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Census Tract 138, Rapides, LA

4,495 Population
6 square miles 746.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.5 ±6 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Alexandria: 37.6 ±1.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Rapides Parish: 37.9 ±0.4

Economics

$21,560 ±$3,651 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Alexandria: $29,639 ±$1,775
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Rapides Parish: $31,518 ±$1,026
$45,570 ±$7,667 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Alexandria: $47,113 ±$3,559
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Rapides Parish: $54,967 ±$2,192

30.2% ±9.4% (1,131  ±392) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Alexandria: 27% † 11,524 (±3.2% / ±1,365)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Rapides Parish: 19.9% 24,796 (±1.4% / ±1,765)

24.9 minutes ±14.8 (34,070  ±21,287) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Alexandria: 17.4 † 307,685 (±1.9 / ±36,186)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Rapides Parish: 22.2 1,127,040 (±1 / ±58,823)

Families

1,500 ±209 Number of households
  • Alexandria: 17,233 ±579
  • Rapides Parish: 48,954 ±725
2.4 ±0.2 (3,637  ±576) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Alexandria: 2.4 41,900 (±0.1 / ±77)
  • a little less than the figure in Rapides Parish: 2.5 123,693 (±0 / ±82)

8% ±7.9% (71  ±72) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in Alexandria: 7.8% † 804 (±2.9% / ±299)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Rapides Parish: 7.3% † 2,085 (±1.6% / ±454)

Housing

1,710 ±174 Number of housing units
  • Alexandria: 21,100 ±449
  • Rapides Parish: 58,573 ±66

$163,000 ±$16,738 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Alexandria: $183,700 ±$16,929
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Rapides Parish: $181,100 ±$8,652

23% ±9.3% (1,012  ±429) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in Alexandria: 11.2% † 4,862 (±1.9% / ±812)
  • more than double the rate in Rapides Parish: 9.8% † 12,278 (±1% / ±1,265.2)

Social

80.1% ±9% (2,276  ±350.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Alexandria: 85% 25,289 (±4.1% / ±1,315)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Rapides Parish: 87.9% 74,883 (±2.5% / ±2,153.6)
18.5% ±5.9% (527  ±176.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Alexandria: 25.3% 7,518 (±2.4% / ±716.8)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Rapides Parish: 23.1% 19,684 (±1.3% / ±1,106.1)

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

0.8% ±1% (35  ±46) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Alexandria: 4.2% † 1,861 (±1% / ±450)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Rapides Parish: 2.8% 3,576

7.6% ±3.6% (247  ±117) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Alexandria: 6.8% † 2,305 (±1.2% / ±391)
  • about the same as the rate in Rapides Parish: 7.5% 7,079 (±0.7% / ±643)
247 Total veterans ±117 207 Male ±106 40 Female ±39

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