Elton vs Jennings

A side-by-side comparison of Elton and Jennings: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Jennings has the higher population (9,679 vs 1,132 in Elton). Jennings has the higher median household income ($45,194 vs $36,211 in Elton). Jennings has the higher median home value ($140,800 vs $88,000 in Elton).

Population, income & housing

	Elton	Jennings
Population	1,132	9,679
Median age	56.8 yrs	38.4 yrs
Median household income	$36,211	$45,194
Median home value	$88,000	$140,800
Median gross rent	$493	$861
Housing units	685	4,945
Homeownership rate	74.8%	64.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.5%	14.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elton	Jennings
Population	1,309 → 1,132 (-13.5%)	9,980 → 9,679 (-3.0%)
Median household income	$38,250 → $36,211 (-5.3%)	$29,819 → $45,194 (+51.6%)
Median home value	$66,900 → $88,000 (+31.5%)	$113,000 → $140,800 (+24.6%)
Median gross rent	$545 → $493 (-9.5%)	$625 → $861 (+37.8%)

Elton

Population

1,3091,132

Median household income

$38,250$36,211

Median home value

$66,900$88,000

Median gross rent

$545$493

Jennings

Population

9,9809,679

Median household income

$29,819$45,194

Median home value

$113,000$140,800

Median gross rent

$625$861

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elton	Jennings
Under 5	8.0%	6.7%
5 to 17	11.3%	19.1%
18 to 24	7.7%	7.3%
25 to 34	8.5%	10.7%
35 to 44	5.4%	11.4%
45 to 54	8.0%	10.0%
55 to 64	21.1%	11.6%
65 to 74	13.3%	11.7%
75 and over	16.7%	11.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elton	Jennings
White (non-Hispanic)	41.3%	65.0%
Black or African American	52.7%	22.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.1%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.4%	7.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	4.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elton	Jennings
No high school diploma	31.2%	21.6%
High school graduate	29.8%	42.9%
Some college or associate's	30.5%	20.8%
Bachelor's degree	6.9%	7.4%
Graduate or professional degree	1.6%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elton	Jennings
Drove alone	73.9%	82.8%
Carpooled	26.1%	9.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.9%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.9%
Other means	0.0%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elton	Jennings
1-unit, detached	73.0%	78.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	0.6%	6.6%
5 to 19 units	11.5%	2.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	14.9%	10.9%

Poverty & households

	Elton	Jennings
Poverty rate	16.5%	20.1%
Average household size	2.01	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	23	34
Median year structure built	1979	1971