Arcadia vs Saline

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

Arcadia and Saline 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 261 in Saline). Saline has the higher median household income ($39,500 vs $35,303 in Arcadia). Saline has the higher median home value ($109,200 vs $87,100 in Arcadia).

Population, income & housing

	Arcadia	Saline
Population	2,682	261
Median age	41.7 yrs	42.2 yrs
Median household income	$35,303	$39,500
Median home value	$87,100	$109,200
Median gross rent	$711	$725
Housing units	1,422	134
Homeownership rate	57.2%	74.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.7%	2.7%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arcadia	Saline
Population	2,774 → 2,682 (-3.3%)	482 → 261 (-45.9%)
Median household income	$23,494 → $35,303 (+50.3%)	$48,750 → $39,500 (-19.0%)
Median home value	$83,300 → $87,100 (+4.6%)	$66,000 → $109,200 (+65.5%)
Median gross rent	$485 → $711 (+46.6%)	$558 → $725 (+29.9%)

Arcadia

Population

2,7742,682

Median household income

$23,494$35,303

Median home value

$83,300$87,100

Median gross rent

$485$711

Saline

Population

482261

Median household income

$48,750$39,500

Median home value

$66,000$109,200

Median gross rent

$558$725

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arcadia	Saline
Under 5	4.2%	7.3%
5 to 17	17.9%	18.8%
18 to 24	4.0%	2.7%
25 to 34	14.3%	9.6%
35 to 44	12.5%	15.7%
45 to 54	8.1%	3.1%
55 to 64	18.4%	8.8%
65 to 74	9.1%	26.4%
75 and over	11.6%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arcadia	Saline
White (non-Hispanic)	22.8%	79.3%
Black or African American	71.5%	17.2%
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%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arcadia	Saline
No high school diploma	16.4%	31.2%
High school graduate	59.9%	43.5%
Some college or associate's	11.0%	22.6%
Bachelor's degree	8.3%	2.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arcadia	Saline
Drove alone	84.6%	96.0%
Carpooled	15.4%	4.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arcadia	Saline
1-unit, detached	69.4%	58.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.4%	41.8%

Poverty & households

	Arcadia	Saline
Poverty rate	38.6%	11.5%
Average household size	1.86	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	20	28
Median year structure built	1971	1973