Eunice vs Port Barre

A side-by-side comparison of Eunice and Port Barre: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Eunice has the higher population (9,261 vs 2,292 in Port Barre). Port Barre has the higher median household income ($42,853 vs $36,356 in Eunice). Eunice has the higher median home value ($120,600 vs $76,500 in Port Barre).

Population, income & housing

	Eunice	Port Barre
Population	9,261	2,292
Median age	38.9 yrs	27.8 yrs
Median household income	$36,356	$42,853
Median home value	$120,600	$76,500
Median gross rent	$778	$832
Housing units	4,629	1,005
Homeownership rate	51.2%	56.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.8%	4.8%
Unemployment rate	8.9%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Eunice	Port Barre
Population	10,140 → 9,261 (-8.7%)	1,780 → 2,292 (+28.8%)
Median household income	$34,573 → $36,356 (+5.2%)	$26,250 → $42,853 (+63.2%)
Median home value	$114,200 → $120,600 (+5.6%)	$100,600 → $76,500 (-24.0%)
Median gross rent	$648 → $778 (+20.1%)	$566 → $832 (+47.0%)

Eunice

Population

10,1409,261

Median household income

$34,573$36,356

Median home value

$114,200$120,600

Median gross rent

$648$778

Port Barre

Population

1,7802,292

Median household income

$26,250$42,853

Median home value

$100,600$76,500

Median gross rent

$566$832

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Eunice	Port Barre
Under 5	5.9%	7.1%
5 to 17	18.5%	24.7%
18 to 24	10.5%	15.1%
25 to 34	11.3%	11.6%
35 to 44	10.9%	10.6%
45 to 54	15.7%	9.5%
55 to 64	10.1%	11.0%
65 to 74	9.4%	8.5%
75 and over	7.7%	2.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Eunice	Port Barre
White (non-Hispanic)	53.8%	45.1%
Black or African American	37.2%	42.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.7%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	6.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Eunice	Port Barre
No high school diploma	23.0%	13.5%
High school graduate	41.1%	60.6%
Some college or associate's	20.1%	21.1%
Bachelor's degree	9.6%	2.8%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	2.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Eunice	Port Barre
Drove alone	79.5%	82.9%
Carpooled	10.6%	14.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.4%	2.9%
Other means	2.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Eunice	Port Barre
1-unit, detached	72.9%	53.5%
1-unit, attached	0.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.4%	6.4%
5 to 19 units	8.3%	2.3%
20 or more units	3.4%	4.4%
Mobile home & other	5.9%	33.4%

Poverty & households

	Eunice	Port Barre
Poverty rate	32.9%	16.3%
Average household size	2.30	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	28	25
Median year structure built	1971	1975