St. James vs Welcome

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

St. James 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 395 in St. James). Welcome has the higher median household income ($56,453 vs $36,750 in St. James). St. James has the higher median home value ($168,800 vs $113,400 in Welcome).

Population, income & housing

	St. James	Welcome
Population	395	751
Median age	55.6 yrs	37.9 yrs
Median household income	$36,750	$56,453
Median home value	$168,800	$113,400
Median gross rent	—	$631
Housing units	258	313
Homeownership rate	89.9%	62.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.3%	12.8%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	St. James	Welcome
Population	734 → 395 (-46.2%)	884 → 751 (-15.0%)
Median household income	$32,344 → $36,750 (+13.6%)	$45,781 → $56,453 (+23.3%)
Median home value	$123,000 → $168,800 (+37.2%)	$104,200 → $113,400 (+8.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$397 → $631 (+58.9%)

St. James

Population

734395

Median household income

$32,344$36,750

Median home value

$123,000$168,800

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)

	St. James	Welcome
Under 5	0.0%	2.4%
5 to 17	11.6%	24.5%
18 to 24	4.3%	13.7%
25 to 34	10.9%	2.0%
35 to 44	10.9%	18.5%
45 to 54	10.9%	14.9%
55 to 64	24.8%	4.9%
65 to 74	22.3%	17.8%
75 and over	4.3%	1.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	St. James	Welcome
White (non-Hispanic)	22.0%	2.0%
Black or African American	78.0%	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+

	St. James	Welcome
No high school diploma	9.3%	6.5%
High school graduate	43.7%	39.9%
Some college or associate's	27.7%	40.8%
Bachelor's degree	6.9%	7.2%
Graduate or professional degree	12.3%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	St. James	Welcome
Drove alone	73.4%	81.2%
Carpooled	5.7%	11.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	13.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.3%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	7.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	St. James	Welcome
1-unit, detached	82.2%	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	17.8%	43.1%

Poverty & households

	St. James	Welcome
Poverty rate	12.4%	16.2%
Average household size	2.35	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	22	33
Median year structure built	1975	1983