Natchitoches vs Vienna Bend

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

Natchitoches and Vienna Bend 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 1,693 in Vienna Bend). Vienna Bend has the higher median household income ($41,974 vs $38,731 in Natchitoches). Natchitoches has the higher median home value ($188,400 vs $117,200 in Vienna Bend).

Population, income & housing

	Natchitoches	Vienna Bend
Population	17,682	1,693
Median age	26.7 yrs	29.2 yrs
Median household income	$38,731	$41,974
Median home value	$188,400	$117,200
Median gross rent	$777	$1,020
Housing units	8,170	734
Homeownership rate	42.9%	81.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.5%	20.0%
Unemployment rate	7.6%	13.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Natchitoches	Vienna Bend
Population	17,898 → 17,682 (-1.2%)	1,230 → 1,693 (+37.6%)
Median household income	$21,715 → $38,731 (+78.4%)	$31,979 → $41,974 (+31.3%)
Median home value	$164,700 → $188,400 (+14.4%)	$112,500 → $117,200 (+4.2%)
Median gross rent	$673 → $777 (+15.5%)	$822 → $1,020 (+24.1%)

Natchitoches

Population

17,89817,682

Median household income

$21,715$38,731

Median home value

$164,700$188,400

Median gross rent

$673$777

Vienna Bend

Population

1,2301,693

Median household income

$31,979$41,974

Median home value

$112,500$117,200

Median gross rent

$822$1,020

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Natchitoches	Vienna Bend
Under 5	6.8%	3.6%
5 to 17	15.4%	26.3%
18 to 24	25.7%	14.1%
25 to 34	12.6%	9.1%
35 to 44	10.3%	12.0%
45 to 54	8.1%	24.7%
55 to 64	8.0%	5.2%
65 to 74	7.3%	3.8%
75 and over	5.9%	1.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Natchitoches	Vienna Bend
White (non-Hispanic)	35.3%	26.6%
Black or African American	55.6%	64.1%
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%	3.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	5.6%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Natchitoches	Vienna Bend
No high school diploma	11.3%	8.2%
High school graduate	31.7%	30.8%
Some college or associate's	27.5%	40.9%
Bachelor's degree	15.6%	16.0%
Graduate or professional degree	13.9%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Natchitoches	Vienna Bend
Drove alone	79.3%	89.7%
Carpooled	10.9%	6.3%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	4.7%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.0%	3.1%
Other means	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Natchitoches	Vienna Bend
1-unit, detached	50.8%	35.3%
1-unit, attached	5.5%	0.3%
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%	64.4%

Poverty & households

	Natchitoches	Vienna Bend
Poverty rate	34.8%	23.3%
Average household size	2.38	3.07
Mean commute (minutes)	16	19
Median year structure built	1979	1996