Laplace vs Reserve

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

Laplace and Reserve 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 7,471 in Reserve). Laplace has the higher median household income ($68,028 vs $60,509 in Reserve). Laplace has the higher median home value ($188,900 vs $160,400 in Reserve).

Population, income & housing

	Laplace	Reserve
Population	28,480	7,471
Median age	37.5 yrs	40.4 yrs
Median household income	$68,028	$60,509
Median home value	$188,900	$160,400
Median gross rent	$1,097	$1,201
Housing units	11,834	3,620
Homeownership rate	79.2%	74.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.2%	11.0%
Unemployment rate	7.8%	15.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Laplace	Reserve
Population	29,108 → 28,480 (-2.2%)	8,611 → 7,471 (-13.2%)
Median household income	$63,253 → $68,028 (+7.5%)	$42,120 → $60,509 (+43.7%)
Median home value	$161,000 → $188,900 (+17.3%)	$121,500 → $160,400 (+32.0%)
Median gross rent	$982 → $1,097 (+11.7%)	$670 → $1,201 (+79.3%)

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

Reserve

Population

8,6117,471

Median household income

$42,120$60,509

Median home value

$121,500$160,400

Median gross rent

$670$1,201

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Laplace	Reserve
Under 5	6.9%	3.1%
5 to 17	19.3%	16.2%
18 to 24	8.0%	14.5%
25 to 34	13.5%	11.6%
35 to 44	11.1%	13.6%
45 to 54	11.7%	16.0%
55 to 64	15.3%	10.1%
65 to 74	9.0%	10.6%
75 and over	5.1%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Laplace	Reserve
White (non-Hispanic)	32.9%	23.3%
Black or African American	51.0%	64.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	1.6%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	9.2%	9.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Laplace	Reserve
No high school diploma	11.7%	15.9%
High school graduate	38.3%	52.6%
Some college or associate's	29.8%	20.5%
Bachelor's degree	12.5%	8.4%
Graduate or professional degree	7.7%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Laplace	Reserve
Drove alone	81.6%	91.5%
Carpooled	9.7%	4.0%
Public transit	0.0%	1.0%
Walked	0.2%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.8%	0.9%
Other means	1.5%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Laplace	Reserve
1-unit, detached	82.9%	74.5%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	4.8%	7.3%
5 to 19 units	2.3%	0.4%
20 or more units	2.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.8%	16.2%

Poverty & households

	Laplace	Reserve
Poverty rate	12.5%	13.5%
Average household size	2.71	2.80
Mean commute (minutes)	31	24
Median year structure built	1983	1977