Elton vs Lake Arthur

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

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

Lake Arthur has the higher population (2,599 vs 1,132 in Elton). Lake Arthur has the higher median household income ($41,333 vs $36,211 in Elton). Elton has the higher median home value ($88,000 vs $77,600 in Lake Arthur).

Population, income & housing

	Elton	Lake Arthur
Population	1,132	2,599
Median age	56.8 yrs	37.5 yrs
Median household income	$36,211	$41,333
Median home value	$88,000	$77,600
Median gross rent	$493	$653
Housing units	685	1,276
Homeownership rate	74.8%	73.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.5%	12.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elton	Lake Arthur
Population	1,309 → 1,132 (-13.5%)	2,746 → 2,599 (-5.4%)
Median household income	$38,250 → $36,211 (-5.3%)	$33,292 → $41,333 (+24.2%)
Median home value	$66,900 → $88,000 (+31.5%)	$72,400 → $77,600 (+7.2%)
Median gross rent	$545 → $493 (-9.5%)	$603 → $653 (+8.3%)

Elton

Population

1,3091,132

Median household income

$38,250$36,211

Median home value

$66,900$88,000

Median gross rent

$545$493

Lake Arthur

Population

2,7462,599

Median household income

$33,292$41,333

Median home value

$72,400$77,600

Median gross rent

$603$653

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elton	Lake Arthur
Under 5	8.0%	3.7%
5 to 17	11.3%	18.5%
18 to 24	7.7%	14.0%
25 to 34	8.5%	10.8%
35 to 44	5.4%	10.9%
45 to 54	8.0%	14.2%
55 to 64	21.1%	11.7%
65 to 74	13.3%	10.3%
75 and over	16.7%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elton	Lake Arthur
White (non-Hispanic)	41.3%	91.3%
Black or African American	52.7%	5.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	3.4%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elton	Lake Arthur
No high school diploma	31.2%	27.4%
High school graduate	29.8%	32.9%
Some college or associate's	30.5%	27.4%
Bachelor's degree	6.9%	8.7%
Graduate or professional degree	1.6%	3.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elton	Lake Arthur
Drove alone	73.9%	87.1%
Carpooled	26.1%	9.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	1.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elton	Lake Arthur
1-unit, detached	73.0%	72.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.6%	4.0%
5 to 19 units	11.5%	1.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	14.9%	22.1%

Poverty & households

	Elton	Lake Arthur
Poverty rate	16.5%	28.2%
Average household size	2.01	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	23	34
Median year structure built	1979	1968