Branch vs Estherwood

A side-by-side comparison of Branch and Estherwood: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Estherwood has the higher population (630 vs 338 in Branch). Branch has the higher median household income ($52,593 vs $34,028 in Estherwood). Estherwood has the higher median home value ($92,300 vs $38,000 in Branch).

Population, income & housing

	Branch	Estherwood
Population	338	630
Median age	26.4 yrs	33.0 yrs
Median household income	$52,593	$34,028
Median home value	$38,000	$92,300
Median gross rent	—	$725
Housing units	129	281
Homeownership rate	100.0%	70.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.2%	7.7%
Unemployment rate	23.3%	11.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Branch	Estherwood
Population	231 → 338 (+46.3%)	930 → 630 (-32.3%)
Median household income	$2,499 → $52,593 (+2004.6%)	$33,977 → $34,028 (+0.2%)
Median home value	$33,300 → $38,000 (+14.1%)	$67,300 → $92,300 (+37.1%)
Median gross rent	—	$638 → $725 (+13.6%)

Branch

Population

231338

Median household income

$2,499$52,593

Median home value

$33,300$38,000

Estherwood

Population

930630

Median household income

$33,977$34,028

Median home value

$67,300$92,300

Median gross rent

$638$725

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Branch	Estherwood
Under 5	7.1%	9.4%
5 to 17	29.9%	17.0%
18 to 24	10.4%	7.5%
25 to 34	6.5%	16.2%
35 to 44	8.0%	2.9%
45 to 54	16.0%	9.2%
55 to 64	5.6%	19.0%
65 to 74	15.1%	12.9%
75 and over	1.5%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Branch	Estherwood
White (non-Hispanic)	79.9%	95.9%
Black or African American	10.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	9.8%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Branch	Estherwood
No high school diploma	16.9%	24.7%
High school graduate	41.0%	31.4%
Some college or associate's	36.0%	36.2%
Bachelor's degree	2.8%	7.4%
Graduate or professional degree	3.4%	0.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Branch	Estherwood
Drove alone	77.4%	89.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	8.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.5%	10.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Branch	Estherwood
1-unit, detached	87.6%	64.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	11.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.4%	23.8%

Poverty & households

	Branch	Estherwood
Poverty rate	39.3%	28.7%
Average household size	3.19	2.83
Mean commute (minutes)	—	29
Median year structure built	1965	1982