Echo vs Lecompte

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

Echo 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 490 in Echo). Echo has the higher median household income ($124,145 vs $35,536 in Lecompte). Echo has the higher median home value ($372,400 vs $77,100 in Lecompte).

Population, income & housing

	Echo	Lecompte
Population	490	620
Median age	27.3 yrs	43.4 yrs
Median household income	$124,145	$35,536
Median home value	$372,400	$77,100
Median gross rent	—	$665
Housing units	157	492
Homeownership rate	68.7%	66.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	11.6%
Unemployment rate	9.6%	10.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Echo	Lecompte
Population	275 → 490 (+78.2%)	961 → 620 (-35.5%)
Median household income	$24,091 → $124,145 (+415.3%)	$30,833 → $35,536 (+15.3%)
Median home value	$120,300 → $372,400 (+209.6%)	$86,200 → $77,100 (-10.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$613 → $665 (+8.5%)

Echo

Population

275490

Median household income

$24,091$124,145

Median home value

$120,300$372,400

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)

	Echo	Lecompte
Under 5	7.6%	3.9%
5 to 17	33.7%	18.5%
18 to 24	5.7%	5.0%
25 to 34	20.2%	16.5%
35 to 44	11.6%	8.5%
45 to 54	17.8%	16.3%
55 to 64	0.0%	13.2%
65 to 74	3.5%	16.1%
75 and over	0.0%	1.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Echo	Lecompte
White (non-Hispanic)	45.1%	16.3%
Black or African American	42.7%	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	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	12.2%	22.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Echo	Lecompte
No high school diploma	0.0%	15.3%
High school graduate	90.4%	33.1%
Some college or associate's	9.6%	40.0%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	11.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Echo	Lecompte
Drove alone	100.0%	61.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	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)

	Echo	Lecompte
1-unit, detached	69.4%	72.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	30.6%	21.3%

Poverty & households

	Echo	Lecompte
Poverty rate	26.9%	34.5%
Average household size	3.66	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	24	30
Median year structure built	2005	1965