Central vs Shenandoah

A side-by-side comparison of Central and Shenandoah: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Central has the higher population (29,603 vs 18,259 in Shenandoah). Shenandoah has the higher median household income ($107,544 vs $90,091 in Central). Shenandoah has the higher median home value ($319,300 vs $270,700 in Central).

Population, income & housing

	Central	Shenandoah
Population	29,603	18,259
Median age	40.3 yrs	40.1 yrs
Median household income	$90,091	$107,544
Median home value	$270,700	$319,300
Median gross rent	$1,373	$1,216
Housing units	12,116	7,421
Homeownership rate	89.3%	75.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.7%	50.7%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Central	Shenandoah
Population	29,107 → 29,603 (+1.7%)	20,252 → 18,259 (-9.8%)
Median household income	$80,015 → $90,091 (+12.6%)	$92,432 → $107,544 (+16.3%)
Median home value	$217,700 → $270,700 (+24.3%)	$261,900 → $319,300 (+21.9%)
Median gross rent	$928 → $1,373 (+48.0%)	$1,104 → $1,216 (+10.1%)

Central

Population

29,10729,603

Median household income

$80,015$90,091

Median home value

$217,700$270,700

Median gross rent

$928$1,373

Shenandoah

Population

20,25218,259

Median household income

$92,432$107,544

Median home value

$261,900$319,300

Median gross rent

$1,104$1,216

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Central	Shenandoah
Under 5	5.2%	6.4%
5 to 17	20.9%	18.8%
18 to 24	6.9%	5.9%
25 to 34	8.6%	12.8%
35 to 44	15.7%	11.7%
45 to 54	9.8%	10.7%
55 to 64	15.0%	14.5%
65 to 74	10.7%	13.2%
75 and over	7.1%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Central	Shenandoah
White (non-Hispanic)	78.3%	63.5%
Black or African American	11.6%	20.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	0.4%	2.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.7%	10.8%
Hispanic or Latino	4.8%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Central	Shenandoah
No high school diploma	3.9%	2.1%
High school graduate	33.9%	17.2%
Some college or associate's	29.6%	30.0%
Bachelor's degree	21.8%	33.5%
Graduate or professional degree	10.9%	17.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Central	Shenandoah
Drove alone	85.3%	78.1%
Carpooled	5.5%	5.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	6.8%	15.9%
Other means	1.3%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Central	Shenandoah
1-unit, detached	84.3%	76.8%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	2.2%	10.2%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	9.1%
20 or more units	2.7%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	8.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Central	Shenandoah
Poverty rate	5.7%	7.7%
Average household size	2.61	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	29	27
Median year structure built	1988	1989