Belmont vs Converse

A side-by-side comparison of Belmont and Converse: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Converse has the higher population (406 vs 147 in Belmont). Converse has the higher median household income ($64,750 vs $2,499 in Belmont). Since 2019, Converse's population has grown faster (+26.5% vs -51.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Belmont	Converse
Population	147	406
Median age	24.7 yrs	39.6 yrs
Median household income	$2,499	$64,750
Median home value	—	$75,000
Median gross rent	—	$638
Housing units	89	208
Homeownership rate	63.2%	73.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	16.3%
Unemployment rate	42.9%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belmont	Converse
Population	304 → 147 (-51.6%)	321 → 406 (+26.5%)
Median household income	$39,886 → $2,499 (-93.7%)	$43,750 → $64,750 (+48.0%)
Median home value	—	$55,000 → $75,000 (+36.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$433 → $638 (+47.3%)

Belmont

Population

304147

Median household income

$39,886$2,499

Converse

Population

321406

Median household income

$43,750$64,750

Median home value

$55,000$75,000

Median gross rent

$433$638

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belmont	Converse
Under 5	0.0%	5.9%
5 to 17	36.7%	16.3%
18 to 24	19.0%	11.3%
25 to 34	14.3%	12.3%
35 to 44	0.0%	7.4%
45 to 54	0.0%	13.5%
55 to 64	13.6%	14.3%
65 to 74	16.3%	11.3%
75 and over	0.0%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belmont	Converse
White (non-Hispanic)	94.6%	70.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	5.4%	5.2%
Asian	0.0%	3.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	8.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	8.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belmont	Converse
No high school diploma	0.0%	21.1%
High school graduate	69.2%	44.8%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	17.8%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	14.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	1.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belmont	Converse
Drove alone	100.0%	85.2%
Carpooled	0.0%	11.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	3.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belmont	Converse
1-unit, detached	62.9%	41.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	8.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	37.1%	49.5%

Poverty & households

	Belmont	Converse
Poverty rate	64.6%	16.0%
Average household size	2.58	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	—	31
Median year structure built	1985	1991