Estelle vs River Ridge

A side-by-side comparison of Estelle and River Ridge: population, income, housing, and more.

Estelle and River Ridge are places in Louisiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Estelle has the higher population (16,761 vs 13,170 in River Ridge). River Ridge has the higher median household income ($84,464 vs $73,519 in Estelle). River Ridge has the higher median home value ($330,700 vs $199,300 in Estelle).

Population, income & housing

	Estelle	River Ridge
Population	16,761	13,170
Median age	39.9 yrs	46.7 yrs
Median household income	$73,519	$84,464
Median home value	$199,300	$330,700
Median gross rent	$1,301	$1,067
Housing units	6,308	6,224
Homeownership rate	87.3%	70.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.5%	37.8%
Unemployment rate	7.4%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Estelle	River Ridge
Population	17,968 → 16,761 (-6.7%)	13,337 → 13,170 (-1.3%)
Median household income	$68,051 → $73,519 (+8.0%)	$69,929 → $84,464 (+20.8%)
Median home value	$157,700 → $199,300 (+26.4%)	$265,300 → $330,700 (+24.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,174 → $1,301 (+10.8%)	$927 → $1,067 (+15.1%)

Estelle

Population

17,96816,761

Median household income

$68,051$73,519

Median home value

$157,700$199,300

Median gross rent

$1,174$1,301

River Ridge

Population

13,33713,170

Median household income

$69,929$84,464

Median home value

$265,300$330,700

Median gross rent

$927$1,067

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Estelle	River Ridge
Under 5	2.7%	5.6%
5 to 17	19.4%	14.0%
18 to 24	8.0%	5.9%
25 to 34	13.4%	9.5%
35 to 44	12.7%	13.2%
45 to 54	12.9%	11.4%
55 to 64	18.9%	17.0%
65 to 74	8.7%	14.0%
75 and over	3.3%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Estelle	River Ridge
White (non-Hispanic)	44.8%	76.9%
Black or African American	27.8%	9.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.1%
Asian	2.7%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.2%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.4%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	19.8%	9.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Estelle	River Ridge
No high school diploma	19.8%	6.9%
High school graduate	32.1%	21.3%
Some college or associate's	30.5%	33.9%
Bachelor's degree	10.8%	25.3%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	12.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Estelle	River Ridge
Drove alone	72.3%	73.5%
Carpooled	17.0%	11.1%
Public transit	0.3%	0.1%
Walked	1.0%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.9%	12.6%
Other means	0.5%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Estelle	River Ridge
1-unit, detached	93.6%	74.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	1.5%	4.3%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	3.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	12.2%
Mobile home & other	3.8%	4.1%

Poverty & households

	Estelle	River Ridge
Poverty rate	17.7%	8.0%
Average household size	2.75	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	26	27
Median year structure built	1984	1971