Point Place vs Provencal

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

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

Point Place has the higher population (589 vs 427 in Provencal). Point Place has the higher median home value ($303,100 vs $115,200 in Provencal). Since 2019, Point Place's population has grown faster (+32.1% vs +16.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Point Place	Provencal
Population	589	427
Median age	42.5 yrs	26.6 yrs
Median household income	—	$75,938
Median home value	$303,100	$115,200
Median gross rent	$2,190	$746
Housing units	321	210
Homeownership rate	87.8%	75.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.7%	33.6%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Point Place	Provencal
Population	446 → 589 (+32.1%)	366 → 427 (+16.7%)
Median household income	$31,685 → $38,884 (+22.7%)	$23,603 → $75,938 (+221.7%)
Median home value	$155,600 → $303,100 (+94.8%)	$96,700 → $115,200 (+19.1%)
Median gross rent	$626 → $2,190 (+249.8%)	$816 → $746 (-8.6%)

Point Place

Population

446589

Median household income

$31,685$38,884

Median home value

$155,600$303,100

Median gross rent

$626$2,190

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)

	Point Place	Provencal
Under 5	13.8%	5.9%
5 to 17	19.4%	23.9%
18 to 24	1.2%	15.2%
25 to 34	6.5%	20.4%
35 to 44	14.3%	8.4%
45 to 54	4.8%	5.9%
55 to 64	20.7%	5.9%
65 to 74	11.0%	5.9%
75 and over	8.5%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Point Place	Provencal
White (non-Hispanic)	80.1%	77.8%
Black or African American	11.0%	3.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.6%	18.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Point Place	Provencal
No high school diploma	7.2%	2.6%
High school graduate	26.4%	38.3%
Some college or associate's	35.7%	25.5%
Bachelor's degree	15.0%	24.7%
Graduate or professional degree	15.8%	8.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Point Place	Provencal
Drove alone	60.7%	90.2%
Carpooled	35.8%	2.0%
Public transit	1.5%	0.0%
Walked	2.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	7.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Point Place	Provencal
1-unit, detached	75.1%	56.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	24.9%	41.9%

Poverty & households

	Point Place	Provencal
Poverty rate	1.5%	4.4%
Average household size	2.25	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	28	31
Median year structure built	1983	1978