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Census Tract 9538, Tangipahoa, LA

5,052 Population
27.2 square miles 185.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.5 ±5.2 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Independence: 30 † ±7.8
  • about the same as the figure in Tangipahoa Parish: 35.9 ±0.3

Economics

$27,757 ±$3,964 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Independence: $22,580 † ±$4,053
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Tangipahoa Parish: $31,792 ±$1,910
$50,795 ±$15,912 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Independence: $40,268 † ±$14,131
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Tangipahoa Parish: $56,760 ±$2,614

12.6% ±5.9% (634  ±321) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Independence: 31% † 677 (±16.4% / ±404)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Tangipahoa Parish: 19.2% 25,394 (±1.9% / ±2,497)

34.6 minutes ±10 (69,090  ±24,856) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Independence: 27 † 23,395 (±4 / ±7,508)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Tangipahoa Parish: 29.6 1,600,590 (±0.9 / ±68,949)

Families

1,904 ±362 Number of households
  • Independence: 705 † ±177
  • Tangipahoa Parish: 51,999 ±827
2.7 ±0.1 (5,049  ±970) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Independence: 3.1 † 2,207 (±0.3 / ±605)
  • a little higher than the figure in Tangipahoa Parish: 2.6 132,670 (±0 / ±89)

3.9% ±3.9% (46  ±48) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Independence: 13.3% † 75 (±16.7% / ±98)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Tangipahoa Parish: 6.3% † 2,074 (±1.6% / ±528)

Housing

2,298 ±372 Number of housing units
  • Independence: 863 † ±221
  • Tangipahoa Parish: 60,006 ±75

$153,100 ±$46,735 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Independence: $147,000 † ±$45,337
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Tangipahoa Parish: $212,900 ±$6,641

6.8% ±3.7% (336  ±194.4) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Independence: 11.4% † 236 (±7.8% / ±172.2)
  • about half the rate in Tangipahoa Parish: 13.7% † 18,393 (±1.6% / ±2,169.6)

Social

81% ±21.3% (2,782  ±498.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Independence: 81.1% † 1,010 (±25.3% / ±217)
  • a little less than the rate in Tangipahoa Parish: 83.7% 75,066 (±2.9% / ±2,622.4)
8.8% ±2.7% (303  ±110.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Independence: 14.9% † 185 (±6.1% / ±86.5)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Tangipahoa Parish: 20.8% 18,671 (±1.4% / ±1,281)

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

8.1% ±5% (409  ±265) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Independence: 2.6% † 57 (±3.1% / ±71)
  • more than double the rate in Tangipahoa Parish: 2.6% 3,528

4.3% ±2.3% (167  ±95) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Independence: 4.8% † 72 (±4.6% / ±71)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Tangipahoa Parish: 6.2% † 6,438 (±0.7% / ±765)
167 Total veterans ±95 140 Male ±76 27 Female ±35

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