Laplace vs Pleasure Bend

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

Laplace and Pleasure Bend 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 271 in Pleasure Bend). Since 2019, Laplace's population has grown faster (-2.2% vs -5.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Laplace	Pleasure Bend
Population	28,480	271
Median age	37.5 yrs	52.8 yrs
Median household income	$68,028	—
Median home value	$188,900	—
Median gross rent	$1,097	—
Housing units	11,834	159
Homeownership rate	79.2%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.2%	6.4%
Unemployment rate	7.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Laplace	Pleasure Bend
Population	29,108 → 28,480 (-2.2%)	287 → 271 (-5.6%)
Median household income	$63,253 → $68,028 (+7.5%)	—
Median home value	$161,000 → $188,900 (+17.3%)	$98,100 → $163,900 (+67.1%)
Median gross rent	$982 → $1,097 (+11.7%)	—

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

Pleasure Bend

Population

287271

Median home value

$98,100$163,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Laplace	Pleasure Bend
Under 5	6.9%	3.0%
5 to 17	19.3%	27.7%
18 to 24	8.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	13.5%	4.4%
35 to 44	11.1%	9.2%
45 to 54	11.7%	27.7%
55 to 64	15.3%	0.0%
65 to 74	9.0%	28.0%
75 and over	5.1%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Laplace	Pleasure Bend
White (non-Hispanic)	32.9%	100.0%
Black or African American	51.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	9.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Laplace	Pleasure Bend
No high school diploma	11.7%	7.4%
High school graduate	38.3%	26.6%
Some college or associate's	29.8%	59.6%
Bachelor's degree	12.5%	6.4%
Graduate or professional degree	7.7%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Laplace	Pleasure Bend
Drove alone	81.6%	83.0%
Carpooled	9.7%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.8%	17.0%
Other means	1.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Laplace	Pleasure Bend
1-unit, detached	82.9%	66.0%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.8%	34.0%

Poverty & households

	Laplace	Pleasure Bend
Poverty rate	12.5%	0.0%
Average household size	2.71	3.93
Mean commute (minutes)	31	—
Median year structure built	1983	1988