Lutcher vs Paulina

A side-by-side comparison of Lutcher and Paulina: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lutcher has the higher population (3,051 vs 1,939 in Paulina). Paulina has the higher median household income ($89,053 vs $49,769 in Lutcher). Paulina has the higher median home value ($278,400 vs $190,300 in Lutcher).

Population, income & housing

	Lutcher	Paulina
Population	3,051	1,939
Median age	55.8 yrs	41.1 yrs
Median household income	$49,769	$89,053
Median home value	$190,300	$278,400
Housing units	1,385	936
Homeownership rate	89.5%	97.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.0%	28.9%
Unemployment rate	7.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lutcher	Paulina
Population	3,262 → 3,051 (-6.5%)	1,280 → 1,939 (+51.5%)
Median household income	$44,347 → $49,769 (+12.2%)	$104,911 → $89,053 (-15.1%)
Median home value	$150,900 → $190,300 (+26.1%)	$311,600 → $278,400 (-10.7%)
Median gross rent	$445 → $828 (+86.1%)	—

Lutcher

Population

3,2623,051

Median household income

$44,347$49,769

Median home value

$150,900$190,300

Median gross rent

$445$828

Paulina

Population

1,2801,939

Median household income

$104,911$89,053

Median home value

$311,600$278,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lutcher	Paulina
Under 5	6.3%	2.5%
5 to 17	11.5%	27.3%
18 to 24	4.7%	2.2%
25 to 34	10.5%	5.9%
35 to 44	9.6%	15.0%
45 to 54	6.8%	18.2%
55 to 64	18.5%	11.2%
65 to 74	13.8%	13.0%
75 and over	18.5%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lutcher	Paulina
White (non-Hispanic)	58.4%	85.7%
Black or African American	37.7%	10.9%
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	0.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.6%	3.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lutcher	Paulina
No high school diploma	14.5%	4.4%
High school graduate	48.8%	32.1%
Some college or associate's	20.8%	34.5%
Bachelor's degree	11.7%	25.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lutcher	Paulina
Drove alone	92.1%	88.9%
Carpooled	0.8%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.8%	11.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lutcher	Paulina
1-unit, detached	92.0%	78.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	5.7%	19.1%

Poverty & households

	Lutcher	Paulina
Poverty rate	6.9%	0.8%
Average household size	2.62	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	26	24
Median year structure built	1973	2004