Arabi vs Poydras

A side-by-side comparison of Arabi and Poydras: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Arabi has the higher population (4,436 vs 2,395 in Poydras). Poydras has the higher median household income ($53,506 vs $52,500 in Arabi). Arabi has the higher median home value ($212,400 vs $121,100 in Poydras).

Population, income & housing

	Arabi	Poydras
Population	4,436	2,395
Median age	39.2 yrs	36.2 yrs
Median household income	$52,500	$53,506
Median home value	$212,400	$121,100
Median gross rent	$998	$1,169
Housing units	2,160	1,129
Homeownership rate	71.3%	79.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.5%	12.7%
Unemployment rate	10.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arabi	Poydras
Population	4,387 → 4,436 (+1.1%)	2,790 → 2,395 (-14.2%)
Median household income	$46,194 → $52,500 (+13.7%)	$33,540 → $53,506 (+59.5%)
Median home value	$155,600 → $212,400 (+36.5%)	$94,900 → $121,100 (+27.6%)
Median gross rent	$932 → $998 (+7.1%)	$1,063 → $1,169 (+10.0%)

Arabi

Population

4,3874,436

Median household income

$46,194$52,500

Median home value

$155,600$212,400

Median gross rent

$932$998

Poydras

Population

2,7902,395

Median household income

$33,540$53,506

Median home value

$94,900$121,100

Median gross rent

$1,063$1,169

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arabi	Poydras
Under 5	5.5%	4.2%
5 to 17	16.5%	15.7%
18 to 24	7.3%	5.7%
25 to 34	15.8%	23.3%
35 to 44	13.7%	14.3%
45 to 54	15.0%	13.4%
55 to 64	10.5%	14.2%
65 to 74	10.8%	5.7%
75 and over	5.0%	3.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arabi	Poydras
White (non-Hispanic)	59.7%	52.7%
Black or African American	18.2%	7.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.6%
Asian	4.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.6%	10.4%
Hispanic or Latino	13.8%	28.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arabi	Poydras
No high school diploma	20.1%	31.4%
High school graduate	28.6%	29.4%
Some college or associate's	27.9%	26.4%
Bachelor's degree	15.7%	7.7%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arabi	Poydras
Drove alone	72.6%	77.1%
Carpooled	11.7%	11.8%
Public transit	3.3%	0.0%
Walked	1.8%	5.8%
Bicycle	1.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.4%	3.0%
Other means	1.4%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arabi	Poydras
1-unit, detached	74.2%	82.6%
1-unit, attached	6.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	17.4%

Poverty & households

	Arabi	Poydras
Poverty rate	18.8%	23.6%
Average household size	2.39	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	25	33
Median year structure built	1964	1980