Lacassine vs Lake Arthur

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

Lacassine 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 175 in Lacassine). Since 2019, Lake Arthur's population has grown faster (-5.4% vs -37.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Lacassine	Lake Arthur
Population	175	2,599
Median age	54.7 yrs	37.5 yrs
Median household income	—	$41,333
Median home value	—	$77,600
Median gross rent	—	$653
Housing units	155	1,276
Homeownership rate	47.4%	73.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	12.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lacassine	Lake Arthur
Population	278 → 175 (-37.1%)	2,746 → 2,599 (-5.4%)
Median household income	$28,948 → $62,938 (+117.4%)	$33,292 → $41,333 (+24.2%)
Median home value	—	$72,400 → $77,600 (+7.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$603 → $653 (+8.3%)

Lacassine

Population

278175

Median household income

$28,948$62,938

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)

	Lacassine	Lake Arthur
Under 5	0.0%	3.7%
5 to 17	0.0%	18.5%
18 to 24	0.0%	14.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	10.8%
35 to 44	0.0%	10.9%
45 to 54	61.7%	14.2%
55 to 64	30.9%	11.7%
65 to 74	0.0%	10.3%
75 and over	7.4%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lacassine	Lake Arthur
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	91.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	5.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	0.0%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lacassine	Lake Arthur
No high school diploma	0.0%	27.4%
High school graduate	34.9%	32.9%
Some college or associate's	65.1%	27.4%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	8.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	3.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lacassine	Lake Arthur
Drove alone	100.0%	87.1%
Carpooled	0.0%	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)

	Lacassine	Lake Arthur
1-unit, detached	30.3%	72.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	43.2%	4.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	26.5%	22.1%

Poverty & households

	Lacassine	Lake Arthur
Poverty rate	34.9%	28.2%
Average household size	1.54	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	—	34
Median year structure built	1985	1968