Zachary, Louisiana

Profile

Parish:           East Baton Rouge

Location:        14 miles north of Baton Rouge

                        79 miles northwest of New Orleans

Latitude:        30.648 North

Longitude:     -91.156 West

Elevation:      Between 102 and116 feet above sea level

Land area:     23.7 square miles

Water area:       .04 square miles

Zachary Climate

            On average, there are 218 sunny days per year in Zachary and there are 98 days per year with measurable precipitation. The average rainfall is 64 inches per year. Average snowfall is 0 inches. The July average temperature is 91 degrees while the January low averages at 41 degrees.

Demographics

Ethnicity

Voting

44.81 percent are Democrats

54.42 percent are Republicans

  0.77 percent are Independent

Religion

            52.68 percent of the people in Zachary describe themselves as being religious. 47.32 percent say they do not prescribe to any religious affiliation.

23.22 percent are Catholic

26.66 percent are Protestant

            14.66 percent are Baptist

              1.33 percent are Episcopalian

              3.16 percent are Pentacostal

                .56 percent are Lutheran

              5.71 percent are Methodist

              1.24 percent are Presbyterian

   1.73 percent are "other” Christian

   0.39 percent are Islamic

   0.19 percent are Jewish

   0.03 percent are Eastern

Zachary Living

Median home cost:                 $234,900

Households owned:                75.95 percent

Households rented:                 16.48 percent

Households vacant:                   8.43 percent

Median home age:                   22 years old

Business patterns

(Includes 70791 zip code*)

Number of businesses:            374

Number of employees:           5,690

Estimated annual payroll:       $192,134,000

Unemployment rate:               4.10 percent

Number of Businesses by size:      

            Employees      #

            1-4:                208

            5-9:                  76

            10-19:              47

            20-49:              28

            50-99:                8

            100-249:            4

            250-499:            1

            500-999:            1

            1,000 +:             1

* Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Population by occupation:

Management, business and financial operations           9.76 percent

Professional and related occupations                          18.36 percent

Service                                                                         14.01 percent

Sales and office                                                           27.61 percent

Farming, fishing and forestry                                          .60 percent

Construction, extraction and maintenance                  12.81 percent

Production, transportation and material moving        16.85 percent

The average one-way work commute in Zachary is 31 minutes. 86 percent of commuters drive their own car alone. 11 percent carpool with others while 1 percent take mass transit and 2 percent work from home.

Future job growth over next 10 years predicted to be 14.90 percent

Since 2000, Zachary has had a population growth of 18.19 percent.

Zachary’s cost of living is 5.62 percent lower than the U.S. average.

What Distinguishes Zachary from other Cities in the Region?

Income higher, poverty lower

Housing values higher

90% in public schools

12.5% employed in manufacturing
Larger households
More households with children
Only 10% single-parent households

More new housing
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Sources:

·       2007 data from Sperling’s BestPlaces.Net and the U.S. Census Bureau.