Blanchard vs Vivian

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

Blanchard and Vivian 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 3,020 in Vivian). Blanchard has the higher median household income ($80,142 vs $22,675 in Vivian). Blanchard has the higher median home value ($212,500 vs $55,700 in Vivian).

Population, income & housing

	Blanchard	Vivian
Population	3,452	3,020
Median age	36.3 yrs	32.1 yrs
Median household income	$80,142	$22,675
Median home value	$212,500	$55,700
Median gross rent	$844	$706
Housing units	1,267	1,563
Homeownership rate	79.8%	72.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.2%	5.4%
Unemployment rate	9.1%	13.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blanchard	Vivian
Population	3,112 → 3,452 (+10.9%)	3,563 → 3,020 (-15.2%)
Median household income	$75,912 → $80,142 (+5.6%)	$30,069 → $22,675 (-24.6%)
Median home value	$165,400 → $212,500 (+28.5%)	$72,700 → $55,700 (-23.4%)
Median gross rent	$994 → $844 (-15.1%)	$537 → $706 (+31.5%)

Blanchard

Population

3,1123,452

Median household income

$75,912$80,142

Median home value

$165,400$212,500

Median gross rent

$994$844

Vivian

Population

3,5633,020

Median household income

$30,069$22,675

Median home value

$72,700$55,700

Median gross rent

$537$706

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blanchard	Vivian
Under 5	4.5%	8.4%
5 to 17	20.5%	18.8%
18 to 24	6.6%	12.0%
25 to 34	16.5%	15.2%
35 to 44	9.9%	8.5%
45 to 54	15.4%	6.1%
55 to 64	12.5%	15.4%
65 to 74	8.3%	9.6%
75 and over	5.8%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blanchard	Vivian
White (non-Hispanic)	74.6%	54.3%
Black or African American	20.4%	43.7%
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%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blanchard	Vivian
No high school diploma	12.0%	15.5%
High school graduate	29.8%	34.0%
Some college or associate's	34.1%	45.0%
Bachelor's degree	17.7%	5.4%
Graduate or professional degree	6.4%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blanchard	Vivian
Drove alone	84.8%	83.0%
Carpooled	6.4%	14.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.3%	1.9%
Other means	3.8%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blanchard	Vivian
1-unit, detached	82.0%	67.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	6.7%	2.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.8%
20 or more units	2.2%	2.2%
Mobile home & other	9.1%	20.8%

Poverty & households

	Blanchard	Vivian
Poverty rate	10.9%	46.8%
Average household size	2.90	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	23	33
Median year structure built	1996	1969