Church Point vs Iota

A side-by-side comparison of Church Point and Iota: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Church Point has the higher population (4,133 vs 1,459 in Iota). Church Point has the higher median household income ($44,000 vs $42,750 in Iota). Iota has the higher median home value ($161,400 vs $121,400 in Church Point).

Population, income & housing

	Church Point	Iota
Population	4,133	1,459
Median age	40.0 yrs	30.2 yrs
Median household income	$44,000	$42,750
Median home value	$121,400	$161,400
Median gross rent	$881	$592
Housing units	1,709	527
Homeownership rate	51.8%	54.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.6%	15.0%
Unemployment rate	6.6%	7.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Church Point	Iota
Population	4,443 → 4,133 (-7.0%)	1,824 → 1,459 (-20.0%)
Median household income	$34,309 → $44,000 (+28.2%)	$43,654 → $42,750 (-2.1%)
Median home value	$84,300 → $121,400 (+44.0%)	$131,500 → $161,400 (+22.7%)
Median gross rent	$663 → $881 (+32.9%)	$526 → $592 (+12.5%)

Church Point

Population

4,4434,133

Median household income

$34,309$44,000

Median home value

$84,300$121,400

Median gross rent

$663$881

Iota

Population

1,8241,459

Median household income

$43,654$42,750

Median home value

$131,500$161,400

Median gross rent

$526$592

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Church Point	Iota
Under 5	6.4%	7.9%
5 to 17	12.5%	26.5%
18 to 24	7.5%	10.0%
25 to 34	13.0%	15.7%
35 to 44	19.3%	8.8%
45 to 54	10.0%	13.4%
55 to 64	15.3%	9.0%
65 to 74	10.3%	6.3%
75 and over	5.8%	2.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Church Point	Iota
White (non-Hispanic)	52.6%	93.7%
Black or African American	38.7%	1.9%
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	1.4%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	7.3%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Church Point	Iota
No high school diploma	26.7%	19.6%
High school graduate	38.3%	32.9%
Some college or associate's	21.3%	32.4%
Bachelor's degree	10.7%	10.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.0%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Church Point	Iota
Drove alone	73.6%	63.8%
Carpooled	12.5%	17.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.3%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.1%	13.9%
Other means	0.0%	3.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Church Point	Iota
1-unit, detached	66.6%	58.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.4%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	10.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	8.3%
Mobile home & other	22.6%	18.8%

Poverty & households

	Church Point	Iota
Poverty rate	22.9%	28.8%
Average household size	2.72	2.96
Mean commute (minutes)	26	46
Median year structure built	1984	1986