Central vs Zachary

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

Central and Zachary 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 19,637 in Zachary). Zachary has the higher median household income ($90,507 vs $90,091 in Central). Central has the higher median home value ($270,700 vs $258,000 in Zachary).

Population, income & housing

	Central	Zachary
Population	29,603	19,637
Median age	40.3 yrs	34.2 yrs
Median household income	$90,091	$90,507
Median home value	$270,700	$258,000
Median gross rent	$1,373	$1,440
Housing units	12,116	7,467
Homeownership rate	89.3%	82.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.7%	38.5%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Central	Zachary
Population	29,107 → 29,603 (+1.7%)	17,283 → 19,637 (+13.6%)
Median household income	$80,015 → $90,091 (+12.6%)	$84,795 → $90,507 (+6.7%)
Median home value	$217,700 → $270,700 (+24.3%)	$224,500 → $258,000 (+14.9%)
Median gross rent	$928 → $1,373 (+48.0%)	$1,097 → $1,440 (+31.3%)

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

Zachary

Population

17,28319,637

Median household income

$84,795$90,507

Median home value

$224,500$258,000

Median gross rent

$1,097$1,440

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Central	Zachary
Under 5	5.2%	5.4%
5 to 17	20.9%	23.8%
18 to 24	6.9%	7.5%
25 to 34	8.6%	14.4%
35 to 44	15.7%	19.2%
45 to 54	9.8%	12.7%
55 to 64	15.0%	7.2%
65 to 74	10.7%	6.2%
75 and over	7.1%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Central	Zachary
White (non-Hispanic)	78.3%	47.3%
Black or African American	11.6%	47.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	2.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.1%
Two or more races	4.7%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	4.8%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Central	Zachary
No high school diploma	3.9%	5.5%
High school graduate	33.9%	30.2%
Some college or associate's	29.6%	25.9%
Bachelor's degree	21.8%	23.0%
Graduate or professional degree	10.9%	15.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Central	Zachary
Drove alone	85.3%	90.7%
Carpooled	5.5%	4.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	6.8%	4.1%
Other means	1.3%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Central	Zachary
1-unit, detached	84.3%	80.9%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	2.2%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	2.3%
20 or more units	2.7%	5.7%
Mobile home & other	8.9%	7.0%

Poverty & households

	Central	Zachary
Poverty rate	5.7%	7.4%
Average household size	2.61	2.79
Mean commute (minutes)	29	27
Median year structure built	1988	2002