St. James vs Union

A side-by-side comparison of St. James and Union: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Union has the higher population (472 vs 395 in St. James). Union has the higher median household income ($82,750 vs $36,750 in St. James). Since 2019, Union's population has grown faster (-8.9% vs -46.2%).

Population, income & housing

	St. James	Union
Population	395	472
Median age	55.6 yrs	51.4 yrs
Median household income	$36,750	$82,750
Median home value	$168,800	—
Housing units	258	226
Homeownership rate	89.9%	96.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.3%	16.2%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	25.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	St. James	Union
Population	734 → 395 (-46.2%)	518 → 472 (-8.9%)
Median household income	$32,344 → $36,750 (+13.6%)	$36,083 → $82,750 (+129.3%)
Median home value	$123,000 → $168,800 (+37.2%)	$135,000 → $127,600 (-5.5%)

St. James

Population

734395

Median household income

$32,344$36,750

Median home value

$123,000$168,800

Union

Population

518472

Median household income

$36,083$82,750

Median home value

$135,000$127,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	St. James	Union
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	11.6%	20.3%
18 to 24	4.3%	0.0%
25 to 34	10.9%	14.4%
35 to 44	10.9%	7.8%
45 to 54	10.9%	17.8%
55 to 64	24.8%	14.0%
65 to 74	22.3%	14.2%
75 and over	4.3%	11.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	St. James	Union
White (non-Hispanic)	22.0%	17.4%
Black or African American	78.0%	81.4%
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%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	St. James	Union
No high school diploma	9.3%	8.8%
High school graduate	43.7%	57.7%
Some college or associate's	27.7%	17.3%
Bachelor's degree	6.9%	13.6%
Graduate or professional degree	12.3%	2.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	St. James	Union
Drove alone	73.4%	91.0%
Carpooled	5.7%	7.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	13.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.3%	1.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	St. James	Union
1-unit, detached	82.2%	62.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	10.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	17.8%	27.0%

Poverty & households

	St. James	Union
Poverty rate	12.4%	6.1%
Average household size	2.35	3.17
Mean commute (minutes)	22	22
Median year structure built	1975	1977