North Vacherie vs Paulina

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

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

Paulina has the higher population (1,939 vs 1,933 in North Vacherie). Paulina has the higher median household income ($89,053 vs $37,941 in North Vacherie). Paulina has the higher median home value ($278,400 vs $166,300 in North Vacherie).

Population, income & housing

	North Vacherie	Paulina
Population	1,933	1,939
Median age	37.5 yrs	41.1 yrs
Median household income	$37,941	$89,053
Median home value	$166,300	$278,400
Housing units	956	936
Homeownership rate	73.1%	97.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.1%	28.9%
Unemployment rate	9.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	North Vacherie	Paulina
Population	1,857 → 1,933 (+4.1%)	1,280 → 1,939 (+51.5%)
Median household income	$41,964 → $37,941 (-9.6%)	$104,911 → $89,053 (-15.1%)
Median home value	$143,900 → $166,300 (+15.6%)	$311,600 → $278,400 (-10.7%)
Median gross rent	$379 → $562 (+48.3%)	—

North Vacherie

Population

1,8571,933

Median household income

$41,964$37,941

Median home value

$143,900$166,300

Median gross rent

$379$562

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)

	North Vacherie	Paulina
Under 5	7.0%	2.5%
5 to 17	10.3%	27.3%
18 to 24	6.1%	2.2%
25 to 34	20.6%	5.9%
35 to 44	10.0%	15.0%
45 to 54	6.3%	18.2%
55 to 64	19.7%	11.2%
65 to 74	13.8%	13.0%
75 and over	6.1%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	North Vacherie	Paulina
White (non-Hispanic)	23.1%	85.7%
Black or African American	68.4%	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	0.5%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	8.0%	3.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	North Vacherie	Paulina
No high school diploma	14.0%	4.4%
High school graduate	41.6%	32.1%
Some college or associate's	17.2%	34.5%
Bachelor's degree	22.7%	25.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	North Vacherie	Paulina
Drove alone	77.7%	88.9%
Carpooled	13.4%	0.0%
Public transit	3.2%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.7%	11.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	North Vacherie	Paulina
1-unit, detached	52.9%	78.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	37.6%	19.1%

Poverty & households

	North Vacherie	Paulina
Poverty rate	19.3%	0.8%
Average household size	2.28	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	30	24
Median year structure built	1983	2004