Alexandria vs Pineville

A side-by-side comparison of Alexandria and Pineville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Alexandria has the higher population (44,566 vs 14,268 in Pineville). Pineville has the higher median household income ($51,583 vs $47,357 in Alexandria). Pineville has the higher median home value ($182,900 vs $182,800 in Alexandria).

Population, income & housing

	Alexandria	Pineville
Population	44,566	14,268
Median age	37.6 yrs	36.0 yrs
Median household income	$47,357	$51,583
Median home value	$182,800	$182,900
Median gross rent	$946	$876
Housing units	20,805	6,896
Homeownership rate	52.3%	52.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.2%	24.4%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alexandria	Pineville
Population	47,012 → 44,566 (-5.2%)	14,237 → 14,268 (+0.2%)
Median household income	$43,497 → $47,357 (+8.9%)	$45,088 → $51,583 (+14.4%)
Median home value	$148,900 → $182,800 (+22.8%)	$157,100 → $182,900 (+16.4%)
Median gross rent	$831 → $946 (+13.8%)	$729 → $876 (+20.2%)

Alexandria

Population

47,01244,566

Median household income

$43,497$47,357

Median home value

$148,900$182,800

Median gross rent

$831$946

Pineville

Population

14,23714,268

Median household income

$45,088$51,583

Median home value

$157,100$182,900

Median gross rent

$729$876

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alexandria	Pineville
Under 5	6.2%	6.0%
5 to 17	17.6%	16.0%
18 to 24	8.7%	14.2%
25 to 34	13.6%	11.6%
35 to 44	13.0%	14.2%
45 to 54	10.7%	10.6%
55 to 64	13.6%	10.8%
65 to 74	10.0%	9.7%
75 and over	6.5%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alexandria	Pineville
White (non-Hispanic)	36.1%	63.1%
Black or African American	55.8%	30.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.4%
Asian	2.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.4%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alexandria	Pineville
No high school diploma	15.7%	14.4%
High school graduate	33.6%	34.2%
Some college or associate's	26.4%	27.0%
Bachelor's degree	14.1%	16.4%
Graduate or professional degree	10.2%	8.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alexandria	Pineville
Drove alone	76.6%	80.9%
Carpooled	8.8%	4.6%
Public transit	3.0%	3.6%
Walked	0.9%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.1%
Worked from home	4.7%	6.4%
Other means	5.4%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alexandria	Pineville
1-unit, detached	69.7%	59.4%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	8.8%	16.5%
5 to 19 units	10.8%	9.7%
20 or more units	4.8%	4.4%
Mobile home & other	3.9%	7.6%

Poverty & households

	Alexandria	Pineville
Poverty rate	26.4%	18.8%
Average household size	2.51	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	20	18
Median year structure built	1970	1977