Edgard vs Laplace

A side-by-side comparison of Edgard and Laplace: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Laplace has the higher population (28,480 vs 1,521 in Edgard). Laplace has the higher median household income ($68,028 vs $66,966 in Edgard). Laplace has the higher median home value ($188,900 vs $173,000 in Edgard).

Population, income & housing

	Edgard	Laplace
Population	1,521	28,480
Median age	57.0 yrs	37.5 yrs
Median household income	$66,966	$68,028
Median home value	$173,000	$188,900
Median gross rent	—	$1,097
Housing units	815	11,834
Homeownership rate	98.7%	79.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.3%	20.2%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	7.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Edgard	Laplace
Population	1,785 → 1,521 (-14.8%)	29,108 → 28,480 (-2.2%)
Median household income	$35,573 → $66,966 (+88.2%)	$63,253 → $68,028 (+7.5%)
Median home value	$97,700 → $173,000 (+77.1%)	$161,000 → $188,900 (+17.3%)
Median gross rent	$719 → $718 (-0.1%)	$982 → $1,097 (+11.7%)

Edgard

Population

1,7851,521

Median household income

$35,573$66,966

Median home value

$97,700$173,000

Median gross rent

$719$718

Laplace

Population

29,10828,480

Median household income

$63,253$68,028

Median home value

$161,000$188,900

Median gross rent

$982$1,097

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Edgard	Laplace
Under 5	2.5%	6.9%
5 to 17	13.5%	19.3%
18 to 24	6.8%	8.0%
25 to 34	7.1%	13.5%
35 to 44	9.6%	11.1%
45 to 54	5.6%	11.7%
55 to 64	24.2%	15.3%
65 to 74	16.4%	9.0%
75 and over	14.3%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Edgard	Laplace
White (non-Hispanic)	10.5%	32.9%
Black or African American	89.5%	51.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.8%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	9.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Edgard	Laplace
No high school diploma	9.6%	11.7%
High school graduate	21.6%	38.3%
Some college or associate's	32.5%	29.8%
Bachelor's degree	24.2%	12.5%
Graduate or professional degree	12.1%	7.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Edgard	Laplace
Drove alone	89.4%	81.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	9.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	10.6%	6.8%
Other means	0.0%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Edgard	Laplace
1-unit, detached	83.7%	82.9%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	11.0%	4.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	4.0%	6.8%

Poverty & households

	Edgard	Laplace
Poverty rate	12.4%	12.5%
Average household size	2.49	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	33	31
Median year structure built	1984	1983