Blanchard vs Lakeview

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

Blanchard and Lakeview 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 846 in Lakeview). Blanchard has the higher median household income ($80,142 vs $58,381 in Lakeview). Blanchard has the higher median home value ($212,500 vs $107,000 in Lakeview).

Population, income & housing

	Blanchard	Lakeview
Population	3,452	846
Median age	36.3 yrs	53.7 yrs
Median household income	$80,142	$58,381
Median home value	$212,500	$107,000
Median gross rent	$844	$868
Housing units	1,267	518
Homeownership rate	79.8%	63.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.2%	6.1%
Unemployment rate	9.1%	15.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blanchard	Lakeview
Population	3,112 → 3,452 (+10.9%)	1,312 → 846 (-35.5%)
Median household income	$75,912 → $80,142 (+5.6%)	$38,362 → $58,381 (+52.2%)
Median home value	$165,400 → $212,500 (+28.5%)	$111,800 → $107,000 (-4.3%)
Median gross rent	$994 → $844 (-15.1%)	$794 → $868 (+9.3%)

Blanchard

Population

3,1123,452

Median household income

$75,912$80,142

Median home value

$165,400$212,500

Median gross rent

$994$844

Lakeview

Population

1,312846

Median household income

$38,362$58,381

Median home value

$111,800$107,000

Median gross rent

$794$868

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blanchard	Lakeview
Under 5	4.5%	5.7%
5 to 17	20.5%	4.1%
18 to 24	6.6%	13.0%
25 to 34	16.5%	15.5%
35 to 44	9.9%	5.4%
45 to 54	15.4%	8.9%
55 to 64	12.5%	25.1%
65 to 74	8.3%	9.5%
75 and over	5.8%	12.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blanchard	Lakeview
White (non-Hispanic)	74.6%	69.7%
Black or African American	20.4%	17.0%
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%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	12.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blanchard	Lakeview
No high school diploma	12.0%	10.1%
High school graduate	29.8%	59.1%
Some college or associate's	34.1%	24.7%
Bachelor's degree	17.7%	4.3%
Graduate or professional degree	6.4%	1.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blanchard	Lakeview
Drove alone	84.8%	76.7%
Carpooled	6.4%	9.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.3%	0.0%
Other means	3.8%	13.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blanchard	Lakeview
1-unit, detached	82.0%	63.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.7%	5.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.1%	31.1%

Poverty & households

	Blanchard	Lakeview
Poverty rate	10.9%	26.4%
Average household size	2.90	2.06
Mean commute (minutes)	23	22
Median year structure built	1996	1981