Starks vs Vinton

A side-by-side comparison of Starks and Vinton: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Vinton has the higher population (3,245 vs 300 in Starks). Vinton has the higher median household income ($41,063 vs $16,331 in Starks). Starks has the higher median home value ($133,900 vs $108,900 in Vinton).

Population, income & housing

	Starks	Vinton
Population	300	3,245
Median age	34.9 yrs	33.7 yrs
Median household income	$16,331	$41,063
Median home value	$133,900	$108,900
Median gross rent	—	$954
Housing units	207	1,268
Homeownership rate	39.6%	40.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.7%	12.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Starks	Vinton
Population	303 → 300 (-1.0%)	3,298 → 3,245 (-1.6%)
Median household income	$16,691 → $16,331 (-2.2%)	$45,603 → $41,063 (-10.0%)
Median home value	$74,300 → $133,900 (+80.2%)	$88,700 → $108,900 (+22.8%)
Median gross rent	$239 → $235 (-1.7%)	$646 → $954 (+47.7%)

Starks

Population

303300

Median household income

$16,691$16,331

Median home value

$74,300$133,900

Median gross rent

$239$235

Vinton

Population

3,2983,245

Median household income

$45,603$41,063

Median home value

$88,700$108,900

Median gross rent

$646$954

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Starks	Vinton
Under 5	10.0%	7.4%
5 to 17	3.7%	28.0%
18 to 24	20.7%	5.6%
25 to 34	16.0%	15.3%
35 to 44	13.7%	16.0%
45 to 54	1.3%	7.6%
55 to 64	5.0%	11.4%
65 to 74	6.3%	6.5%
75 and over	23.3%	2.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Starks	Vinton
White (non-Hispanic)	94.0%	63.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	11.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	4.7%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	20.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Starks	Vinton
No high school diploma	29.4%	16.0%
High school graduate	40.6%	51.0%
Some college or associate's	15.2%	20.6%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	8.8%
Graduate or professional degree	14.7%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Starks	Vinton
Drove alone	100.0%	76.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	11.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.6%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	11.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Starks	Vinton
1-unit, detached	8.7%	78.5%
1-unit, attached	4.8%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	28.5%	0.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	58.0%	17.7%

Poverty & households

	Starks	Vinton
Poverty rate	28.3%	38.8%
Average household size	2.01	3.42
Mean commute (minutes)	48	34
Median year structure built	1999	1971