Arcadia vs Gibsland

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

Arcadia and Gibsland 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 783 in Gibsland). Arcadia has the higher median household income ($35,303 vs $20,915 in Gibsland). Gibsland has the higher median home value ($92,400 vs $87,100 in Arcadia).

Population, income & housing

	Arcadia	Gibsland
Population	2,682	783
Median age	41.7 yrs	45.3 yrs
Median household income	$35,303	$20,915
Median home value	$87,100	$92,400
Median gross rent	$711	$545
Housing units	1,422	465
Homeownership rate	57.2%	52.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.7%	9.1%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	1.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arcadia	Gibsland
Population	2,774 → 2,682 (-3.3%)	563 → 783 (+39.1%)
Median household income	$23,494 → $35,303 (+50.3%)	$19,896 → $20,915 (+5.1%)
Median home value	$83,300 → $87,100 (+4.6%)	$59,400 → $92,400 (+55.6%)
Median gross rent	$485 → $711 (+46.6%)	$364 → $545 (+49.7%)

Arcadia

Population

2,7742,682

Median household income

$23,494$35,303

Median home value

$83,300$87,100

Median gross rent

$485$711

Gibsland

Population

563783

Median household income

$19,896$20,915

Median home value

$59,400$92,400

Median gross rent

$364$545

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arcadia	Gibsland
Under 5	4.2%	3.2%
5 to 17	17.9%	12.5%
18 to 24	4.0%	5.7%
25 to 34	14.3%	18.3%
35 to 44	12.5%	9.6%
45 to 54	8.1%	15.3%
55 to 64	18.4%	15.5%
65 to 74	9.1%	14.7%
75 and over	11.6%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arcadia	Gibsland
White (non-Hispanic)	22.8%	9.5%
Black or African American	71.5%	87.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.4%	1.4%
Two or more races	3.3%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arcadia	Gibsland
No high school diploma	16.4%	7.0%
High school graduate	59.9%	52.0%
Some college or associate's	11.0%	31.9%
Bachelor's degree	8.3%	3.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arcadia	Gibsland
Drove alone	84.6%	75.2%
Carpooled	15.4%	16.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	6.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arcadia	Gibsland
1-unit, detached	69.4%	48.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.9%	13.8%
5 to 19 units	4.8%	3.7%
20 or more units	5.5%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	10.4%	32.5%

Poverty & households

	Arcadia	Gibsland
Poverty rate	38.6%	43.7%
Average household size	1.86	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	20	20
Median year structure built	1971	1980