Elizabeth vs Oberlin

A side-by-side comparison of Elizabeth and Oberlin: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Oberlin has the higher population (1,683 vs 437 in Elizabeth). Oberlin has the higher median household income ($41,198 vs $37,955 in Elizabeth). Oberlin has the higher median home value ($95,700 vs $66,400 in Elizabeth).

Population, income & housing

	Elizabeth	Oberlin
Population	437	1,683
Median age	29.5 yrs	38.4 yrs
Median household income	$37,955	$41,198
Median home value	$66,400	$95,700
Median gross rent	$797	$425
Housing units	205	750
Homeownership rate	53.4%	57.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.0%	7.4%
Unemployment rate	9.4%	0.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elizabeth	Oberlin
Population	501 → 437 (-12.8%)	1,577 → 1,683 (+6.7%)
Median household income	$44,792 → $37,955 (-15.3%)	$33,750 → $41,198 (+22.1%)
Median home value	$74,400 → $66,400 (-10.8%)	$81,000 → $95,700 (+18.1%)
Median gross rent	$832 → $797 (-4.2%)	$539 → $425 (-21.2%)

Elizabeth

Population

501437

Median household income

$44,792$37,955

Median home value

$74,400$66,400

Median gross rent

$832$797

Oberlin

Population

1,5771,683

Median household income

$33,750$41,198

Median home value

$81,000$95,700

Median gross rent

$539$425

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elizabeth	Oberlin
Under 5	7.8%	7.4%
5 to 17	20.8%	18.1%
18 to 24	7.3%	8.7%
25 to 34	31.4%	13.3%
35 to 44	6.9%	11.1%
45 to 54	4.1%	14.9%
55 to 64	11.0%	9.0%
65 to 74	4.8%	11.2%
75 and over	5.9%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elizabeth	Oberlin
White (non-Hispanic)	91.3%	53.1%
Black or African American	2.7%	41.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.7%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elizabeth	Oberlin
No high school diploma	19.6%	15.8%
High school graduate	43.2%	43.8%
Some college or associate's	27.1%	33.0%
Bachelor's degree	4.3%	5.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	1.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elizabeth	Oberlin
Drove alone	82.3%	95.5%
Carpooled	14.4%	4.5%
Public transit	1.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.2%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elizabeth	Oberlin
1-unit, detached	66.3%	56.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.8%	20.4%
5 to 19 units	2.0%	6.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	23.9%	16.1%

Poverty & households

	Elizabeth	Oberlin
Poverty rate	26.4%	18.6%
Average household size	2.48	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	40	21
Median year structure built	1973	1985