Brownfields vs Old Jefferson

A side-by-side comparison of Brownfields and Old Jefferson: population, income, housing, and more.

Brownfields and Old Jefferson are places in Louisiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Old Jefferson has the higher population (7,790 vs 5,263 in Brownfields). Old Jefferson has the higher median household income ($85,466 vs $50,809 in Brownfields). Old Jefferson has the higher median home value ($235,900 vs $181,400 in Brownfields).

Population, income & housing

	Brownfields	Old Jefferson
Population	5,263	7,790
Median age	38.0 yrs	37.4 yrs
Median household income	$50,809	$85,466
Median home value	$181,400	$235,900
Median gross rent	$958	$1,174
Housing units	1,992	3,777
Homeownership rate	68.9%	74.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.0%	56.4%
Unemployment rate	9.4%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brownfields	Old Jefferson
Population	5,772 → 5,263 (-8.8%)	7,659 → 7,790 (+1.7%)
Median household income	$51,304 → $50,809 (-1.0%)	$70,323 → $85,466 (+21.5%)
Median home value	$134,500 → $181,400 (+34.9%)	$197,300 → $235,900 (+19.6%)
Median gross rent	$869 → $958 (+10.2%)	$1,256 → $1,174 (-6.5%)

Brownfields

Population

5,7725,263

Median household income

$51,304$50,809

Median home value

$134,500$181,400

Median gross rent

$869$958

Old Jefferson

Population

7,6597,790

Median household income

$70,323$85,466

Median home value

$197,300$235,900

Median gross rent

$1,256$1,174

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brownfields	Old Jefferson
Under 5	2.0%	5.2%
5 to 17	19.8%	16.0%
18 to 24	9.7%	8.8%
25 to 34	12.2%	14.6%
35 to 44	13.3%	12.7%
45 to 54	10.5%	11.7%
55 to 64	17.4%	6.4%
65 to 74	8.4%	20.4%
75 and over	6.6%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brownfields	Old Jefferson
White (non-Hispanic)	14.4%	65.0%
Black or African American	79.9%	19.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	3.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	3.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	5.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	6.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brownfields	Old Jefferson
No high school diploma	15.1%	9.1%
High school graduate	28.5%	15.2%
Some college or associate's	37.5%	19.4%
Bachelor's degree	12.9%	44.8%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	11.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brownfields	Old Jefferson
Drove alone	76.4%	87.6%
Carpooled	21.3%	4.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.9%	7.9%
Other means	0.4%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brownfields	Old Jefferson
1-unit, detached	86.4%	75.4%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	7.6%	11.9%
5 to 19 units	2.7%	7.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	2.5%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Brownfields	Old Jefferson
Poverty rate	27.8%	8.9%
Average household size	2.80	2.06
Mean commute (minutes)	27	25
Median year structure built	1978	1989