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70535

18,466 Population
160.6 square miles 115 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.9 ±3 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 37.3 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Louisiana: 38 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$25,482 ±$2,976 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: $35,892 ±$760
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Louisiana: $35,038 ±$248
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$44,381 ±$3,341 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: $60,892 ±$1,370
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Louisiana: $60,756 ±$408
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

24.5% ±4% (4,433  ±802) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 18.4% 75,025 (±0.9% / ±3,650)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Louisiana: 18.9% 848,967 (±0.3% / ±13,955)
  • about double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

29.7 minutes ±5.4 (207,410  ±43,817) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 25.2 4,279,100 (±0.5 / ±114,876)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Louisiana: 25.7 46,906,036 (±0.2 / ±362,947)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

7,069 ±541 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
2.6 ±0.3 (18,237  ±1,383) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 2.5 408,560 (±0 / ±89)
  • a little higher than the figure in Louisiana: 2.5 4,488,126
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

3.4% ±2.4% (144  ±103) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 6.4% † 6,218 (±0.7% / ±700)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Louisiana: 5.7% 61,378 (±0.2% / ±2,325)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

7,910 ±535 Number of housing units
  • the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 187,261 ±101
  • Louisiana: 2,108,902 ±333
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$159,100 ±$9,713 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
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

6% ±1.9% (1,088  ±364.2) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 11% 44,771 (±0.7% / ±2,924.2)
  • about half the rate in Louisiana: 11.4% 520,360 (±0.2% / ±10,157.4)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

82.9% ±2.9% (9,759  ±734.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 87.3% 243,188 (±1.5% / ±4,227.5)
  • a little less than the rate in Louisiana: 87.3% 2,711,692 (±0.5% / ±14,180.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
14.1% ±2.4% (1,661  ±298.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 27.6% 76,974 (±1% / ±2,699.6)
  • 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

0.8% ±0.4% (148  ±72) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 3.9% 16,244
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Louisiana: 4.9% 224,537
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

4.2% ±1.1% (554  ±152) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 5.2% 16,266 (±0.3% / ±1,035)
  • 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)
554 Total veterans ±152 539 Male ±149 15 Female ±18

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