Gibsland vs Lucky

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

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

Gibsland has the higher population (783 vs 186 in Lucky). Lucky has the higher median household income ($24,063 vs $20,915 in Gibsland). Since 2019, Gibsland's population has grown faster (+39.1% vs -14.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Gibsland	Lucky
Population	783	186
Median age	45.3 yrs	37.8 yrs
Median household income	$20,915	$24,063
Median home value	$92,400	—
Median gross rent	$545	$863
Housing units	465	105
Homeownership rate	52.3%	79.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.1%	11.9%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gibsland	Lucky
Population	563 → 783 (+39.1%)	218 → 186 (-14.7%)
Median household income	$19,896 → $20,915 (+5.1%)	$12,083 → $24,063 (+99.1%)
Median home value	$59,400 → $92,400 (+55.6%)	$39,000 → $45,600 (+16.9%)
Median gross rent	$364 → $545 (+49.7%)	—

Gibsland

Population

563783

Median household income

$19,896$20,915

Median home value

$59,400$92,400

Median gross rent

$364$545

Lucky

Population

218186

Median household income

$12,083$24,063

Median home value

$39,000$45,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gibsland	Lucky
Under 5	3.2%	5.4%
5 to 17	12.5%	12.9%
18 to 24	5.7%	14.0%
25 to 34	18.3%	10.2%
35 to 44	9.6%	21.5%
45 to 54	15.3%	4.3%
55 to 64	15.5%	11.3%
65 to 74	14.7%	14.0%
75 and over	5.2%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gibsland	Lucky
White (non-Hispanic)	9.5%	45.2%
Black or African American	87.2%	53.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gibsland	Lucky
No high school diploma	7.0%	22.2%
High school graduate	52.0%	38.9%
Some college or associate's	31.9%	27.0%
Bachelor's degree	3.7%	10.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	1.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gibsland	Lucky
Drove alone	75.2%	91.7%
Carpooled	16.1%	8.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.6%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gibsland	Lucky
1-unit, detached	48.2%	55.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	13.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	32.5%	44.8%

Poverty & households

	Gibsland	Lucky
Poverty rate	43.7%	32.8%
Average household size	2.22	2.04
Mean commute (minutes)	20	38
Median year structure built	1980	1983