette: 90.9% 76,755 (±2.7% / ±2,529.3)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Lafayette Parish: 90.2% 151,326 (±2.2% / ±3,703.8)
38.6% ±6.9% (1,742  ±411.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Lafayette: 41.1% 34,692 (±2% / ±1,772.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than 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

0.1% ±0.3% (9  ±16) Foreign-born population
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Lafayette: 7% † 8,533 (±1.1% / ±1,301)
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Lafayette Parish: 5.2% 12,880

4.1% ±2.3% (196  ±113) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Lafayette: 5.4% † 5,225 (±0.6% / ±619)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Lafayette Parish: 5.6% 10,433 (±0.5% / ±932)
196 Total veterans ±113 196 Male ±113 N/A Female ±20

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