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Census Tract 136, Rapides, LA

2,970 Population
144.9 square miles 20.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.6 ±5.4 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Rapides Parish: 37.9 ±0.4
  • a little less than the figure in Louisiana: 38 ±0.1

Economics

$42,101 ±$10,274 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Rapides Parish: $31,518 ±$1,026
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Louisiana: $35,038 ±$248
$76,000 ±$21,553 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Rapides Parish: $54,967 ±$2,192
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Louisiana: $60,756 ±$408

12.8% ±9.1% (379  ±283) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Rapides Parish: 19.9% 24,796 (±1.4% / ±1,765)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Louisiana: 18.9% 848,967 (±0.3% / ±13,955)

62 minutes ±26.5 (85,665  ±48,135) Mean travel time to work
  • more than double the figure in Rapides Parish: 22.2 1,127,040 (±1 / ±58,823)
  • more than double the figure in Louisiana: 25.7 46,906,036 (±0.2 / ±362,947)

Families

986 ±190 Number of households
  • Rapides Parish: 48,954 ±725
  • Louisiana: 1,804,780 ±5,143
3 ±0.4 (2,970  ±706) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Rapides Parish: 2.5 123,693 (±0 / ±82)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Louisiana: 2.5 4,488,126

13.8% ±10.5% (80  ±68) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • nearly double the rate in Rapides Parish: 7.3% † 2,085 (±1.6% / ±454)
  • more than double the rate in Louisiana: 5.7% 61,378 (±0.2% / ±2,325)

Housing

1,169 ±180 Number of housing units
  • Rapides Parish: 58,573 ±66
  • Louisiana: 2,108,902 ±333

$160,700 ±$34,155 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Rapides Parish: $181,100 ±$8,652
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Louisiana: $216,500 ±$1,367

2.2% ±4% (64  ±117.5) Moved since previous year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Rapides Parish: 9.8% † 12,278 (±1% / ±1,265.2)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Louisiana: 11.4% 520,360 (±0.2% / ±10,157.4)

Social

96.5% ±34% (1,933  ±424) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Rapides Parish: 87.9% 74,883 (±2.5% / ±2,153.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Louisiana: 87.3% 2,711,692 (±0.5% / ±14,180.6)
22.7% ±6.9% (454  ±186.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Rapides Parish: 23.1% 19,684 (±1.3% / ±1,106.1)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Louisiana: 27% 840,382 (±0.3% / ±8,276.4)

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

0.7% ±0.8% (20  ±25) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Rapides Parish: 2.8% 3,576
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Louisiana: 4.9% 224,537

3.5% ±2.3% (81  ±57) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in Rapides Parish: 7.5% 7,079 (±0.7% / ±643)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Louisiana: 6.1% 212,834 (±0.1% / ±3,526)
81 Total veterans ±57 72 Male ±51 9 Female ±14

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