Claiborne vs Swartz

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

Claiborne and Swartz 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 4,691 in Swartz). Swartz has the higher median household income ($69,968 vs $69,173 in Claiborne). Claiborne has the higher median home value ($214,100 vs $190,600 in Swartz).

Population, income & housing

	Claiborne	Swartz
Population	12,647	4,691
Median age	34.5 yrs	33.3 yrs
Median household income	$69,173	$69,968
Median home value	$214,100	$190,600
Median gross rent	$1,181	$991
Housing units	5,365	1,821
Homeownership rate	63.0%	77.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.1%	28.3%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Claiborne	Swartz
Population	11,602 → 12,647 (+9.0%)	4,629 → 4,691 (+1.3%)
Median household income	$56,318 → $69,173 (+22.8%)	$48,592 → $69,968 (+44.0%)
Median home value	$153,400 → $214,100 (+39.6%)	$142,700 → $190,600 (+33.6%)
Median gross rent	$963 → $1,181 (+22.6%)	$876 → $991 (+13.1%)

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

Swartz

Population

4,6294,691

Median household income

$48,592$69,968

Median home value

$142,700$190,600

Median gross rent

$876$991

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Claiborne	Swartz
Under 5	9.0%	6.4%
5 to 17	13.9%	15.8%
18 to 24	9.6%	11.1%
25 to 34	18.1%	18.6%
35 to 44	12.4%	14.8%
45 to 54	11.0%	10.1%
55 to 64	10.0%	10.8%
65 to 74	10.1%	6.9%
75 and over	5.8%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Claiborne	Swartz
White (non-Hispanic)	88.6%	75.8%
Black or African American	5.3%	20.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.2%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.0%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Claiborne	Swartz
No high school diploma	6.7%	10.5%
High school graduate	32.3%	24.4%
Some college or associate's	28.0%	36.8%
Bachelor's degree	24.6%	24.7%
Graduate or professional degree	8.4%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Claiborne	Swartz
Drove alone	82.5%	80.6%
Carpooled	8.7%	14.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.3%	3.0%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Claiborne	Swartz
1-unit, detached	71.5%	78.4%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	9.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	7.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.8%	3.1%
Mobile home & other	7.2%	17.1%

Poverty & households

	Claiborne	Swartz
Poverty rate	11.3%	14.6%
Average household size	2.58	2.98
Mean commute (minutes)	22	23
Median year structure built	1989	1985