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Census Tract 139, Rapides, LA

2,434 Population
2.2 square miles 1,082.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36 ±2.9 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Alexandria: 37.6 ±1.3
  • a little less than the figure in Rapides Parish: 37.9 ±0.4

Economics

$14,814 ±$2,601 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in Alexandria: $29,639 ±$1,775
  • about half the amount in Rapides Parish: $31,518 ±$1,026
$25,608 ±$8,283 Median household income
  • about half the amount in Alexandria: $47,113 ±$3,559
  • about half the amount in Rapides Parish: $54,967 ±$2,192

35.3% ±16.1% (774  ±384) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Alexandria: 27% † 11,524 (±3.2% / ±1,365)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Rapides Parish: 19.9% 24,796 (±1.4% / ±1,765)

13.8 minutes ±3.2 (8,915  ±4,212) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Alexandria: 17.4 † 307,685 (±1.9 / ±36,186)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Rapides Parish: 22.2 1,127,040 (±1 / ±58,823)

Families

982 ±180 Number of households
  • Alexandria: 17,233 ±579
  • Rapides Parish: 48,954 ±725
2.2 ±0.2 (2,168  ±428) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Alexandria: 2.4 41,900 (±0.1 / ±77)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Rapides Parish: 2.5 123,693 (±0 / ±82)

24.8% ±8.3% (147  ±66) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Alexandria: 7.8% † 804 (±2.9% / ±299)
  • more than double the rate in Rapides Parish: 7.3% † 2,085 (±1.6% / ±454)

Housing

1,240 ±183 Number of housing units
  • Alexandria: 21,100 ±449
  • Rapides Parish: 58,573 ±66

$42,700 ±$4,573 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about one-quarter of the amount in Alexandria: $183,700 ±$16,929
  • about one-quarter of the amount in Rapides Parish: $181,100 ±$8,652

18.1% ±6% (431  ±162) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Alexandria: 11.2% † 4,862 (±1.9% / ±812)
  • nearly double the rate in Rapides Parish: 9.8% † 12,278 (±1% / ±1,265.2)

Social

74.3% ±14.1% (1,170  ±284) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Alexandria: 85% 25,289 (±4.1% / ±1,315)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Rapides Parish: 87.9% 74,883 (±2.5% / ±2,153.6)
5.3% ±5% (84  ±79.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Alexandria: 25.3% 7,518 (±2.4% / ±716.8)
  • about one-quarter 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

N/A Foreign-born population

7.3% ±3.6% (138  ±71) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Alexandria: 6.8% † 2,305 (±1.2% / ±391)
  • a little less than the rate in Rapides Parish: 7.5% 7,079 (±0.7% / ±643)
138 Total veterans ±71 128 Male ±75 10 Female ±17

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