Natchez vs Provencal

A side-by-side comparison of Natchez and Provencal: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Provencal has the higher population (427 vs 328 in Natchez). Provencal has the higher median home value ($115,200 vs $57,600 in Natchez). Since 2019, Provencal's population has grown faster (+16.7% vs -44.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Natchez	Provencal
Population	328	427
Median age	59.7 yrs	26.6 yrs
Median household income	—	$75,938
Median home value	$57,600	$115,200
Median gross rent	$338	$746
Housing units	264	210
Homeownership rate	59.3%	75.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	1.0%	33.6%
Unemployment rate	6.2%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Natchez	Provencal
Population	586 → 328 (-44.0%)	366 → 427 (+16.7%)
Median household income	$18,581 → $22,031 (+18.6%)	$23,603 → $75,938 (+221.7%)
Median home value	$250,000 → $57,600 (-77.0%)	$96,700 → $115,200 (+19.1%)
Median gross rent	$588 → $338 (-42.5%)	$816 → $746 (-8.6%)

Natchez

Population

586328

Median household income

$18,581$22,031

Median home value

$250,000$57,600

Median gross rent

$588$338

Provencal

Population

366427

Median household income

$23,603$75,938

Median home value

$96,700$115,200

Median gross rent

$816$746

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Natchez	Provencal
Under 5	0.0%	5.9%
5 to 17	10.4%	23.9%
18 to 24	0.0%	15.2%
25 to 34	10.1%	20.4%
35 to 44	12.8%	8.4%
45 to 54	4.3%	5.9%
55 to 64	58.2%	5.9%
65 to 74	3.0%	5.9%
75 and over	1.2%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Natchez	Provencal
White (non-Hispanic)	2.4%	77.8%
Black or African American	97.6%	3.7%
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%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	18.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Natchez	Provencal
No high school diploma	28.6%	2.6%
High school graduate	50.3%	38.3%
Some college or associate's	20.1%	25.5%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	24.7%
Graduate or professional degree	1.0%	8.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Natchez	Provencal
Drove alone	90.7%	90.2%
Carpooled	0.0%	2.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	7.8%
Other means	9.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Natchez	Provencal
1-unit, detached	21.6%	56.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.1%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	7.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	61.0%	41.9%

Poverty & households

	Natchez	Provencal
Poverty rate	43.0%	4.4%
Average household size	1.74	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	14	31
Median year structure built	1990	1978