Richmond vs Tallulah

A side-by-side comparison of Richmond and Tallulah: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Tallulah has the higher population (6,124 vs 529 in Richmond). Richmond has the higher median household income ($56,250 vs $32,624 in Tallulah). Richmond has the higher median home value ($169,600 vs $83,900 in Tallulah).

Population, income & housing

	Richmond	Tallulah
Population	529	6,124
Median age	61.6 yrs	32.0 yrs
Median household income	$56,250	$32,624
Median home value	$169,600	$83,900
Median gross rent	$750	$602
Housing units	243	2,700
Homeownership rate	78.5%	42.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.6%	12.0%
Unemployment rate	0.6%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Richmond	Tallulah
Population	541 → 529 (-2.2%)	6,851 → 6,124 (-10.6%)
Median household income	$58,750 → $56,250 (-4.3%)	$26,351 → $32,624 (+23.8%)
Median home value	$178,600 → $169,600 (-5.0%)	$73,900 → $83,900 (+13.5%)
Median gross rent	$639 → $750 (+17.4%)	$604 → $602 (-0.3%)

Richmond

Population

541529

Median household income

$58,750$56,250

Median home value

$178,600$169,600

Median gross rent

$639$750

Tallulah

Population

6,8516,124

Median household income

$26,351$32,624

Median home value

$73,900$83,900

Median gross rent

$604$602

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Richmond	Tallulah
Under 5	0.0%	8.7%
5 to 17	13.6%	20.1%
18 to 24	1.9%	8.8%
25 to 34	4.0%	16.9%
35 to 44	3.4%	10.3%
45 to 54	13.4%	10.3%
55 to 64	20.2%	11.0%
65 to 74	21.2%	9.0%
75 and over	22.3%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Richmond	Tallulah
White (non-Hispanic)	75.0%	13.2%
Black or African American	23.4%	84.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.9%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Richmond	Tallulah
No high school diploma	13.2%	23.7%
High school graduate	36.7%	33.6%
Some college or associate's	36.5%	30.7%
Bachelor's degree	9.2%	9.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.5%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Richmond	Tallulah
Drove alone	86.0%	82.1%
Carpooled	5.0%	9.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	2.2%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	6.7%	1.8%
Other means	0.0%	5.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Richmond	Tallulah
1-unit, detached	77.0%	72.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	9.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.0%
Mobile home & other	18.5%	5.2%

Poverty & households

	Richmond	Tallulah
Poverty rate	16.3%	45.3%
Average household size	2.13	2.83
Mean commute (minutes)	13	15
Median year structure built	1981	1972