Leonville vs Port Barre

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

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

Port Barre has the higher population (2,292 vs 1,812 in Leonville). Port Barre has the higher median household income ($42,853 vs $42,188 in Leonville). Leonville has the higher median home value ($134,800 vs $76,500 in Port Barre).

Population, income & housing

	Leonville	Port Barre
Population	1,812	2,292
Median age	39.2 yrs	27.8 yrs
Median household income	$42,188	$42,853
Median home value	$134,800	$76,500
Median gross rent	$742	$832
Housing units	709	1,005
Homeownership rate	95.7%	56.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.1%	4.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Leonville	Port Barre
Population	1,029 → 1,812 (+76.1%)	1,780 → 2,292 (+28.8%)
Median household income	$40,441 → $42,188 (+4.3%)	$26,250 → $42,853 (+63.2%)
Median home value	$79,700 → $134,800 (+69.1%)	$100,600 → $76,500 (-24.0%)
Median gross rent	$579 → $742 (+28.2%)	$566 → $832 (+47.0%)

Leonville

Population

1,0291,812

Median household income

$40,441$42,188

Median home value

$79,700$134,800

Median gross rent

$579$742

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)

	Leonville	Port Barre
Under 5	6.7%	7.1%
5 to 17	21.9%	24.7%
18 to 24	2.9%	15.1%
25 to 34	15.6%	11.6%
35 to 44	11.8%	10.6%
45 to 54	17.8%	9.5%
55 to 64	5.4%	11.0%
65 to 74	15.2%	8.5%
75 and over	2.8%	2.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Leonville	Port Barre
White (non-Hispanic)	51.5%	45.1%
Black or African American	35.2%	42.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	11.0%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	6.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Leonville	Port Barre
No high school diploma	14.3%	13.5%
High school graduate	56.1%	60.6%
Some college or associate's	7.4%	21.1%
Bachelor's degree	6.5%	2.8%
Graduate or professional degree	15.6%	2.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Leonville	Port Barre
Drove alone	98.7%	82.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	14.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.9%
Other means	1.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Leonville	Port Barre
1-unit, detached	62.2%	53.5%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.5%	6.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.4%
Mobile home & other	34.8%	33.4%

Poverty & households

	Leonville	Port Barre
Poverty rate	17.3%	16.3%
Average household size	2.69	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	27	25
Median year structure built	1977	1975