Boothville vs Empire

A side-by-side comparison of Boothville and Empire: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Empire has the higher population (1,218 vs 481 in Boothville). Empire has the higher median household income ($45,018 vs $24,700 in Boothville). Empire has the higher median home value ($84,700 vs $77,300 in Boothville).

Population, income & housing

	Boothville	Empire
Population	481	1,218
Median age	37.9 yrs	27.7 yrs
Median household income	$24,700	$45,018
Median home value	$77,300	$84,700
Housing units	284	524
Homeownership rate	84.2%	89.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	8.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boothville	Empire
Population	594 → 481 (-19.0%)	1,222 → 1,218 (-0.3%)
Median household income	$31,500 → $24,700 (-21.6%)	$21,087 → $45,018 (+113.5%)
Median home value	$74,000 → $77,300 (+4.5%)	$74,300 → $84,700 (+14.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$849 → $922 (+8.6%)

Boothville

Population

594481

Median household income

$31,500$24,700

Median home value

$74,000$77,300

Empire

Population

1,2221,218

Median household income

$21,087$45,018

Median home value

$74,300$84,700

Median gross rent

$849$922

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boothville	Empire
Under 5	4.6%	7.1%
5 to 17	10.6%	29.7%
18 to 24	13.9%	11.2%
25 to 34	17.3%	9.1%
35 to 44	10.0%	8.5%
45 to 54	27.2%	4.4%
55 to 64	6.9%	19.1%
65 to 74	1.5%	8.5%
75 and over	8.1%	2.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boothville	Empire
White (non-Hispanic)	73.0%	37.2%
Black or African American	12.3%	47.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	4.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	10.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.2%
Two or more races	10.4%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boothville	Empire
No high school diploma	34.3%	28.2%
High school graduate	51.3%	28.9%
Some college or associate's	14.4%	34.2%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	8.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boothville	Empire
Drove alone	91.3%	77.2%
Carpooled	0.0%	12.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.4%	4.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.0%
Other means	5.3%	4.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boothville	Empire
1-unit, detached	13.7%	17.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	86.3%	83.0%

Poverty & households

	Boothville	Empire
Poverty rate	33.1%	28.8%
Average household size	2.17	2.85
Mean commute (minutes)	62	20
Median year structure built	2006	2005