Lecompte vs McNary

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

Lecompte and McNary 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 266 in McNary). McNary has the higher median household income ($51,500 vs $35,536 in Lecompte). McNary has the higher median home value ($118,300 vs $77,100 in Lecompte).

Population, income & housing

	Lecompte	McNary
Population	620	266
Median age	43.4 yrs	30.8 yrs
Median household income	$35,536	$51,500
Median home value	$77,100	$118,300
Median gross rent	$665	—
Housing units	492	120
Homeownership rate	66.9%	86.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.6%	11.6%
Unemployment rate	10.5%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lecompte	McNary
Population	961 → 620 (-35.5%)	170 → 266 (+56.5%)
Median household income	$30,833 → $35,536 (+15.3%)	$56,042 → $51,500 (-8.1%)
Median home value	$86,200 → $77,100 (-10.6%)	$75,300 → $118,300 (+57.1%)
Median gross rent	$613 → $665 (+8.5%)	—

Lecompte

Population

961620

Median household income

$30,833$35,536

Median home value

$86,200$77,100

Median gross rent

$613$665

McNary

Population

170266

Median household income

$56,042$51,500

Median home value

$75,300$118,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lecompte	McNary
Under 5	3.9%	5.3%
5 to 17	18.5%	33.1%
18 to 24	5.0%	3.4%
25 to 34	16.5%	9.8%
35 to 44	8.5%	20.7%
45 to 54	16.3%	5.3%
55 to 64	13.2%	4.5%
65 to 74	16.1%	10.9%
75 and over	1.9%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lecompte	McNary
White (non-Hispanic)	16.3%	89.5%
Black or African American	55.6%	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	5.3%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	22.7%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lecompte	McNary
No high school diploma	15.3%	11.6%
High school graduate	33.1%	55.5%
Some college or associate's	40.0%	21.3%
Bachelor's degree	11.6%	7.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	4.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lecompte	McNary
Drove alone	61.9%	86.5%
Carpooled	17.6%	5.2%
Public transit	2.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.4%	8.3%
Other means	10.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lecompte	McNary
1-unit, detached	72.6%	64.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	21.3%	35.8%

Poverty & households

	Lecompte	McNary
Poverty rate	34.5%	11.7%
Average household size	2.33	3.07
Mean commute (minutes)	30	24
Median year structure built	1965	1982