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Iota, LA

1,824 Population
1.3 square miles 1,436.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

30.9 ±5.3 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 36 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Louisiana: 36.9 ±0.1

Economics

$21,524 ±$3,713 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: $27,955 ±$510
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Louisiana: $27,923 ±$194
$43,654 ±$12,391 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: $51,955 ±$1,036
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Louisiana: $49,469 ±$392

16.8% ±9.2% (306  ±183) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 19.1% 91,848 (±0.7% / ±3,574)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Louisiana: 19.2% 871,467 (±0.3% / ±12,866)

30 minutes ±4.4 (16,940  ±5,801) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 25.7 5,431,350 (±0.5 / ±120,588)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Louisiana: 25.7 50,112,660 (±0.2 / ±377,143)

Families

648 ±132 Number of households
  • the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 181,798 ±1,238
  • Louisiana: 1,739,497 ±5,804
2.8 ±0.4 (1,824  ±436) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 2.7 482,216 (±0 / ±669)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Louisiana: 2.6 4,535,299 (±0)

15.3% ±9.1% (66  ±44) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 6.3% 7,377 (±0.6% / ±670)
  • more than double the rate in Louisiana: 5.5% 61,097 (±0.2% / ±2,174)

Housing

762 ±137 Number of housing units
  • the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 209,491 ±257
  • Louisiana: 2,059,918 ±324

$131,500 ±$40,070 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: $157,100 ±$2,103
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Louisiana: $163,100 ±$677

9.3% ±4.7% (165  ±91.6) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 13.9% 66,892 (±0.7% / ±3,492.5)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Louisiana: 12.8% 589,150 (±0.2% / ±9,736.2)

Social

81.2% ±21.8% (915  ±159.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 84.1% 273,938 (±1.2% / ±3,925.7)
  • a little less than the rate in Louisiana: 85.2% 2,663,447 (±0.4% / ±11,873.5)
9.9% ±4.5% (112  ±55.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 23.4% 76,167 (±0.7% / ±2,109.2)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Louisiana: 24.1% 753,585 (±0.2% / ±6,078.1)

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

2.8% ±3.8% (51  ±71) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 3.3% 16,081 (±0.2% / ±1,097)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Louisiana: 4.2% 194,206 (±0.1% / ±3,504)

3.8% ±2.1% (48  ±28) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 6.2% 22,692 (±0.3% / ±1,141)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Louisiana: 6.9% 243,335 (±0.1% / ±3,588)
48 Total veterans ±28 48 Male ±28 N/A Female ±13

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