Edgard vs Pleasure Bend

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

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

Edgard has the higher population (1,521 vs 271 in Pleasure Bend). Since 2019, Pleasure Bend's population has grown faster (-5.6% vs -14.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Edgard	Pleasure Bend
Population	1,521	271
Median age	57.0 yrs	52.8 yrs
Median household income	$66,966	—
Median home value	$173,000	—
Housing units	815	159
Homeownership rate	98.7%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.3%	6.4%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Edgard	Pleasure Bend
Population	1,785 → 1,521 (-14.8%)	287 → 271 (-5.6%)
Median household income	$35,573 → $66,966 (+88.2%)	—
Median home value	$97,700 → $173,000 (+77.1%)	$98,100 → $163,900 (+67.1%)
Median gross rent	$719 → $718 (-0.1%)	—

Edgard

Population

1,7851,521

Median household income

$35,573$66,966

Median home value

$97,700$173,000

Median gross rent

$719$718

Pleasure Bend

Population

287271

Median home value

$98,100$163,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Edgard	Pleasure Bend
Under 5	2.5%	3.0%
5 to 17	13.5%	27.7%
18 to 24	6.8%	0.0%
25 to 34	7.1%	4.4%
35 to 44	9.6%	9.2%
45 to 54	5.6%	27.7%
55 to 64	24.2%	0.0%
65 to 74	16.4%	28.0%
75 and over	14.3%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Edgard	Pleasure Bend
White (non-Hispanic)	10.5%	100.0%
Black or African American	89.5%	0.0%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Edgard	Pleasure Bend
No high school diploma	9.6%	7.4%
High school graduate	21.6%	26.6%
Some college or associate's	32.5%	59.6%
Bachelor's degree	24.2%	6.4%
Graduate or professional degree	12.1%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Edgard	Pleasure Bend
Drove alone	89.4%	83.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.6%	17.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Edgard	Pleasure Bend
1-unit, detached	83.7%	66.0%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.0%	34.0%

Poverty & households

	Edgard	Pleasure Bend
Poverty rate	12.4%	0.0%
Average household size	2.49	3.93
Mean commute (minutes)	33	—
Median year structure built	1984	1988