Chataignier vs Pine Prairie

A side-by-side comparison of Chataignier and Pine Prairie: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Pine Prairie has the higher population (1,242 vs 348 in Chataignier). Chataignier has the higher median household income ($36,528 vs $32,917 in Pine Prairie). Pine Prairie has the higher median home value ($153,700 vs $91,400 in Chataignier).

Population, income & housing

	Chataignier	Pine Prairie
Population	348	1,242
Median age	31.4 yrs	38.8 yrs
Median household income	$36,528	$32,917
Median home value	$91,400	$153,700
Median gross rent	$790	$704
Housing units	209	433
Homeownership rate	37.4%	59.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.4%	10.2%
Unemployment rate	12.6%	10.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chataignier	Pine Prairie
Population	306 → 348 (+13.7%)	1,331 → 1,242 (-6.7%)
Median household income	$30,313 → $36,528 (+20.5%)	$36,500 → $32,917 (-9.8%)
Median home value	$78,500 → $91,400 (+16.4%)	$95,700 → $153,700 (+60.6%)
Median gross rent	$509 → $790 (+55.2%)	$644 → $704 (+9.3%)

Chataignier

Population

306348

Median household income

$30,313$36,528

Median home value

$78,500$91,400

Median gross rent

$509$790

Pine Prairie

Population

1,3311,242

Median household income

$36,500$32,917

Median home value

$95,700$153,700

Median gross rent

$644$704

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chataignier	Pine Prairie
Under 5	17.0%	3.0%
5 to 17	8.0%	13.8%
18 to 24	15.5%	7.2%
25 to 34	12.1%	18.4%
35 to 44	8.9%	13.4%
45 to 54	10.3%	8.2%
55 to 64	17.2%	12.5%
65 to 74	9.8%	10.0%
75 and over	1.1%	13.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chataignier	Pine Prairie
White (non-Hispanic)	34.2%	72.6%
Black or African American	62.1%	4.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	3.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	0.9%	6.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	13.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chataignier	Pine Prairie
No high school diploma	17.4%	28.1%
High school graduate	43.0%	43.5%
Some college or associate's	21.3%	18.2%
Bachelor's degree	13.5%	7.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	2.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chataignier	Pine Prairie
Drove alone	80.6%	87.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	12.5%
Public transit	5.3%	0.0%
Walked	2.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.2%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chataignier	Pine Prairie
1-unit, detached	56.0%	74.1%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	17.2%	10.4%
5 to 19 units	5.7%	1.6%
20 or more units	9.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.5%	13.9%

Poverty & households

	Chataignier	Pine Prairie
Poverty rate	17.0%	32.8%
Average household size	2.19	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	30	28
Median year structure built	1973	1979