Shenandoah vs Zachary

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

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

Zachary has the higher population (19,637 vs 18,259 in Shenandoah). Shenandoah has the higher median household income ($107,544 vs $90,507 in Zachary). Shenandoah has the higher median home value ($319,300 vs $258,000 in Zachary).

Population, income & housing

	Shenandoah	Zachary
Population	18,259	19,637
Median age	40.1 yrs	34.2 yrs
Median household income	$107,544	$90,507
Median home value	$319,300	$258,000
Median gross rent	$1,216	$1,440
Housing units	7,421	7,467
Homeownership rate	75.9%	82.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.7%	38.5%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Shenandoah	Zachary
Population	20,252 → 18,259 (-9.8%)	17,283 → 19,637 (+13.6%)
Median household income	$92,432 → $107,544 (+16.3%)	$84,795 → $90,507 (+6.7%)
Median home value	$261,900 → $319,300 (+21.9%)	$224,500 → $258,000 (+14.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,104 → $1,216 (+10.1%)	$1,097 → $1,440 (+31.3%)

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

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)

	Shenandoah	Zachary
Under 5	6.4%	5.4%
5 to 17	18.8%	23.8%
18 to 24	5.9%	7.5%
25 to 34	12.8%	14.4%
35 to 44	11.7%	19.2%
45 to 54	10.7%	12.7%
55 to 64	14.5%	7.2%
65 to 74	13.2%	6.2%
75 and over	6.0%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Shenandoah	Zachary
White (non-Hispanic)	63.5%	47.3%
Black or African American	20.5%	47.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	2.5%	2.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	10.8%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Shenandoah	Zachary
No high school diploma	2.1%	5.5%
High school graduate	17.2%	30.2%
Some college or associate's	30.0%	25.9%
Bachelor's degree	33.5%	23.0%
Graduate or professional degree	17.3%	15.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Shenandoah	Zachary
Drove alone	78.1%	90.7%
Carpooled	5.5%	4.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.4%
Worked from home	15.9%	4.1%
Other means	0.3%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Shenandoah	Zachary
1-unit, detached	76.8%	80.9%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	10.2%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	9.1%	2.3%
20 or more units	1.9%	5.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	7.0%

Poverty & households

	Shenandoah	Zachary
Poverty rate	7.7%	7.4%
Average household size	2.62	2.79
Mean commute (minutes)	27	27
Median year structure built	1989	2002