Jamestown vs Lucky

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

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

Lucky has the higher population (186 vs 127 in Jamestown). Jamestown has the higher median household income ($65,568 vs $24,063 in Lucky). Since 2019, Lucky's population has grown faster (-14.7% vs -17.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Jamestown	Lucky
Population	127	186
Median age	47.5 yrs	37.8 yrs
Median household income	$65,568	$24,063
Median home value	$113,800	—
Median gross rent	—	$863
Housing units	107	105
Homeownership rate	90.8%	79.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.3%	11.9%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jamestown	Lucky
Population	153 → 127 (-17.0%)	218 → 186 (-14.7%)
Median household income	$56,429 → $65,568 (+16.2%)	$12,083 → $24,063 (+99.1%)
Median home value	$88,000 → $113,800 (+29.3%)	$39,000 → $45,600 (+16.9%)

Jamestown

Population

153127

Median household income

$56,429$65,568

Median home value

$88,000$113,800

Lucky

Population

218186

Median household income

$12,083$24,063

Median home value

$39,000$45,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Jamestown	Lucky
Under 5	3.1%	5.4%
5 to 17	9.4%	12.9%
18 to 24	4.7%	14.0%
25 to 34	16.5%	10.2%
35 to 44	13.4%	21.5%
45 to 54	8.7%	4.3%
55 to 64	22.0%	11.3%
65 to 74	11.8%	14.0%
75 and over	10.2%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jamestown	Lucky
White (non-Hispanic)	97.6%	45.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	53.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.4%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jamestown	Lucky
No high school diploma	29.5%	22.2%
High school graduate	50.5%	38.9%
Some college or associate's	5.7%	27.0%
Bachelor's degree	11.4%	10.3%
Graduate or professional degree	2.9%	1.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jamestown	Lucky
Drove alone	66.7%	91.7%
Carpooled	19.6%	8.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.9%	0.0%
Other means	5.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jamestown	Lucky
1-unit, detached	60.7%	55.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	39.3%	44.8%

Poverty & households

	Jamestown	Lucky
Poverty rate	15.7%	32.8%
Average household size	1.95	2.04
Mean commute (minutes)	46	38
Median year structure built	1968	1983