Echo vs McNary

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

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

Echo has the higher population (490 vs 266 in McNary). Echo has the higher median household income ($124,145 vs $51,500 in McNary). Echo has the higher median home value ($372,400 vs $118,300 in McNary).

Population, income & housing

	Echo	McNary
Population	490	266
Median age	27.3 yrs	30.8 yrs
Median household income	$124,145	$51,500
Median home value	$372,400	$118,300
Housing units	157	120
Homeownership rate	68.7%	86.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	11.6%
Unemployment rate	9.6%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Echo	McNary
Population	275 → 490 (+78.2%)	170 → 266 (+56.5%)
Median household income	$24,091 → $124,145 (+415.3%)	$56,042 → $51,500 (-8.1%)
Median home value	$120,300 → $372,400 (+209.6%)	$75,300 → $118,300 (+57.1%)

Echo

Population

275490

Median household income

$24,091$124,145

Median home value

$120,300$372,400

McNary

Population

170266

Median household income

$56,042$51,500

Median home value

$75,300$118,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Echo	McNary
Under 5	7.6%	5.3%
5 to 17	33.7%	33.1%
18 to 24	5.7%	3.4%
25 to 34	20.2%	9.8%
35 to 44	11.6%	20.7%
45 to 54	17.8%	5.3%
55 to 64	0.0%	4.5%
65 to 74	3.5%	10.9%
75 and over	0.0%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Echo	McNary
White (non-Hispanic)	45.1%	89.5%
Black or African American	42.7%	5.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.5%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	1.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	12.2%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Echo	McNary
No high school diploma	0.0%	11.6%
High school graduate	90.4%	55.5%
Some college or associate's	9.6%	21.3%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	7.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	4.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Echo	McNary
Drove alone	100.0%	86.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	5.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	8.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Echo	McNary
1-unit, detached	69.4%	64.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
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	30.6%	35.8%

Poverty & households

	Echo	McNary
Poverty rate	26.9%	11.7%
Average household size	3.66	3.07
Mean commute (minutes)	24	24
Median year structure built	2005	1982