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Rayne, LA

7,147 Population
3.8 square miles 1,884.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.7 ±4 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 37.2 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Louisiana: 37.8 ±0.1

Economics

$21,407 ±$2,833 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: $34,845 ±$808
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Louisiana: $34,211 ±$247
$41,603 ±$7,815 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: $60,910 ±$1,679
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Louisiana: $60,023 ±$491

28.4% ±8.4% (1,981  ±588) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 18.5% 74,988 (±0.9% / ±3,675)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Louisiana: 18.9% 848,769 (±0.3% / ±14,766)

27 minutes ±4.8 (74,970  ±17,001) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 25.1 4,285,655 (±0.6 / ±129,120)
  • a little higher than the figure in Louisiana: 25.8 47,566,968 (±0.2 / ±402,285)

Families

2,700 ±258 Number of households
  • the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 162,763 ±1,271
  • Louisiana: 1,783,168 ±5,717
2.6 ±0.3 (6,984  ±56) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 2.5 405,337 (±0 / ±118)
  • a little higher than the figure in Louisiana: 2.5 4,497,152

4.8% ±6% (83  ±104) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 6.2% † 5,968 (±0.7% / ±634)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Louisiana: 5.6% 60,096 (±0.2% / ±2,274)

Housing

3,018 ±283 Number of housing units
  • the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 185,064 ±113
  • Louisiana: 2,094,002 ±454

$151,900 ±$18,027 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: $206,900 ±$3,876
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Louisiana: $208,700 ±$1,365

14.5% ±5.8% (1,027  ±408.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 11.6% 47,028 (±0.8% / ±3,121.7)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Louisiana: 11.9% 543,392 (±0.2% / ±10,090.1)

Social

78.5% ±7.2% (3,463  ±412.6) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 87% 240,617 (±1.5% / ±4,176.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Louisiana: 86.9% 2,702,854 (±0.5% / ±14,218.9)
6.7% ±3% (296  ±136.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 27% 74,659 (±0.8% / ±2,299.1)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Louisiana: 26.6% 825,794 (±0.3% / ±7,861)

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

0.2% ±0.3% (14  ±21) Foreign-born population
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 3.8% 15,616
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Louisiana: 4.7% 218,450

3.1% ±1.9% (163  ±98) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 5.7% 17,581 (±0.3% / ±990)
  • about half the rate in Louisiana: 6.2% 217,225 (±0.1% / ±3,492)
163 Total veterans ±98 163 Male ±98 N/A Female ±20

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