Pleasure Bend vs Reserve

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

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

Reserve has the higher population (7,471 vs 271 in Pleasure Bend). Since 2019, Pleasure Bend's population has grown faster (-5.6% vs -13.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Pleasure Bend	Reserve
Population	271	7,471
Median age	52.8 yrs	40.4 yrs
Median household income	—	$60,509
Median home value	—	$160,400
Median gross rent	—	$1,201
Housing units	159	3,620
Homeownership rate	100.0%	74.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.4%	11.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	15.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pleasure Bend	Reserve
Population	287 → 271 (-5.6%)	8,611 → 7,471 (-13.2%)
Median household income	—	$42,120 → $60,509 (+43.7%)
Median home value	$98,100 → $163,900 (+67.1%)	$121,500 → $160,400 (+32.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$670 → $1,201 (+79.3%)

Pleasure Bend

Population

287271

Median home value

$98,100$163,900

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)

	Pleasure Bend	Reserve
Under 5	3.0%	3.1%
5 to 17	27.7%	16.2%
18 to 24	0.0%	14.5%
25 to 34	4.4%	11.6%
35 to 44	9.2%	13.6%
45 to 54	27.7%	16.0%
55 to 64	0.0%	10.1%
65 to 74	28.0%	10.6%
75 and over	0.0%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pleasure Bend	Reserve
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	23.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	64.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	9.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pleasure Bend	Reserve
No high school diploma	7.4%	15.9%
High school graduate	26.6%	52.6%
Some college or associate's	59.6%	20.5%
Bachelor's degree	6.4%	8.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pleasure Bend	Reserve
Drove alone	83.0%	91.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	4.0%
Public transit	0.0%	1.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.0%	0.9%
Other means	0.0%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pleasure Bend	Reserve
1-unit, detached	66.0%	74.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	34.0%	16.2%

Poverty & households

	Pleasure Bend	Reserve
Poverty rate	0.0%	13.5%
Average household size	3.93	2.80
Mean commute (minutes)	—	24
Median year structure built	1988	1977