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70508

40,592 Population
24.3 square miles 1,670.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.5 ±1.6 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 37.3 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in Louisiana: 38 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$52,135 ±$3,981 Per capita income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: $35,892 ±$760
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Louisiana: $35,038 ±$248
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$86,005 ±$8,840 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

12.7% ±2.8% (5,099  ±1,145) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 18.4% 75,025 (±0.9% / ±3,650)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Louisiana: 18.9% 848,967 (±0.3% / ±13,955)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

23.4 minutes ±1.7 (417,370  ±38,865) 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 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

17,365 ±866 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
2.3 ±0.2 (40,281  ±1,835) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 2.5 408,560 (±0 / ±89)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Louisiana: 2.5 4,488,126
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

11.3% ±3.3% (1,052  ±323) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 6.4% † 6,218 (±0.7% / ±700)
  • about double the rate in Louisiana: 5.7% 61,378 (±0.2% / ±2,325)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

19,138 ±870 Number of housing units
  • the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 187,261 ±101
  • Louisiana: 2,108,902 ±333
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$305,300 ±$19,024 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: $214,400 ±$3,823
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Louisiana: $216,500 ±$1,367
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

15.3% ±2.5% (6,089  ±1,011) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 11% 44,771 (±0.7% / ±2,924.2)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Louisiana: 11.4% 520,360 (±0.2% / ±10,157.4)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

94.3% ±3% (26,815  ±1,524) 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)
48.3% ±3.1% (13,729  ±1,086.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 27.6% 76,974 (±1% / ±2,699.6)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Louisiana: 27% 840,382 (±0.3% / ±8,276.4)
  • about 1.4 times 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

4.4% ±1.3% (1,786  ±525) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 3.9% 16,244
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Louisiana: 4.9% 224,537
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.4% ±1.1% (2,003  ±350) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 5.2% 16,266 (±0.3% / ±1,035)
  • a little higher than the rate in Louisiana: 6.1% 212,834 (±0.1% / ±3,526)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
2,003 Total veterans ±350 1,858 Male ±336 145 Female ±98

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