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Rayne, LA

8,041 Population
3.8 square miles 2,120.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.2 ±8.1 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 36 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Louisiana: 36.9 ±0.1

Economics

$17,816 ±$2,174 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: $27,955 ±$510
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Louisiana: $27,923 ±$194
$32,266 ±$8,283 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: $51,955 ±$1,036
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Louisiana: $49,469 ±$392

30.4% ±6.7% (2,406  ±532) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 19.1% 91,848 (±0.7% / ±3,574)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Louisiana: 19.2% 871,467 (±0.3% / ±12,866)

27 minutes ±3.8 (76,360  ±15,302) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 25.7 5,431,350 (±0.5 / ±120,588)
  • a little higher than the figure in Louisiana: 25.7 50,112,660 (±0.2 / ±377,143)

Families

2,834 ±228 Number of households
  • the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 181,798 ±1,238
  • Louisiana: 1,739,497 ±5,804
2.8 ±0.2 (7,904  ±76) 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)

11.7% ±6.6% (175  ±103) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • nearly 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

3,463 ±237 Number of housing units
  • the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 209,491 ±257
  • Louisiana: 2,059,918 ±324

$114,800 ±$21,262 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: $157,100 ±$2,103
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Louisiana: $163,100 ±$677

11.7% ±4.4% (920  ±343.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 13.9% 66,892 (±0.7% / ±3,492.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Louisiana: 12.8% 589,150 (±0.2% / ±9,736.2)

Social

76% ±9.1% (4,077  ±564.2) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 84.1% 273,938 (±1.2% / ±3,925.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Louisiana: 85.2% 2,663,447 (±0.4% / ±11,873.5)
8.7% ±3.3% (469  ±177.7) 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 one-third 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

0.9% ±0.9% (71  ±73) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 3.3% 16,081 (±0.2% / ±1,097)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Louisiana: 4.2% 194,206 (±0.1% / ±3,504)

8.5% ±2.9% (519  ±178) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 6.2% 22,692 (±0.3% / ±1,141)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Louisiana: 6.9% 243,335 (±0.1% / ±3,588)
519 Total veterans ±178 473 Male ±170 46 Female ±49

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