Blanchard vs Greenwood

A side-by-side comparison of Blanchard and Greenwood: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Blanchard has the higher population (3,452 vs 3,123 in Greenwood). Blanchard has the higher median household income ($80,142 vs $60,540 in Greenwood). Greenwood has the higher median home value ($227,500 vs $212,500 in Blanchard).

Population, income & housing

	Blanchard	Greenwood
Population	3,452	3,123
Median age	36.3 yrs	50.0 yrs
Median household income	$80,142	$60,540
Median home value	$212,500	$227,500
Median gross rent	$844	$576
Housing units	1,267	1,477
Homeownership rate	79.8%	82.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.2%	26.5%
Unemployment rate	9.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blanchard	Greenwood
Population	3,112 → 3,452 (+10.9%)	3,181 → 3,123 (-1.8%)
Median household income	$75,912 → $80,142 (+5.6%)	$58,564 → $60,540 (+3.4%)
Median home value	$165,400 → $212,500 (+28.5%)	$168,000 → $227,500 (+35.4%)
Median gross rent	$994 → $844 (-15.1%)	$729 → $576 (-21.0%)

Blanchard

Population

3,1123,452

Median household income

$75,912$80,142

Median home value

$165,400$212,500

Median gross rent

$994$844

Greenwood

Population

3,1813,123

Median household income

$58,564$60,540

Median home value

$168,000$227,500

Median gross rent

$729$576

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blanchard	Greenwood
Under 5	4.5%	2.9%
5 to 17	20.5%	15.1%
18 to 24	6.6%	3.0%
25 to 34	16.5%	9.2%
35 to 44	9.9%	11.2%
45 to 54	15.4%	17.7%
55 to 64	12.5%	15.3%
65 to 74	8.3%	14.3%
75 and over	5.8%	11.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blanchard	Greenwood
White (non-Hispanic)	74.6%	50.9%
Black or African American	20.4%	38.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	7.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blanchard	Greenwood
No high school diploma	12.0%	4.9%
High school graduate	29.8%	36.7%
Some college or associate's	34.1%	31.9%
Bachelor's degree	17.7%	19.3%
Graduate or professional degree	6.4%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blanchard	Greenwood
Drove alone	84.8%	81.8%
Carpooled	6.4%	11.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.3%	4.0%
Other means	3.8%	2.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blanchard	Greenwood
1-unit, detached	82.0%	62.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	6.7%	4.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.1%
20 or more units	2.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.1%	25.9%

Poverty & households

	Blanchard	Greenwood
Poverty rate	10.9%	2.8%
Average household size	2.90	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	23	23
Median year structure built	1996	1995