Lake Arthur vs Welsh

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

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

Welsh has the higher population (3,323 vs 2,599 in Lake Arthur). Welsh has the higher median household income ($75,709 vs $41,333 in Lake Arthur). Welsh has the higher median home value ($187,900 vs $77,600 in Lake Arthur).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Arthur	Welsh
Population	2,599	3,323
Median age	37.5 yrs	34.9 yrs
Median household income	$41,333	$75,709
Median home value	$77,600	$187,900
Median gross rent	$653	$820
Housing units	1,276	1,250
Homeownership rate	73.4%	78.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.2%	16.2%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Arthur	Welsh
Population	2,746 → 2,599 (-5.4%)	3,227 → 3,323 (+3.0%)
Median household income	$33,292 → $41,333 (+24.2%)	$31,216 → $75,709 (+142.5%)
Median home value	$72,400 → $77,600 (+7.2%)	$118,000 → $187,900 (+59.2%)
Median gross rent	$603 → $653 (+8.3%)	$715 → $820 (+14.7%)

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

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)

	Lake Arthur	Welsh
Under 5	3.7%	7.5%
5 to 17	18.5%	17.7%
18 to 24	14.0%	7.9%
25 to 34	10.8%	17.1%
35 to 44	10.9%	10.5%
45 to 54	14.2%	14.1%
55 to 64	11.7%	14.2%
65 to 74	10.3%	4.2%
75 and over	6.0%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Arthur	Welsh
White (non-Hispanic)	91.3%	77.4%
Black or African American	5.2%	15.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.1%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Arthur	Welsh
No high school diploma	27.4%	8.2%
High school graduate	32.9%	43.2%
Some college or associate's	27.4%	32.4%
Bachelor's degree	8.7%	12.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Arthur	Welsh
Drove alone	87.1%	89.1%
Carpooled	9.4%	4.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.6%	6.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Arthur	Welsh
1-unit, detached	72.6%	71.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	4.0%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	1.3%	7.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	22.1%	17.9%

Poverty & households

	Lake Arthur	Welsh
Poverty rate	28.2%	20.9%
Average household size	2.74	3.01
Mean commute (minutes)	34	34
Median year structure built	1968	1989