Coushatta vs Edgefield

A side-by-side comparison of Coushatta and Edgefield: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Coushatta has the higher population (1,945 vs 231 in Edgefield). Edgefield has the higher median household income ($57,500 vs $29,477 in Coushatta). Edgefield has the higher median home value ($118,800 vs $91,800 in Coushatta).

Population, income & housing

	Coushatta	Edgefield
Population	1,945	231
Median age	44.9 yrs	44.8 yrs
Median household income	$29,477	$57,500
Median home value	$91,800	$118,800
Median gross rent	$701	—
Housing units	777	120
Homeownership rate	45.8%	84.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.3%	27.3%
Unemployment rate	0.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Coushatta	Edgefield
Population	2,525 → 1,945 (-23.0%)	313 → 231 (-26.2%)
Median household income	$22,837 → $29,477 (+29.1%)	$47,778 → $57,500 (+20.3%)
Median home value	$72,500 → $91,800 (+26.6%)	$100,400 → $118,800 (+18.3%)
Median gross rent	$649 → $701 (+8.0%)	—

Coushatta

Population

2,5251,945

Median household income

$22,837$29,477

Median home value

$72,500$91,800

Median gross rent

$649$701

Edgefield

Population

313231

Median household income

$47,778$57,500

Median home value

$100,400$118,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Coushatta	Edgefield
Under 5	10.3%	2.2%
5 to 17	12.0%	13.0%
18 to 24	9.0%	5.6%
25 to 34	11.9%	11.7%
35 to 44	7.0%	19.0%
45 to 54	13.2%	16.5%
55 to 64	14.7%	19.0%
65 to 74	10.2%	5.2%
75 and over	11.7%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Coushatta	Edgefield
White (non-Hispanic)	26.2%	74.9%
Black or African American	67.8%	21.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.9%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Coushatta	Edgefield
No high school diploma	25.5%	2.2%
High school graduate	58.5%	43.7%
Some college or associate's	8.7%	26.8%
Bachelor's degree	4.9%	8.7%
Graduate or professional degree	2.4%	18.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Coushatta	Edgefield
Drove alone	86.1%	95.2%
Carpooled	6.2%	0.0%
Public transit	1.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.2%	0.8%
Other means	0.8%	4.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Coushatta	Edgefield
1-unit, detached	62.9%	98.3%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	16.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	13.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Coushatta	Edgefield
Poverty rate	40.0%	12.1%
Average household size	2.43	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	15	20
Median year structure built	1975	1971