Claiborne vs West Monroe

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

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

West Monroe has the higher population (12,837 vs 12,647 in Claiborne). Claiborne has the higher median household income ($69,173 vs $46,663 in West Monroe). Claiborne has the higher median home value ($214,100 vs $174,400 in West Monroe).

Population, income & housing

	Claiborne	West Monroe
Population	12,647	12,837
Median age	34.5 yrs	36.0 yrs
Median household income	$69,173	$46,663
Median home value	$214,100	$174,400
Median gross rent	$1,181	$815
Housing units	5,365	6,240
Homeownership rate	63.0%	43.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.1%	22.6%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	8.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Claiborne	West Monroe
Population	11,602 → 12,647 (+9.0%)	12,583 → 12,837 (+2.0%)
Median household income	$56,318 → $69,173 (+22.8%)	$34,454 → $46,663 (+35.4%)
Median home value	$153,400 → $214,100 (+39.6%)	$133,100 → $174,400 (+31.0%)
Median gross rent	$963 → $1,181 (+22.6%)	$744 → $815 (+9.5%)

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

West Monroe

Population

12,58312,837

Median household income

$34,454$46,663

Median home value

$133,100$174,400

Median gross rent

$744$815

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Claiborne	West Monroe
Under 5	9.0%	6.1%
5 to 17	13.9%	16.2%
18 to 24	9.6%	9.1%
25 to 34	18.1%	16.9%
35 to 44	12.4%	13.7%
45 to 54	11.0%	10.9%
55 to 64	10.0%	10.5%
65 to 74	10.1%	6.3%
75 and over	5.8%	10.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Claiborne	West Monroe
White (non-Hispanic)	88.6%	47.9%
Black or African American	5.3%	39.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	2.2%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.0%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	9.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Claiborne	West Monroe
No high school diploma	6.7%	14.9%
High school graduate	32.3%	33.9%
Some college or associate's	28.0%	28.6%
Bachelor's degree	24.6%	14.2%
Graduate or professional degree	8.4%	8.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Claiborne	West Monroe
Drove alone	82.5%	85.1%
Carpooled	8.7%	4.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.8%
Walked	0.6%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.3%	3.8%
Other means	0.7%	3.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Claiborne	West Monroe
1-unit, detached	71.5%	60.5%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	9.4%	12.4%
5 to 19 units	7.5%	13.0%
20 or more units	1.8%	6.8%
Mobile home & other	7.2%	5.7%

Poverty & households

	Claiborne	West Monroe
Poverty rate	11.3%	26.9%
Average household size	2.58	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	22	17
Median year structure built	1989	1976