Kinder vs Oberlin

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

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

Kinder has the higher population (2,361 vs 1,683 in Oberlin). Kinder has the higher median household income ($48,063 vs $41,198 in Oberlin). Kinder has the higher median home value ($108,300 vs $95,700 in Oberlin).

Population, income & housing

	Kinder	Oberlin
Population	2,361	1,683
Median age	32.9 yrs	38.4 yrs
Median household income	$48,063	$41,198
Median home value	$108,300	$95,700
Median gross rent	$829	$425
Housing units	1,167	750
Homeownership rate	54.0%	57.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.0%	7.4%
Unemployment rate	11.1%	0.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kinder	Oberlin
Population	2,751 → 2,361 (-14.2%)	1,577 → 1,683 (+6.7%)
Median household income	$45,721 → $48,063 (+5.1%)	$33,750 → $41,198 (+22.1%)
Median home value	$79,300 → $108,300 (+36.6%)	$81,000 → $95,700 (+18.1%)
Median gross rent	$764 → $829 (+8.5%)	$539 → $425 (-21.2%)

Kinder

Population

2,7512,361

Median household income

$45,721$48,063

Median home value

$79,300$108,300

Median gross rent

$764$829

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)

	Kinder	Oberlin
Under 5	10.6%	7.4%
5 to 17	15.2%	18.1%
18 to 24	8.0%	8.7%
25 to 34	19.0%	13.3%
35 to 44	9.7%	11.1%
45 to 54	14.8%	14.9%
55 to 64	8.1%	9.0%
65 to 74	7.9%	11.2%
75 and over	6.6%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kinder	Oberlin
White (non-Hispanic)	69.1%	53.1%
Black or African American	21.0%	41.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.6%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	5.5%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kinder	Oberlin
No high school diploma	22.2%	15.8%
High school graduate	35.6%	43.8%
Some college or associate's	31.2%	33.0%
Bachelor's degree	6.6%	5.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	1.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kinder	Oberlin
Drove alone	80.1%	95.5%
Carpooled	12.7%	4.5%
Public transit	1.4%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.3%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kinder	Oberlin
1-unit, detached	60.6%	56.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	21.7%	20.4%
5 to 19 units	2.7%	6.9%
20 or more units	2.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.6%	16.1%

Poverty & households

	Kinder	Oberlin
Poverty rate	27.4%	18.6%
Average household size	2.39	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	20	21
Median year structure built	1980	1985