Jennings vs Lake Arthur

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

Jennings and Lake Arthur 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 2,599 in Lake Arthur). Jennings has the higher median household income ($45,194 vs $41,333 in Lake Arthur). Jennings has the higher median home value ($140,800 vs $77,600 in Lake Arthur).

Population, income & housing

	Jennings	Lake Arthur
Population	9,679	2,599
Median age	38.4 yrs	37.5 yrs
Median household income	$45,194	$41,333
Median home value	$140,800	$77,600
Median gross rent	$861	$653
Housing units	4,945	1,276
Homeownership rate	64.1%	73.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.6%	12.2%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jennings	Lake Arthur
Population	9,980 → 9,679 (-3.0%)	2,746 → 2,599 (-5.4%)
Median household income	$29,819 → $45,194 (+51.6%)	$33,292 → $41,333 (+24.2%)
Median home value	$113,000 → $140,800 (+24.6%)	$72,400 → $77,600 (+7.2%)
Median gross rent	$625 → $861 (+37.8%)	$603 → $653 (+8.3%)

Jennings

Population

9,9809,679

Median household income

$29,819$45,194

Median home value

$113,000$140,800

Median gross rent

$625$861

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)

	Jennings	Lake Arthur
Under 5	6.7%	3.7%
5 to 17	19.1%	18.5%
18 to 24	7.3%	14.0%
25 to 34	10.7%	10.8%
35 to 44	11.4%	10.9%
45 to 54	10.0%	14.2%
55 to 64	11.6%	11.7%
65 to 74	11.7%	10.3%
75 and over	11.3%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jennings	Lake Arthur
White (non-Hispanic)	65.0%	91.3%
Black or African American	22.4%	5.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.5%
Two or more races	7.0%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	4.4%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jennings	Lake Arthur
No high school diploma	21.6%	27.4%
High school graduate	42.9%	32.9%
Some college or associate's	20.8%	27.4%
Bachelor's degree	7.4%	8.7%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	3.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jennings	Lake Arthur
Drove alone	82.8%	87.1%
Carpooled	9.2%	9.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.9%	1.0%
Other means	2.3%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jennings	Lake Arthur
1-unit, detached	78.4%	72.6%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.6%	4.0%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	1.3%
20 or more units	0.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.9%	22.1%

Poverty & households

	Jennings	Lake Arthur
Poverty rate	20.1%	28.2%
Average household size	2.40	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	34	34
Median year structure built	1971	1968