Cheneyville vs Lecompte

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

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

Lecompte has the higher population (620 vs 592 in Cheneyville). Since 2019, Cheneyville's population has grown faster (-5.9% vs -35.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Cheneyville	Lecompte
Population	592	620
Median age	49.0 yrs	43.4 yrs
Median household income	—	$35,536
Median home value	—	$77,100
Median gross rent	$775	$665
Housing units	365	492
Homeownership rate	70.9%	66.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.0%	11.6%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	10.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cheneyville	Lecompte
Population	629 → 592 (-5.9%)	961 → 620 (-35.5%)
Median household income	$25,598 → $17,917 (-30.0%)	$30,833 → $35,536 (+15.3%)
Median home value	$86,300 → $74,600 (-13.6%)	$86,200 → $77,100 (-10.6%)
Median gross rent	$578 → $775 (+34.1%)	$613 → $665 (+8.5%)

Cheneyville

Population

629592

Median household income

$25,598$17,917

Median home value

$86,300$74,600

Median gross rent

$578$775

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)

	Cheneyville	Lecompte
Under 5	10.8%	3.9%
5 to 17	7.4%	18.5%
18 to 24	10.8%	5.0%
25 to 34	5.7%	16.5%
35 to 44	7.9%	8.5%
45 to 54	14.7%	16.3%
55 to 64	13.9%	13.2%
65 to 74	13.5%	16.1%
75 and over	15.2%	1.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cheneyville	Lecompte
White (non-Hispanic)	37.0%	16.3%
Black or African American	49.5%	55.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	12.7%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	22.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cheneyville	Lecompte
No high school diploma	11.9%	15.3%
High school graduate	34.3%	33.1%
Some college or associate's	44.8%	40.0%
Bachelor's degree	7.9%	11.6%
Graduate or professional degree	1.2%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cheneyville	Lecompte
Drove alone	94.4%	61.9%
Carpooled	5.6%	17.6%
Public transit	0.0%	2.1%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	8.4%
Other means	0.0%	10.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cheneyville	Lecompte
1-unit, detached	89.9%	72.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	4.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.2%
20 or more units	1.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.8%	21.3%

Poverty & households

	Cheneyville	Lecompte
Poverty rate	37.5%	34.5%
Average household size	2.10	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	27	30
Median year structure built	1959	1965