Convent vs Welcome

A side-by-side comparison of Convent and Welcome: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Welcome has the higher population (751 vs 615 in Convent). Welcome has the higher median home value ($113,400 vs $27,200 in Convent). Since 2019, Convent's population has grown faster (+37.9% vs -15.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Convent	Welcome
Population	615	751
Median age	24.6 yrs	37.9 yrs
Median household income	—	$56,453
Median home value	$27,200	$113,400
Median gross rent	—	$631
Housing units	269	313
Homeownership rate	82.0%	62.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.3%	12.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Convent	Welcome
Population	446 → 615 (+37.9%)	884 → 751 (-15.0%)
Median household income	$56,806 → $41,042 (-27.8%)	$45,781 → $56,453 (+23.3%)
Median home value	$163,900 → $27,200 (-83.4%)	$104,200 → $113,400 (+8.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$397 → $631 (+58.9%)

Convent

Population

446615

Median household income

$56,806$41,042

Median home value

$163,900$27,200

Welcome

Population

884751

Median household income

$45,781$56,453

Median home value

$104,200$113,400

Median gross rent

$397$631

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Convent	Welcome
Under 5	7.2%	2.4%
5 to 17	28.0%	24.5%
18 to 24	16.1%	13.7%
25 to 34	14.6%	2.0%
35 to 44	9.1%	18.5%
45 to 54	12.4%	14.9%
55 to 64	5.9%	4.9%
65 to 74	6.0%	17.8%
75 and over	0.8%	1.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Convent	Welcome
White (non-Hispanic)	39.8%	2.0%
Black or African American	60.2%	88.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	9.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Convent	Welcome
No high school diploma	20.0%	6.5%
High school graduate	40.3%	39.9%
Some college or associate's	22.3%	40.8%
Bachelor's degree	10.0%	7.2%
Graduate or professional degree	7.3%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Convent	Welcome
Drove alone	73.4%	81.2%
Carpooled	15.1%	11.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	10.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.7%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	7.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Convent	Welcome
1-unit, detached	36.4%	38.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	18.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	63.6%	43.1%

Poverty & households

	Convent	Welcome
Poverty rate	3.4%	16.2%
Average household size	2.73	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	27	33
Median year structure built	1994	1983