Arnaudville vs Lawtell

A side-by-side comparison of Arnaudville and Lawtell: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Arnaudville has the higher population (1,518 vs 1,044 in Lawtell). Lawtell has the higher median household income ($49,274 vs $26,500 in Arnaudville). Arnaudville has the higher median home value ($87,100 vs $24,300 in Lawtell).

Population, income & housing

	Arnaudville	Lawtell
Population	1,518	1,044
Median age	27.8 yrs	53.9 yrs
Median household income	$26,500	$49,274
Median home value	$87,100	$24,300
Median gross rent	$505	—
Housing units	709	549
Homeownership rate	58.6%	92.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.0%	10.6%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arnaudville	Lawtell
Population	1,392 → 1,518 (+9.1%)	1,252 → 1,044 (-16.6%)
Median household income	$37,727 → $26,500 (-29.8%)	$43,245 → $49,274 (+13.9%)
Median home value	$79,600 → $87,100 (+9.4%)	$96,200 → $24,300 (-74.7%)
Median gross rent	$740 → $505 (-31.8%)	—

Arnaudville

Population

1,3921,518

Median household income

$37,727$26,500

Median home value

$79,600$87,100

Median gross rent

$740$505

Lawtell

Population

1,2521,044

Median household income

$43,245$49,274

Median home value

$96,200$24,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arnaudville	Lawtell
Under 5	12.3%	3.4%
5 to 17	9.1%	19.3%
18 to 24	25.0%	1.2%
25 to 34	9.2%	10.3%
35 to 44	6.5%	8.8%
45 to 54	19.7%	7.6%
55 to 64	7.6%	11.3%
65 to 74	6.7%	25.7%
75 and over	4.1%	12.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arnaudville	Lawtell
White (non-Hispanic)	82.1%	63.4%
Black or African American	14.6%	29.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	3.8%
Some other race	0.0%	3.6%
Two or more races	2.6%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arnaudville	Lawtell
No high school diploma	34.6%	20.6%
High school graduate	40.1%	58.0%
Some college or associate's	18.3%	10.8%
Bachelor's degree	5.0%	9.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2.0%	1.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arnaudville	Lawtell
Drove alone	86.0%	57.9%
Carpooled	7.3%	26.8%
Public transit	1.6%	9.1%
Walked	2.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.6%	0.0%
Other means	0.9%	6.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arnaudville	Lawtell
1-unit, detached	64.0%	77.4%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	30.3%	22.6%

Poverty & households

	Arnaudville	Lawtell
Poverty rate	59.1%	18.5%
Average household size	2.42	2.01
Mean commute (minutes)	21	24
Median year structure built	1976	1981