Arnaudville vs Opelousas

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

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

Opelousas has the higher population (15,662 vs 1,518 in Arnaudville). Opelousas has the higher median household income ($36,260 vs $26,500 in Arnaudville). Opelousas has the higher median home value ($113,000 vs $87,100 in Arnaudville).

Population, income & housing

	Arnaudville	Opelousas
Population	1,518	15,662
Median age	27.8 yrs	34.3 yrs
Median household income	$26,500	$36,260
Median home value	$87,100	$113,000
Median gross rent	$505	$734
Housing units	709	7,086
Homeownership rate	58.6%	50.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.0%	10.9%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	10.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arnaudville	Opelousas
Population	1,392 → 1,518 (+9.1%)	16,234 → 15,662 (-3.5%)
Median household income	$37,727 → $26,500 (-29.8%)	$22,646 → $36,260 (+60.1%)
Median home value	$79,600 → $87,100 (+9.4%)	$98,100 → $113,000 (+15.2%)
Median gross rent	$740 → $505 (-31.8%)	$633 → $734 (+16.0%)

Arnaudville

Population

1,3921,518

Median household income

$37,727$26,500

Median home value

$79,600$87,100

Median gross rent

$740$505

Opelousas

Population

16,23415,662

Median household income

$22,646$36,260

Median home value

$98,100$113,000

Median gross rent

$633$734

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arnaudville	Opelousas
Under 5	12.3%	5.7%
5 to 17	9.1%	22.3%
18 to 24	25.0%	7.9%
25 to 34	9.2%	14.7%
35 to 44	6.5%	12.5%
45 to 54	19.7%	11.2%
55 to 64	7.6%	10.4%
65 to 74	6.7%	8.2%
75 and over	4.1%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arnaudville	Opelousas
White (non-Hispanic)	82.1%	16.1%
Black or African American	14.6%	78.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	2.6%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arnaudville	Opelousas
No high school diploma	34.6%	21.4%
High school graduate	40.1%	39.7%
Some college or associate's	18.3%	28.1%
Bachelor's degree	5.0%	6.5%
Graduate or professional degree	2.0%	4.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arnaudville	Opelousas
Drove alone	86.0%	82.6%
Carpooled	7.3%	8.9%
Public transit	1.6%	0.5%
Walked	2.5%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.6%	5.2%
Other means	0.9%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arnaudville	Opelousas
1-unit, detached	64.0%	68.7%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	3.3%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	8.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	30.3%	10.1%

Poverty & households

	Arnaudville	Opelousas
Poverty rate	59.1%	34.0%
Average household size	2.42	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	21	24
Median year structure built	1976	1973