Jennings vs Welsh

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

Jennings and Welsh 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 3,323 in Welsh). Welsh has the higher median household income ($75,709 vs $45,194 in Jennings). Welsh has the higher median home value ($187,900 vs $140,800 in Jennings).

Population, income & housing

	Jennings	Welsh
Population	9,679	3,323
Median age	38.4 yrs	34.9 yrs
Median household income	$45,194	$75,709
Median home value	$140,800	$187,900
Median gross rent	$861	$820
Housing units	4,945	1,250
Homeownership rate	64.1%	78.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.6%	16.2%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jennings	Welsh
Population	9,980 → 9,679 (-3.0%)	3,227 → 3,323 (+3.0%)
Median household income	$29,819 → $45,194 (+51.6%)	$31,216 → $75,709 (+142.5%)
Median home value	$113,000 → $140,800 (+24.6%)	$118,000 → $187,900 (+59.2%)
Median gross rent	$625 → $861 (+37.8%)	$715 → $820 (+14.7%)

Jennings

Population

9,9809,679

Median household income

$29,819$45,194

Median home value

$113,000$140,800

Median gross rent

$625$861

Welsh

Population

3,2273,323

Median household income

$31,216$75,709

Median home value

$118,000$187,900

Median gross rent

$715$820

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Jennings	Welsh
Under 5	6.7%	7.5%
5 to 17	19.1%	17.7%
18 to 24	7.3%	7.9%
25 to 34	10.7%	17.1%
35 to 44	11.4%	10.5%
45 to 54	10.0%	14.1%
55 to 64	11.6%	14.2%
65 to 74	11.7%	4.2%
75 and over	11.3%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jennings	Welsh
White (non-Hispanic)	65.0%	77.4%
Black or African American	22.4%	15.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.0%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	4.4%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jennings	Welsh
No high school diploma	21.6%	8.2%
High school graduate	42.9%	43.2%
Some college or associate's	20.8%	32.4%
Bachelor's degree	7.4%	12.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jennings	Welsh
Drove alone	82.8%	89.1%
Carpooled	9.2%	4.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.9%	0.0%
Other means	2.3%	6.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jennings	Welsh
1-unit, detached	78.4%	71.1%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	6.6%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	7.7%
20 or more units	0.8%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	10.9%	17.9%

Poverty & households

	Jennings	Welsh
Poverty rate	20.1%	20.9%
Average household size	2.40	3.01
Mean commute (minutes)	34	34
Median year structure built	1971	1989