Claiborne vs Richwood

A side-by-side comparison of Claiborne and Richwood: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Claiborne has the higher population (12,647 vs 3,840 in Richwood). Claiborne has the higher median household income ($69,173 vs $31,386 in Richwood). Claiborne has the higher median home value ($214,100 vs $52,300 in Richwood).

Population, income & housing

	Claiborne	Richwood
Population	12,647	3,840
Median age	34.5 yrs	36.8 yrs
Median household income	$69,173	$31,386
Median home value	$214,100	$52,300
Median gross rent	$1,181	$873
Housing units	5,365	848
Homeownership rate	63.0%	29.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.1%	6.3%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	8.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Claiborne	Richwood
Population	11,602 → 12,647 (+9.0%)	4,495 → 3,840 (-14.6%)
Median household income	$56,318 → $69,173 (+22.8%)	$24,896 → $31,386 (+26.1%)
Median home value	$153,400 → $214,100 (+39.6%)	$48,600 → $52,300 (+7.6%)
Median gross rent	$963 → $1,181 (+22.6%)	$556 → $873 (+57.0%)

Claiborne

Population

11,60212,647

Median household income

$56,318$69,173

Median home value

$153,400$214,100

Median gross rent

$963$1,181

Richwood

Population

4,4953,840

Median household income

$24,896$31,386

Median home value

$48,600$52,300

Median gross rent

$556$873

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Claiborne	Richwood
Under 5	9.0%	5.9%
5 to 17	13.9%	13.0%
18 to 24	9.6%	6.8%
25 to 34	18.1%	18.0%
35 to 44	12.4%	28.8%
45 to 54	11.0%	10.4%
55 to 64	10.0%	8.8%
65 to 74	10.1%	6.1%
75 and over	5.8%	2.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Claiborne	Richwood
White (non-Hispanic)	88.6%	16.1%
Black or African American	5.3%	75.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.2%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.0%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	6.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Claiborne	Richwood
No high school diploma	6.7%	25.1%
High school graduate	32.3%	33.2%
Some college or associate's	28.0%	35.3%
Bachelor's degree	24.6%	5.2%
Graduate or professional degree	8.4%	1.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Claiborne	Richwood
Drove alone	82.5%	74.6%
Carpooled	8.7%	9.9%
Public transit	0.0%	5.0%
Walked	0.6%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.3%	7.3%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Claiborne	Richwood
1-unit, detached	71.5%	63.3%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	9.4%	6.6%
5 to 19 units	7.5%	7.3%
20 or more units	1.8%	5.7%
Mobile home & other	7.2%	16.2%

Poverty & households

	Claiborne	Richwood
Poverty rate	11.3%	38.7%
Average household size	2.58	2.76
Mean commute (minutes)	22	23
Median year structure built	1989	1991