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70526

16,566 Population
126 square miles 131.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.8 ±3.7 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 37.3 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in Louisiana: 38 ±0.1

Economics

$26,410 ±$4,126 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: $35,892 ±$760
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Louisiana: $35,038 ±$248
$37,747 ±$5,103 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: $60,892 ±$1,370
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Louisiana: $60,756 ±$408

37.7% ±5.2% (6,147  ±897) Persons below poverty line
  • about double the rate in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 18.4% 75,025 (±0.9% / ±3,650)
  • about double the rate in Louisiana: 18.9% 848,967 (±0.3% / ±13,955)

23.2 minutes ±3.2 (124,660  ±23,875) 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)

Families

7,450 ±495 Number of households
  • the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 164,378 ±1,323
  • Louisiana: 1,804,780 ±5,143
2.2 ±0.2 (16,284  ±790) 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

6.6% ±3.8% (231  ±137) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 6.4% † 6,218 (±0.7% / ±700)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Louisiana: 5.7% 61,378 (±0.2% / ±2,325)

Housing

8,507 ±517 Number of housing units
  • the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 187,261 ±101
  • Louisiana: 2,108,902 ±333

$157,800 ±$35,524 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: $214,400 ±$3,823
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Louisiana: $216,500 ±$1,367

10.8% ±4.6% (1,767  ±763.2) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 11% 44,771 (±0.7% / ±2,924.2)
  • a little less than the rate in Louisiana: 11.4% 520,360 (±0.2% / ±10,157.4)

Social

78.9% ±5.4% (9,023  ±834.8) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 87.3% 243,188 (±1.5% / ±4,227.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Louisiana: 87.3% 2,711,692 (±0.5% / ±14,180.6)
19.7% ±3.9% (2,258  ±462.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds 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)

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

1.4% ±0.7% (233  ±112) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 3.9% 16,244
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Louisiana: 4.9% 224,537

4.5% ±1.5% (561  ±191) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 5.2% 16,266 (±0.3% / ±1,035)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Louisiana: 6.1% 212,834 (±0.1% / ±3,526)
561 Total veterans ±191 513 Male ±162 48 Female ±74

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