Arcadia vs Castor

A side-by-side comparison of Arcadia and Castor: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Arcadia has the higher population (2,682 vs 373 in Castor). Arcadia has the higher median household income ($35,303 vs $35,250 in Castor). Castor has the higher median home value ($92,100 vs $87,100 in Arcadia).

Population, income & housing

	Arcadia	Castor
Population	2,682	373
Median age	41.7 yrs	34.5 yrs
Median household income	$35,303	$35,250
Median home value	$87,100	$92,100
Median gross rent	$711	$385
Housing units	1,422	201
Homeownership rate	57.2%	65.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.7%	15.5%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arcadia	Castor
Population	2,774 → 2,682 (-3.3%)	327 → 373 (+14.1%)
Median household income	$23,494 → $35,303 (+50.3%)	$29,000 → $35,250 (+21.6%)
Median home value	$83,300 → $87,100 (+4.6%)	$106,300 → $92,100 (-13.4%)
Median gross rent	$485 → $711 (+46.6%)	—

Arcadia

Population

2,7742,682

Median household income

$23,494$35,303

Median home value

$83,300$87,100

Median gross rent

$485$711

Castor

Population

327373

Median household income

$29,000$35,250

Median home value

$106,300$92,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arcadia	Castor
Under 5	4.2%	10.5%
5 to 17	17.9%	25.5%
18 to 24	4.0%	5.4%
25 to 34	14.3%	9.1%
35 to 44	12.5%	11.3%
45 to 54	8.1%	17.7%
55 to 64	18.4%	5.9%
65 to 74	9.1%	1.6%
75 and over	11.6%	13.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arcadia	Castor
White (non-Hispanic)	22.8%	68.9%
Black or African American	71.5%	26.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.3%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arcadia	Castor
No high school diploma	16.4%	15.1%
High school graduate	59.9%	42.5%
Some college or associate's	11.0%	26.9%
Bachelor's degree	8.3%	11.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arcadia	Castor
Drove alone	84.6%	61.3%
Carpooled	15.4%	17.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	17.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	4.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arcadia	Castor
1-unit, detached	69.4%	51.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.8%	5.5%
20 or more units	5.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.4%	42.8%

Poverty & households

	Arcadia	Castor
Poverty rate	38.6%	46.9%
Average household size	1.86	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	20	44
Median year structure built	1971	1981