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Jean Lafitte town, Louisiana: commercial real estate data.
Jean Lafitte town is a Census town of 2,266 people across 5.85 square miles of land, in Jefferson Parish. Median household income is $64,452, 85.0 percent of occupied homes are owned.
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Jean Lafitte
What Jean Lafitte is
- Census place typetown
- Land area5.85 sq mi
- Water area0.36 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land387 plus or minus 126
- 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.
Jean Lafitte
How many people live in Jean Lafitte
- Population2,266 plus or minus 740
- Median age35.1
- Population under 18609 plus or minus 212
- Share under 1826.9 percent
- Population 65 and over274 plus or minus 63
- Share 65 and over12.1 percent plus or minus 4.8
- Households738 plus or minus 152
- Family households583 plus or minus 148
- Share of households that are families79.0 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Jean Lafitte
Income and work in Jean Lafitte
- Median household income$64,452 plus or minus $19,986
- Per capita income$32,273 plus or minus $11,078
- Civilian labor force966 plus or minus 231
- Employed810 plus or minus 178
- Unemployed156 plus or minus 114
- Unemployment rate16.1 percent plus or minus 11.2
- Adults 25 and over1,376 plus or minus 319
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher83.0 percent plus or minus 23.5
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher11.4 percent plus or minus 3.8
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree4.1 percent plus or minus 2.9
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Jean Lafitte
Housing in Jean Lafitte
- Housing units882
- Occupied units738 plus or minus 152
- Vacant units144 plus or minus 62
- Vacancy rate16.3 percent plus or minus 6.4
- Owner occupied627 plus or minus 142
- Renter occupied111 plus or minus 58
- Ownership rate85.0 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$205,200
- Median gross rent, monthly$941 plus or minus $526
- Annual rent as a share of median income17.5 percent plus or minus 11.2
- Single family units614 plus or minus 150
- Share single family69.6 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more0
- Share in buildings of two or more0.0 percent
- Mobile homes268 plus or minus 72
- Median year structure built1992
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Jean Lafitte
How Jean Lafitte gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute787 plus or minus 180
- Commuting under 15 minutes167 plus or minus 82
- Share commuting under 15 minutes21.2 percent plus or minus 9.2
- Commuting 30 minutes or more438 plus or minus 118
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more55.7 percent
- Drove alone85.6 percent
- Carpooled4.8 percent plus or minus 2.9
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked4.8 percent plus or minus 4.3
- Worked from home2.2 percent plus or minus 2.1
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Jefferson Parish, not Jean Lafitte
Jefferson Parish context, not Jean Lafitte 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 Jean Lafitte 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 Jean Lafitte. 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.
- No SBA approvals are recorded to a borrower address in this place in either FOIA release.
- 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
Jean Lafitte questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Jean Lafitte, Louisiana?
2,266, in 738 households. Jean Lafitte town covers 5.85 square miles of land, which is 387 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Jean Lafitte 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 Jean Lafitte?
$64,452. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $205,200. Median gross rent is $941 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Are the county figures on this page Jean Lafitte 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 Jean Lafitte.
Is zoning published for Jean Lafitte?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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