Gibsland vs Saline

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

Gibsland and Saline 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 261 in Saline). Saline has the higher median household income ($39,500 vs $20,915 in Gibsland). Saline has the higher median home value ($109,200 vs $92,400 in Gibsland).

Population, income & housing

	Gibsland	Saline
Population	783	261
Median age	45.3 yrs	42.2 yrs
Median household income	$20,915	$39,500
Median home value	$92,400	$109,200
Median gross rent	$545	$725
Housing units	465	134
Homeownership rate	52.3%	74.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.1%	2.7%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gibsland	Saline
Population	563 → 783 (+39.1%)	482 → 261 (-45.9%)
Median household income	$19,896 → $20,915 (+5.1%)	$48,750 → $39,500 (-19.0%)
Median home value	$59,400 → $92,400 (+55.6%)	$66,000 → $109,200 (+65.5%)
Median gross rent	$364 → $545 (+49.7%)	$558 → $725 (+29.9%)

Gibsland

Population

563783

Median household income

$19,896$20,915

Median home value

$59,400$92,400

Median gross rent

$364$545

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)

	Gibsland	Saline
Under 5	3.2%	7.3%
5 to 17	12.5%	18.8%
18 to 24	5.7%	2.7%
25 to 34	18.3%	9.6%
35 to 44	9.6%	15.7%
45 to 54	15.3%	3.1%
55 to 64	15.5%	8.8%
65 to 74	14.7%	26.4%
75 and over	5.2%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gibsland	Saline
White (non-Hispanic)	9.5%	79.3%
Black or African American	87.2%	17.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gibsland	Saline
No high school diploma	7.0%	31.2%
High school graduate	52.0%	43.5%
Some college or associate's	31.9%	22.6%
Bachelor's degree	3.7%	2.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gibsland	Saline
Drove alone	75.2%	96.0%
Carpooled	16.1%	4.0%
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	Saline
1-unit, detached	48.2%	58.2%
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%	41.8%

Poverty & households

	Gibsland	Saline
Poverty rate	43.7%	11.5%
Average household size	2.22	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	20	28
Median year structure built	1980	1973