Lucky vs Saline

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

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

Saline has the higher population (261 vs 186 in Lucky). Saline has the higher median household income ($39,500 vs $24,063 in Lucky). Since 2019, Lucky's population has grown faster (-14.7% vs -45.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Lucky	Saline
Population	186	261
Median age	37.8 yrs	42.2 yrs
Median household income	$24,063	$39,500
Median home value	—	$109,200
Median gross rent	$863	$725
Housing units	105	134
Homeownership rate	79.1%	74.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.9%	2.7%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lucky	Saline
Population	218 → 186 (-14.7%)	482 → 261 (-45.9%)
Median household income	$12,083 → $24,063 (+99.1%)	$48,750 → $39,500 (-19.0%)
Median home value	$39,000 → $45,600 (+16.9%)	$66,000 → $109,200 (+65.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$558 → $725 (+29.9%)

Lucky

Population

218186

Median household income

$12,083$24,063

Median home value

$39,000$45,600

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)

	Lucky	Saline
Under 5	5.4%	7.3%
5 to 17	12.9%	18.8%
18 to 24	14.0%	2.7%
25 to 34	10.2%	9.6%
35 to 44	21.5%	15.7%
45 to 54	4.3%	3.1%
55 to 64	11.3%	8.8%
65 to 74	14.0%	26.4%
75 and over	6.5%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lucky	Saline
White (non-Hispanic)	45.2%	79.3%
Black or African American	53.2%	17.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.5%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lucky	Saline
No high school diploma	22.2%	31.2%
High school graduate	38.9%	43.5%
Some college or associate's	27.0%	22.6%
Bachelor's degree	10.3%	2.7%
Graduate or professional degree	1.6%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lucky	Saline
Drove alone	91.7%	96.0%
Carpooled	8.3%	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)

	Lucky	Saline
1-unit, detached	55.2%	58.2%
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	44.8%	41.8%

Poverty & households

	Lucky	Saline
Poverty rate	32.8%	11.5%
Average household size	2.04	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	38	28
Median year structure built	1983	1973