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70578

16,432 Population
114.9 square miles 143 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.9 ±2.5 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 37.3 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in Louisiana: 38 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$28,112 ±$2,410 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: $35,892 ±$760
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Louisiana: $35,038 ±$248
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$49,875 ±$10,606 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: $60,892 ±$1,370
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Louisiana: $60,756 ±$408
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

21.4% ±4.5% (3,438  ±769) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 18.4% 75,025 (±0.9% / ±3,650)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Louisiana: 18.9% 848,967 (±0.3% / ±13,955)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

29.1 minutes ±5.3 (207,490  ±25,974) 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 10 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

6,043 ±561 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
2.7 ±0.3 (16,139  ±1,246) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 2.5 408,560 (±0 / ±89)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Louisiana: 2.5 4,488,126
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

7.4% ±3.7% (245  ±125) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 6.4% † 6,218 (±0.7% / ±700)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Louisiana: 5.7% 61,378 (±0.2% / ±2,325)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

6,552 ±578 Number of housing units
  • the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 187,261 ±101
  • Louisiana: 2,108,902 ±333
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$160,200 ±$10,505 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

12.2% ±3.5% (1,980  ±588) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 11% 44,771 (±0.7% / ±2,924.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Louisiana: 11.4% 520,360 (±0.2% / ±10,157.4)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

87.1% ±11.3% (8,985  ±787.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 87.3% 243,188 (±1.5% / ±4,227.5)
  • about the same as the rate in Louisiana: 87.3% 2,711,692 (±0.5% / ±14,180.6)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
16.6% ±2.2% (1,709  ±278.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 27.6% 76,974 (±1% / ±2,699.6)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Louisiana: 27% 840,382 (±0.3% / ±8,276.4)
  • about half 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

0.1% ±0.1% (18  ±23) Foreign-born population
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 3.9% 16,244
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Louisiana: 4.9% 224,537
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

2.6% ±1.2% (303  ±144) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 5.2% 16,266 (±0.3% / ±1,035)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Louisiana: 6.1% 212,834 (±0.1% / ±3,526)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
303 Total veterans ±144 303 Male ±144 N/A Female ±22

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