Union vs Welcome

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

Union 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 472 in Union). Union has the higher median household income ($82,750 vs $56,453 in Welcome). Since 2019, Union's population has grown faster (-8.9% vs -15.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Union	Welcome
Population	472	751
Median age	51.4 yrs	37.9 yrs
Median household income	$82,750	$56,453
Median home value	—	$113,400
Median gross rent	—	$631
Housing units	226	313
Homeownership rate	96.6%	62.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.2%	12.8%
Unemployment rate	25.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Union	Welcome
Population	518 → 472 (-8.9%)	884 → 751 (-15.0%)
Median household income	$36,083 → $82,750 (+129.3%)	$45,781 → $56,453 (+23.3%)
Median home value	$135,000 → $127,600 (-5.5%)	$104,200 → $113,400 (+8.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$397 → $631 (+58.9%)

Union

Population

518472

Median household income

$36,083$82,750

Median home value

$135,000$127,600

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)

	Union	Welcome
Under 5	0.0%	2.4%
5 to 17	20.3%	24.5%
18 to 24	0.0%	13.7%
25 to 34	14.4%	2.0%
35 to 44	7.8%	18.5%
45 to 54	17.8%	14.9%
55 to 64	14.0%	4.9%
65 to 74	14.2%	17.8%
75 and over	11.4%	1.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Union	Welcome
White (non-Hispanic)	17.4%	2.0%
Black or African American	81.4%	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	0.8%	9.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Union	Welcome
No high school diploma	8.8%	6.5%
High school graduate	57.7%	39.9%
Some college or associate's	17.3%	40.8%
Bachelor's degree	13.6%	7.2%
Graduate or professional degree	2.7%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Union	Welcome
Drove alone	91.0%	81.2%
Carpooled	7.1%	11.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.9%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	7.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Union	Welcome
1-unit, detached	62.4%	38.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.6%	18.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	27.0%	43.1%

Poverty & households

	Union	Welcome
Poverty rate	6.1%	16.2%
Average household size	3.17	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	22	33
Median year structure built	1977	1983