Slaughter vs Wilson

A side-by-side comparison of Slaughter and Wilson: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Slaughter has the higher population (1,264 vs 708 in Wilson). Slaughter has the higher median household income ($80,417 vs $32,679 in Wilson). Slaughter has the higher median home value ($234,300 vs $112,300 in Wilson).

Population, income & housing

	Slaughter	Wilson
Population	1,264	708
Median age	42.1 yrs	50.0 yrs
Median household income	$80,417	$32,679
Median home value	$234,300	$112,300
Median gross rent	$1,254	$375
Housing units	484	386
Homeownership rate	83.0%	78.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.2%	3.9%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Slaughter	Wilson
Population	980 → 1,264 (+29.0%)	443 → 708 (+59.8%)
Median household income	$64,938 → $80,417 (+23.8%)	$38,571 → $32,679 (-15.3%)
Median home value	$153,900 → $234,300 (+52.2%)	$103,400 → $112,300 (+8.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,023 → $1,254 (+22.6%)	$556 → $375 (-32.6%)

Slaughter

Population

9801,264

Median household income

$64,938$80,417

Median home value

$153,900$234,300

Median gross rent

$1,023$1,254

Wilson

Population

443708

Median household income

$38,571$32,679

Median home value

$103,400$112,300

Median gross rent

$556$375

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Slaughter	Wilson
Under 5	9.6%	0.0%
5 to 17	12.4%	14.1%
18 to 24	9.3%	6.6%
25 to 34	11.6%	3.8%
35 to 44	9.9%	13.1%
45 to 54	10.2%	17.7%
55 to 64	14.4%	25.7%
65 to 74	11.2%	16.1%
75 and over	11.4%	2.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Slaughter	Wilson
White (non-Hispanic)	82.7%	13.1%
Black or African American	2.8%	85.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.7%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	4.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Slaughter	Wilson
No high school diploma	6.5%	38.1%
High school graduate	49.0%	44.0%
Some college or associate's	23.4%	13.9%
Bachelor's degree	15.7%	3.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	0.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Slaughter	Wilson
Drove alone	92.7%	94.9%
Carpooled	2.8%	2.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.3%	2.5%
Other means	1.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Slaughter	Wilson
1-unit, detached	88.6%	36.5%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.3%	0.5%
5 to 19 units	0.6%	9.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.8%	53.6%

Poverty & households

	Slaughter	Wilson
Poverty rate	12.7%	20.1%
Average household size	2.86	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	41	20
Median year structure built	1990	1990