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St. James, LA

431 Population
8.4 square miles 51.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

55.3 ±20.5 Median age
  • about 1.4 times the figure in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: 39.2 ±0.2
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Louisiana: 38 ±0.1
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$24,526 ±$6,325 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: $38,238 ±$466
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Louisiana: $35,038 ±$248
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
N/A Median household income

3% ±3.4% (13  ±16) Persons below poverty line
  • less than a fifth of the rate in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: 18.6% 178,924 (±0.7% / ±6,368)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Louisiana: 18.9% 848,967 (±0.3% / ±13,955)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

27 minutes ±27.4 (4,345  ±3,087) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: 24.4 9,715,445 (±0.3 / ±142,938)
  • a little higher than the figure in Louisiana: 25.7 46,906,036 (±0.2 / ±362,947)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

152 ±58 Number of households
  • the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: 398,564 ±2,112
  • Louisiana: 1,804,780 ±5,143
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.8 ±0.8 (431  ±204) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: 2.4 962,257 (±0 / ±296)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Louisiana: 2.5 4,488,126
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

255 ±66 Number of housing units
  • the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: 465,148 ±180
  • Louisiana: 2,108,902 ±333
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$181,700 ±$69,190 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: $260,200 ±$2,739
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Louisiana: $216,500 ±$1,367
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

3.5% ±7.3% (15  ±32.1) Moved since previous year
  • about one-third of the rate in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: 10.7% 104,073 (±0.4% / ±3,540.6)
  • about one-third of the rate in Louisiana: 11.4% 520,360 (±0.2% / ±10,157.4)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

93.4% ±48.9% (297  ±99.5) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: 87.6% 602,898 (±0.9% / ±6,303.3)
  • 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)
13.2% ±12.8% (42  ±44) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: 33.4% 230,169 (±0.6% / ±3,773.6)
  • about half the rate in Louisiana: 27% 840,382 (±0.3% / ±8,276.4)
  • about two-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

N/A Foreign-born population

4.2% ±5.5% (16  ±22) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: 5% 38,442 (±0.2% / ±1,527)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Louisiana: 6.1% 212,834 (±0.1% / ±3,526)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
16 Total veterans ±22 13 Male ±22 3 Female ±4

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