Crowley vs Iota

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

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

Crowley has the higher population (11,554 vs 1,459 in Iota). Iota has the higher median household income ($42,750 vs $27,826 in Crowley). Iota has the higher median home value ($161,400 vs $141,800 in Crowley).

Population, income & housing

	Crowley	Iota
Population	11,554	1,459
Median age	41.4 yrs	30.2 yrs
Median household income	$27,826	$42,750
Median home value	$141,800	$161,400
Median gross rent	$560	$592
Housing units	6,153	527
Homeownership rate	50.2%	54.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.3%	15.0%
Unemployment rate	15.3%	7.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crowley	Iota
Population	12,796 → 11,554 (-9.7%)	1,824 → 1,459 (-20.0%)
Median household income	$26,972 → $27,826 (+3.2%)	$43,654 → $42,750 (-2.1%)
Median home value	$115,300 → $141,800 (+23.0%)	$131,500 → $161,400 (+22.7%)
Median gross rent	$754 → $560 (-25.7%)	$526 → $592 (+12.5%)

Crowley

Population

12,79611,554

Median household income

$26,972$27,826

Median home value

$115,300$141,800

Median gross rent

$754$560

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)

	Crowley	Iota
Under 5	6.8%	7.9%
5 to 17	18.1%	26.5%
18 to 24	7.9%	10.0%
25 to 34	10.4%	15.7%
35 to 44	10.4%	8.8%
45 to 54	10.6%	13.4%
55 to 64	16.2%	9.0%
65 to 74	11.2%	6.3%
75 and over	8.3%	2.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crowley	Iota
White (non-Hispanic)	64.3%	93.7%
Black or African American	26.5%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.9%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crowley	Iota
No high school diploma	23.9%	19.6%
High school graduate	34.0%	32.9%
Some college or associate's	22.8%	32.4%
Bachelor's degree	11.0%	10.1%
Graduate or professional degree	8.3%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crowley	Iota
Drove alone	86.1%	63.8%
Carpooled	7.4%	17.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	0.5%
Bicycle	1.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.6%	13.9%
Other means	0.0%	3.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crowley	Iota
1-unit, detached	80.2%	58.8%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.5%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	5.3%	10.2%
20 or more units	1.0%	8.3%
Mobile home & other	3.4%	18.8%

Poverty & households

	Crowley	Iota
Poverty rate	46.0%	28.8%
Average household size	2.20	2.96
Mean commute (minutes)	21	46
Median year structure built	1970	1986