Empire vs Triumph

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

Empire and Triumph 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 98 in Triumph). Empire has the higher median household income ($45,018 vs $39,375 in Triumph). Since 2019, Empire's population has grown faster (-0.3% vs -80.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Empire	Triumph
Population	1,218	98
Median age	27.7 yrs	24.5 yrs
Median household income	$45,018	$39,375
Median home value	$84,700	—
Housing units	524	98
Homeownership rate	89.9%	76.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.7%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Empire	Triumph
Population	1,222 → 1,218 (-0.3%)	500 → 98 (-80.4%)
Median household income	$21,087 → $45,018 (+113.5%)	$42,143 → $39,375 (-6.6%)
Median home value	$74,300 → $84,700 (+14.0%)	$48,100 → $61,500 (+27.9%)
Median gross rent	$849 → $922 (+8.6%)	—

Empire

Population

1,2221,218

Median household income

$21,087$45,018

Median home value

$74,300$84,700

Median gross rent

$849$922

Triumph

Population

50098

Median household income

$42,143$39,375

Median home value

$48,100$61,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Empire	Triumph
Under 5	7.1%	4.1%
5 to 17	29.7%	40.8%
18 to 24	11.2%	11.2%
25 to 34	9.1%	0.0%
35 to 44	8.5%	9.2%
45 to 54	4.4%	8.2%
55 to 64	19.1%	8.2%
65 to 74	8.5%	18.4%
75 and over	2.5%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Empire	Triumph
White (non-Hispanic)	37.2%	84.7%
Black or African American	47.5%	15.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	10.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Empire	Triumph
No high school diploma	28.2%	39.5%
High school graduate	28.9%	60.5%
Some college or associate's	34.2%	0.0%
Bachelor's degree	8.7%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Empire	Triumph
Drove alone	77.2%	50.0%
Carpooled	12.4%	50.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.0%	0.0%
Other means	4.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Empire	Triumph
1-unit, detached	17.0%	29.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	23.5%
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	83.0%	46.9%

Poverty & households

	Empire	Triumph
Poverty rate	28.8%	73.5%
Average household size	2.85	2.13
Mean commute (minutes)	20	—
Median year structure built	2005	2008