Estherwood vs Iota

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

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

Iota has the higher population (1,459 vs 630 in Estherwood). Iota has the higher median household income ($42,750 vs $34,028 in Estherwood). Iota has the higher median home value ($161,400 vs $92,300 in Estherwood).

Population, income & housing

	Estherwood	Iota
Population	630	1,459
Median age	33.0 yrs	30.2 yrs
Median household income	$34,028	$42,750
Median home value	$92,300	$161,400
Median gross rent	$725	$592
Housing units	281	527
Homeownership rate	70.4%	54.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.7%	15.0%
Unemployment rate	11.7%	7.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Estherwood	Iota
Population	930 → 630 (-32.3%)	1,824 → 1,459 (-20.0%)
Median household income	$33,977 → $34,028 (+0.2%)	$43,654 → $42,750 (-2.1%)
Median home value	$67,300 → $92,300 (+37.1%)	$131,500 → $161,400 (+22.7%)
Median gross rent	$638 → $725 (+13.6%)	$526 → $592 (+12.5%)

Estherwood

Population

930630

Median household income

$33,977$34,028

Median home value

$67,300$92,300

Median gross rent

$638$725

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)

	Estherwood	Iota
Under 5	9.4%	7.9%
5 to 17	17.0%	26.5%
18 to 24	7.5%	10.0%
25 to 34	16.2%	15.7%
35 to 44	2.9%	8.8%
45 to 54	9.2%	13.4%
55 to 64	19.0%	9.0%
65 to 74	12.9%	6.3%
75 and over	6.0%	2.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Estherwood	Iota
White (non-Hispanic)	95.9%	93.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	2.7%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Estherwood	Iota
No high school diploma	24.7%	19.6%
High school graduate	31.4%	32.9%
Some college or associate's	36.2%	32.4%
Bachelor's degree	7.4%	10.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.2%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Estherwood	Iota
Drove alone	89.9%	63.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	17.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.1%	13.9%
Other means	0.0%	3.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Estherwood	Iota
1-unit, detached	64.8%	58.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.4%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	10.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	8.3%
Mobile home & other	23.8%	18.8%

Poverty & households

	Estherwood	Iota
Poverty rate	28.7%	28.8%
Average household size	2.83	2.96
Mean commute (minutes)	29	46
Median year structure built	1982	1986