Empire vs New Orleans Station

A side-by-side comparison of Empire and New Orleans Station: population, income, housing, and more.

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

New Orleans Station has the higher population (2,414 vs 1,218 in Empire). New Orleans Station has the higher median household income ($54,375 vs $45,018 in Empire). Since 2019, Empire's population has grown faster (-0.3% vs -16.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Empire	New Orleans Station
Population	1,218	2,414
Median age	27.7 yrs	25.6 yrs
Median household income	$45,018	$54,375
Median home value	$84,700	—
Median gross rent	—	$2,010
Housing units	524	1,017
Homeownership rate	89.9%	0.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.7%	13.1%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	12.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Empire	New Orleans Station
Population	1,222 → 1,218 (-0.3%)	2,883 → 2,414 (-16.3%)
Median household income	$21,087 → $45,018 (+113.5%)	$66,023 → $54,375 (-17.6%)
Median home value	$74,300 → $84,700 (+14.0%)	—
Median gross rent	$849 → $922 (+8.6%)	$1,491 → $2,010 (+34.8%)

Empire

Population

1,2221,218

Median household income

$21,087$45,018

Median home value

$74,300$84,700

Median gross rent

$849$922

New Orleans Station

Population

2,8832,414

Median household income

$66,023$54,375

Median gross rent

$1,491$2,010

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Empire	New Orleans Station
Under 5	7.1%	14.9%
5 to 17	29.7%	23.9%
18 to 24	11.2%	8.8%
25 to 34	9.1%	27.2%
35 to 44	8.5%	18.3%
45 to 54	4.4%	6.0%
55 to 64	19.1%	0.3%
65 to 74	8.5%	0.4%
75 and over	2.5%	0.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Empire	New Orleans Station
White (non-Hispanic)	37.2%	35.5%
Black or African American	47.5%	21.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	10.2%	4.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	35.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Empire	New Orleans Station
No high school diploma	28.2%	6.1%
High school graduate	28.9%	30.1%
Some college or associate's	34.2%	50.7%
Bachelor's degree	8.7%	8.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Empire	New Orleans Station
Drove alone	77.2%	77.6%
Carpooled	12.4%	3.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.0%	14.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.0%	2.1%
Other means	4.3%	2.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Empire	New Orleans Station
1-unit, detached	17.0%	0.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	58.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	29.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	11.2%
Mobile home & other	83.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Empire	New Orleans Station
Poverty rate	28.8%	12.7%
Average household size	2.85	2.98
Mean commute (minutes)	20	18
Median year structure built	2005	1997