Natchitoches vs Point Place

A side-by-side comparison of Natchitoches and Point Place: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Natchitoches has the higher population (17,682 vs 589 in Point Place). Point Place has the higher median home value ($303,100 vs $188,400 in Natchitoches). Since 2019, Point Place's population has grown faster (+32.1% vs -1.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Natchitoches	Point Place
Population	17,682	589
Median age	26.7 yrs	42.5 yrs
Median household income	$38,731	—
Median home value	$188,400	$303,100
Median gross rent	$777	$2,190
Housing units	8,170	321
Homeownership rate	42.9%	87.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.5%	30.7%
Unemployment rate	7.6%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Natchitoches	Point Place
Population	17,898 → 17,682 (-1.2%)	446 → 589 (+32.1%)
Median household income	$21,715 → $38,731 (+78.4%)	$31,685 → $38,884 (+22.7%)
Median home value	$164,700 → $188,400 (+14.4%)	$155,600 → $303,100 (+94.8%)
Median gross rent	$673 → $777 (+15.5%)	$626 → $2,190 (+249.8%)

Natchitoches

Population

17,89817,682

Median household income

$21,715$38,731

Median home value

$164,700$188,400

Median gross rent

$673$777

Point Place

Population

446589

Median household income

$31,685$38,884

Median home value

$155,600$303,100

Median gross rent

$626$2,190

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Natchitoches	Point Place
Under 5	6.8%	13.8%
5 to 17	15.4%	19.4%
18 to 24	25.7%	1.2%
25 to 34	12.6%	6.5%
35 to 44	10.3%	14.3%
45 to 54	8.1%	4.8%
55 to 64	8.0%	20.7%
65 to 74	7.3%	11.0%
75 and over	5.9%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Natchitoches	Point Place
White (non-Hispanic)	35.3%	80.1%
Black or African American	55.6%	11.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.2%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	4.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Natchitoches	Point Place
No high school diploma	11.3%	7.2%
High school graduate	31.7%	26.4%
Some college or associate's	27.5%	35.7%
Bachelor's degree	15.6%	15.0%
Graduate or professional degree	13.9%	15.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Natchitoches	Point Place
Drove alone	79.3%	60.7%
Carpooled	10.9%	35.8%
Public transit	0.1%	1.5%
Walked	4.7%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.0%	0.0%
Other means	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Natchitoches	Point Place
1-unit, detached	50.8%	75.1%
1-unit, attached	5.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	15.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	11.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	9.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.9%	24.9%

Poverty & households

	Natchitoches	Point Place
Poverty rate	34.8%	1.5%
Average household size	2.38	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	16	28
Median year structure built	1979	1983