Hester vs Welcome

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

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

Hester has the higher population (756 vs 751 in Welcome). Hester has the higher median household income ($142,571 vs $56,453 in Welcome). Hester has the higher median home value ($189,100 vs $113,400 in Welcome).

Population, income & housing

	Hester	Welcome
Population	756	751
Median age	37.1 yrs	37.9 yrs
Median household income	$142,571	$56,453
Median home value	$189,100	$113,400
Median gross rent	—	$631
Housing units	269	313
Homeownership rate	92.4%	62.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.4%	12.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hester	Welcome
Population	327 → 756 (+131.2%)	884 → 751 (-15.0%)
Median household income	$99,323 → $142,571 (+43.5%)	$45,781 → $56,453 (+23.3%)
Median home value	$297,500 → $189,100 (-36.4%)	$104,200 → $113,400 (+8.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$397 → $631 (+58.9%)

Hester

Population

327756

Median household income

$99,323$142,571

Median home value

$297,500$189,100

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)

	Hester	Welcome
Under 5	10.7%	2.4%
5 to 17	29.0%	24.5%
18 to 24	1.5%	13.7%
25 to 34	8.2%	2.0%
35 to 44	22.8%	18.5%
45 to 54	21.4%	14.9%
55 to 64	4.9%	4.9%
65 to 74	1.6%	17.8%
75 and over	0.0%	1.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hester	Welcome
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	2.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	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+

	Hester	Welcome
No high school diploma	0.0%	6.5%
High school graduate	18.9%	39.9%
Some college or associate's	64.7%	40.8%
Bachelor's degree	10.3%	7.2%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hester	Welcome
Drove alone	80.9%	81.2%
Carpooled	3.1%	11.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.1%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	7.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hester	Welcome
1-unit, detached	84.8%	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	15.2%	43.1%

Poverty & households

	Hester	Welcome
Poverty rate	0.0%	16.2%
Average household size	3.04	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	31	33
Median year structure built	1998	1983