Converse vs Florien

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

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

Florien has the higher population (698 vs 406 in Converse). Converse has the higher median household income ($64,750 vs $33,125 in Florien). Florien has the higher median home value ($116,200 vs $75,000 in Converse).

Population, income & housing

	Converse	Florien
Population	406	698
Median age	39.6 yrs	35.5 yrs
Median household income	$64,750	$33,125
Median home value	$75,000	$116,200
Median gross rent	$638	$640
Housing units	208	317
Homeownership rate	73.0%	68.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.3%	13.5%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Converse	Florien
Population	321 → 406 (+26.5%)	642 → 698 (+8.7%)
Median household income	$43,750 → $64,750 (+48.0%)	$31,688 → $33,125 (+4.5%)
Median home value	$55,000 → $75,000 (+36.4%)	$121,700 → $116,200 (-4.5%)
Median gross rent	$433 → $638 (+47.3%)	$687 → $640 (-6.8%)

Converse

Population

321406

Median household income

$43,750$64,750

Median home value

$55,000$75,000

Median gross rent

$433$638

Florien

Population

642698

Median household income

$31,688$33,125

Median home value

$121,700$116,200

Median gross rent

$687$640

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Converse	Florien
Under 5	5.9%	8.5%
5 to 17	16.3%	18.8%
18 to 24	11.3%	11.2%
25 to 34	12.3%	10.9%
35 to 44	7.4%	11.9%
45 to 54	13.5%	6.6%
55 to 64	14.3%	12.0%
65 to 74	11.3%	8.9%
75 and over	7.6%	11.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Converse	Florien
White (non-Hispanic)	70.2%	65.6%
Black or African American	3.4%	30.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	5.2%	0.4%
Asian	3.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	8.9%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	8.4%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Converse	Florien
No high school diploma	21.1%	16.5%
High school graduate	44.8%	49.1%
Some college or associate's	17.8%	20.9%
Bachelor's degree	14.4%	7.7%
Graduate or professional degree	1.9%	5.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Converse	Florien
Drove alone	85.2%	89.2%
Carpooled	11.0%	4.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.9%	0.4%
Other means	0.0%	4.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Converse	Florien
1-unit, detached	41.8%	58.4%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.2%	0.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.2%
Mobile home & other	49.5%	32.5%

Poverty & households

	Converse	Florien
Poverty rate	16.0%	35.1%
Average household size	2.49	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	31	35
Median year structure built	1991	1980