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Harahan city, Louisiana: commercial real estate data.
Harahan city is a Census city of 8,904 people across 2.02 square miles of land, in Jefferson Parish. Median household income is $79,516, 74.1 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 13 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $7.8 m.
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Harahan
What Harahan is
- Census place typecity
- Land area2.02 sq mi
- Water area0.48 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land4,412
- County holding the largest share of its areaJefferson Parish, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Harahan
How many people live in Harahan
- Population8,904
- Median age50.0
- Population under 181,243
- Share under 1814.0 percent
- Population 65 and over2,254
- Share 65 and over25.3 percent
- Households4,278
- Family households2,506
- Share of households that are families58.6 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Harahan
Income and work in Harahan
- Median household income$79,516
- Per capita income$51,141
- Civilian labor force4,919
- Employed4,731
- Unemployed188 plus or minus 123
- Unemployment rate3.8 percent plus or minus 2.5
- Adults 25 and over7,077
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher94.4 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher43.3 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree12.9 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Harahan
Housing in Harahan
- Housing units4,484
- Occupied units4,278
- Vacant units206 plus or minus 104
- Vacancy rate4.6 percent plus or minus 2.3
- Owner occupied3,169
- Renter occupied1,109 plus or minus 227
- Ownership rate74.1 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$343,100
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,082
- Annual rent as a share of median income16.3 percent
- Single family units3,549
- Share single family79.1 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more935 plus or minus 267
- Share in buildings of two or more20.9 percent plus or minus 5.8
- Mobile homes0
- Median year structure built1974
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Harahan
How Harahan gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute4,313
- Commuting under 15 minutes1,154 plus or minus 289
- Share commuting under 15 minutes26.8 percent plus or minus 6.3
- Commuting 30 minutes or more1,087 plus or minus 251
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more25.2 percent plus or minus 5.4
- Drove alone80.8 percent
- Carpooled5.9 percent plus or minus 2.6
- Public transport0.3 percent plus or minus 0.4
- Walked2.6 percent plus or minus 2.8
- Worked from home9.3 percent plus or minus 3.4
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Harahan
SBA loans in Harahan (7(a))
- Approvals13
- Gross approval$7,759,000
- Average approval$596,846
- Median approval$250,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,319,000
- Largest approval$2,700,000
- Jobs supported133
- Jobs per approval10.2
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Paid in full1
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more7.7 percent
- Share to franchises15.4 percent
- Distinct lenders7
- Distinct industries by NAICS11
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 1 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Harahan
SBA loans in Harahan (504)
- Approvals4
- Gross approval$1,638,000
- Average approval$409,500
- Median approval$538,000
- Largest approval$570,000
- Jobs supported35
- Loans with a final outcome3
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs3
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Jefferson Parish, not Harahan
Jefferson Parish context, not Harahan figures
These are Jefferson Parish figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Harahan measurements.
- Establishments in Jefferson Parish11,728
- Employment at those establishments, Jefferson Parish177,065
- Covered employment, Jefferson Parish184,764
- Average annual pay, Jefferson Parish$63,803
- Average weekly wage, Jefferson Parish$1,227
- Housing units permitted, Jefferson Parish501
- Of those, single family, Jefferson Parish459
- County product, 2024, Jefferson Parish$31,829,666,000
- County product change over the prior year, Jefferson Parish4.5 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Jefferson Parish$56,944
Every figure in this section is published for Jefferson Parish as a whole and is not a measurement of Harahan. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Harahan questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Harahan, Louisiana?
8,904, in 4,278 households. Harahan city covers 2.02 square miles of land, which is 4,412 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Harahan in?
Jefferson Parish, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Harahan?
$79,516. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $343,100. Median gross rent is $1,082 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Harahan businesses?
13 7(a) approvals totalling $7.8 m, across 7 lenders, median approval $250,000, plus 4 504 approvals worth $1.6 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Harahan, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Harahan borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Harahan. only 1 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page Harahan figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Jefferson Parish as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Harahan.
Is zoning published for Harahan?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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