Natchitoches vs Provencal

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

Natchitoches and Provencal 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 427 in Provencal). Provencal has the higher median household income ($75,938 vs $38,731 in Natchitoches). Natchitoches has the higher median home value ($188,400 vs $115,200 in Provencal).

Population, income & housing

	Natchitoches	Provencal
Population	17,682	427
Median age	26.7 yrs	26.6 yrs
Median household income	$38,731	$75,938
Median home value	$188,400	$115,200
Median gross rent	$777	$746
Housing units	8,170	210
Homeownership rate	42.9%	75.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.5%	33.6%
Unemployment rate	7.6%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Natchitoches	Provencal
Population	17,898 → 17,682 (-1.2%)	366 → 427 (+16.7%)
Median household income	$21,715 → $38,731 (+78.4%)	$23,603 → $75,938 (+221.7%)
Median home value	$164,700 → $188,400 (+14.4%)	$96,700 → $115,200 (+19.1%)
Median gross rent	$673 → $777 (+15.5%)	$816 → $746 (-8.6%)

Natchitoches

Population

17,89817,682

Median household income

$21,715$38,731

Median home value

$164,700$188,400

Median gross rent

$673$777

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)

	Natchitoches	Provencal
Under 5	6.8%	5.9%
5 to 17	15.4%	23.9%
18 to 24	25.7%	15.2%
25 to 34	12.6%	20.4%
35 to 44	10.3%	8.4%
45 to 54	8.1%	5.9%
55 to 64	8.0%	5.9%
65 to 74	7.3%	5.9%
75 and over	5.9%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Natchitoches	Provencal
White (non-Hispanic)	35.3%	77.8%
Black or African American	55.6%	3.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	18.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Natchitoches	Provencal
No high school diploma	11.3%	2.6%
High school graduate	31.7%	38.3%
Some college or associate's	27.5%	25.5%
Bachelor's degree	15.6%	24.7%
Graduate or professional degree	13.9%	8.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Natchitoches	Provencal
Drove alone	79.3%	90.2%
Carpooled	10.9%	2.0%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	4.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.0%	7.8%
Other means	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Natchitoches	Provencal
1-unit, detached	50.8%	56.2%
1-unit, attached	5.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	15.6%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	11.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	9.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.9%	41.9%

Poverty & households

	Natchitoches	Provencal
Poverty rate	34.8%	4.4%
Average household size	2.38	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	16	31
Median year structure built	1979	1978