Lawtell vs Leonville

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

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

Leonville has the higher population (1,812 vs 1,044 in Lawtell). Lawtell has the higher median household income ($49,274 vs $42,188 in Leonville). Leonville has the higher median home value ($134,800 vs $24,300 in Lawtell).

Population, income & housing

	Lawtell	Leonville
Population	1,044	1,812
Median age	53.9 yrs	39.2 yrs
Median household income	$49,274	$42,188
Median home value	$24,300	$134,800
Median gross rent	—	$742
Housing units	549	709
Homeownership rate	92.5%	95.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.6%	22.1%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lawtell	Leonville
Population	1,252 → 1,044 (-16.6%)	1,029 → 1,812 (+76.1%)
Median household income	$43,245 → $49,274 (+13.9%)	$40,441 → $42,188 (+4.3%)
Median home value	$96,200 → $24,300 (-74.7%)	$79,700 → $134,800 (+69.1%)
Median gross rent	—	$579 → $742 (+28.2%)

Lawtell

Population

1,2521,044

Median household income

$43,245$49,274

Median home value

$96,200$24,300

Leonville

Population

1,0291,812

Median household income

$40,441$42,188

Median home value

$79,700$134,800

Median gross rent

$579$742

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lawtell	Leonville
Under 5	3.4%	6.7%
5 to 17	19.3%	21.9%
18 to 24	1.2%	2.9%
25 to 34	10.3%	15.6%
35 to 44	8.8%	11.8%
45 to 54	7.6%	17.8%
55 to 64	11.3%	5.4%
65 to 74	25.7%	15.2%
75 and over	12.5%	2.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lawtell	Leonville
White (non-Hispanic)	63.4%	51.5%
Black or African American	29.1%	35.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	3.8%	0.0%
Some other race	3.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	11.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lawtell	Leonville
No high school diploma	20.6%	14.3%
High school graduate	58.0%	56.1%
Some college or associate's	10.8%	7.4%
Bachelor's degree	9.6%	6.5%
Graduate or professional degree	1.0%	15.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lawtell	Leonville
Drove alone	57.9%	98.7%
Carpooled	26.8%	0.0%
Public transit	9.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	6.2%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lawtell	Leonville
1-unit, detached	77.4%	62.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	22.6%	34.8%

Poverty & households

	Lawtell	Leonville
Poverty rate	18.5%	17.3%
Average household size	2.01	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	24	27
Median year structure built	1981	1977