Boyce vs Lecompte

A side-by-side comparison of Boyce and Lecompte: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Boyce has the higher population (1,295 vs 620 in Lecompte). Boyce has the higher median household income ($36,250 vs $35,536 in Lecompte). Boyce has the higher median home value ($83,600 vs $77,100 in Lecompte).

Population, income & housing

	Boyce	Lecompte
Population	1,295	620
Median age	22.7 yrs	43.4 yrs
Median household income	$36,250	$35,536
Median home value	$83,600	$77,100
Median gross rent	$848	$665
Housing units	454	492
Homeownership rate	40.9%	66.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.7%	11.6%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	10.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boyce	Lecompte
Population	1,041 → 1,295 (+24.4%)	961 → 620 (-35.5%)
Median household income	$23,920 → $36,250 (+51.5%)	$30,833 → $35,536 (+15.3%)
Median home value	$56,600 → $83,600 (+47.7%)	$86,200 → $77,100 (-10.6%)
Median gross rent	$684 → $848 (+24.0%)	$613 → $665 (+8.5%)

Boyce

Population

1,0411,295

Median household income

$23,920$36,250

Median home value

$56,600$83,600

Median gross rent

$684$848

Lecompte

Population

961620

Median household income

$30,833$35,536

Median home value

$86,200$77,100

Median gross rent

$613$665

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boyce	Lecompte
Under 5	18.4%	3.9%
5 to 17	21.1%	18.5%
18 to 24	19.7%	5.0%
25 to 34	7.7%	16.5%
35 to 44	8.8%	8.5%
45 to 54	7.5%	16.3%
55 to 64	9.2%	13.2%
65 to 74	3.6%	16.1%
75 and over	4.0%	1.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boyce	Lecompte
White (non-Hispanic)	37.3%	16.3%
Black or African American	62.5%	55.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	22.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boyce	Lecompte
No high school diploma	24.2%	15.3%
High school graduate	35.9%	33.1%
Some college or associate's	34.2%	40.0%
Bachelor's degree	4.2%	11.6%
Graduate or professional degree	1.5%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boyce	Lecompte
Drove alone	73.9%	61.9%
Carpooled	22.4%	17.6%
Public transit	0.0%	2.1%
Walked	1.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	8.4%
Other means	2.3%	10.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boyce	Lecompte
1-unit, detached	58.1%	72.6%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	18.1%	4.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	22.2%	21.3%

Poverty & households

	Boyce	Lecompte
Poverty rate	32.4%	34.5%
Average household size	3.73	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	20	30
Median year structure built	1964	1965