Leonville vs Opelousas

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

Leonville 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 1,812 in Leonville). Leonville has the higher median household income ($42,188 vs $36,260 in Opelousas). Leonville has the higher median home value ($134,800 vs $113,000 in Opelousas).

Population, income & housing

	Leonville	Opelousas
Population	1,812	15,662
Median age	39.2 yrs	34.3 yrs
Median household income	$42,188	$36,260
Median home value	$134,800	$113,000
Median gross rent	$742	$734
Housing units	709	7,086
Homeownership rate	95.7%	50.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.1%	10.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	10.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Leonville	Opelousas
Population	1,029 → 1,812 (+76.1%)	16,234 → 15,662 (-3.5%)
Median household income	$40,441 → $42,188 (+4.3%)	$22,646 → $36,260 (+60.1%)
Median home value	$79,700 → $134,800 (+69.1%)	$98,100 → $113,000 (+15.2%)
Median gross rent	$579 → $742 (+28.2%)	$633 → $734 (+16.0%)

Leonville

Population

1,0291,812

Median household income

$40,441$42,188

Median home value

$79,700$134,800

Median gross rent

$579$742

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)

	Leonville	Opelousas
Under 5	6.7%	5.7%
5 to 17	21.9%	22.3%
18 to 24	2.9%	7.9%
25 to 34	15.6%	14.7%
35 to 44	11.8%	12.5%
45 to 54	17.8%	11.2%
55 to 64	5.4%	10.4%
65 to 74	15.2%	8.2%
75 and over	2.8%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Leonville	Opelousas
White (non-Hispanic)	51.5%	16.1%
Black or African American	35.2%	78.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	11.0%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Leonville	Opelousas
No high school diploma	14.3%	21.4%
High school graduate	56.1%	39.7%
Some college or associate's	7.4%	28.1%
Bachelor's degree	6.5%	6.5%
Graduate or professional degree	15.6%	4.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Leonville	Opelousas
Drove alone	98.7%	82.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	8.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	0.0%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	5.2%
Other means	1.3%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Leonville	Opelousas
1-unit, detached	62.2%	68.7%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	3.3%
2 to 4 units	2.5%	8.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	34.8%	10.1%

Poverty & households

	Leonville	Opelousas
Poverty rate	17.3%	34.0%
Average household size	2.69	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	27	24
Median year structure built	1977	1973