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Parks, LA

963 Population
0.8 square miles 1,139.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.9 ±11.5 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 37.3 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Louisiana: 38 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$31,375 ±$7,513 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: $35,892 ±$760
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Louisiana: $35,038 ±$248
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$86,458 ±$33,020 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: $60,892 ±$1,370
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Louisiana: $60,756 ±$408
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

8.7% ±9% (83  ±93) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 18.4% 75,025 (±0.9% / ±3,650)
  • about half the rate in Louisiana: 18.9% 848,967 (±0.3% / ±13,955)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

22.6 minutes ±16.2 (10,645  ±5,398) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 25.2 4,279,100 (±0.5 / ±114,876)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Louisiana: 25.7 46,906,036 (±0.2 / ±362,947)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

265 ±89 Number of households
  • the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 164,378 ±1,323
  • Louisiana: 1,804,780 ±5,143
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
3.6 ±0.9 (963  ±406) Persons per household
  • about 1.5 times the figure in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 2.5 408,560 (±0 / ±89)
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Louisiana: 2.5 4,488,126
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

0.9% ±1.8% (3  ±6) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • less than a fifth of the rate in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 6.4% † 6,218 (±0.7% / ±700)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Louisiana: 5.7% 61,378 (±0.2% / ±2,325)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

298 ±91 Number of housing units
  • the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 187,261 ±101
  • Louisiana: 2,108,902 ±333
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$152,600 ±$45,664 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: $214,400 ±$3,823
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Louisiana: $216,500 ±$1,367
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

2.3% ±2.2% (22  ±23.2) Moved since previous year
  • about one-fifth of the rate in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 11% 44,771 (±0.7% / ±2,924.2)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Louisiana: 11.4% 520,360 (±0.2% / ±10,157.4)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

93.2% ±45% (590  ±178.5) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 87.3% 243,188 (±1.5% / ±4,227.5)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Louisiana: 87.3% 2,711,692 (±0.5% / ±14,180.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
20.7% ±14.9% (131  ±106.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 27.6% 76,974 (±1% / ±2,699.6)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Louisiana: 27% 840,382 (±0.3% / ±8,276.4)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

0.4% ±0.5% (4  ±5) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent of the rate in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 3.9% 16,244
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Louisiana: 4.9% 224,537
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.3% ±4.6% (37  ±35) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 5.2% 16,266 (±0.3% / ±1,035)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Louisiana: 6.1% 212,834 (±0.1% / ±3,526)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
37 Total veterans ±35 37 Male ±35 N/A Female ±14

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