Leonville vs Sunset

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

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

Sunset has the higher population (3,026 vs 1,812 in Leonville). Sunset has the higher median household income ($66,684 vs $42,188 in Leonville). Sunset has the higher median home value ($199,400 vs $134,800 in Leonville).

Population, income & housing

	Leonville	Sunset
Population	1,812	3,026
Median age	39.2 yrs	32.8 yrs
Median household income	$42,188	$66,684
Median home value	$134,800	$199,400
Median gross rent	$742	$860
Housing units	709	1,220
Homeownership rate	95.7%	72.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.1%	17.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Leonville	Sunset
Population	1,029 → 1,812 (+76.1%)	2,920 → 3,026 (+3.6%)
Median household income	$40,441 → $42,188 (+4.3%)	$39,297 → $66,684 (+69.7%)
Median home value	$79,700 → $134,800 (+69.1%)	$163,100 → $199,400 (+22.3%)
Median gross rent	$579 → $742 (+28.2%)	$626 → $860 (+37.4%)

Leonville

Population

1,0291,812

Median household income

$40,441$42,188

Median home value

$79,700$134,800

Median gross rent

$579$742

Sunset

Population

2,9203,026

Median household income

$39,297$66,684

Median home value

$163,100$199,400

Median gross rent

$626$860

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Leonville	Sunset
Under 5	6.7%	12.2%
5 to 17	21.9%	19.8%
18 to 24	2.9%	5.3%
25 to 34	15.6%	16.8%
35 to 44	11.8%	16.9%
45 to 54	17.8%	9.6%
55 to 64	5.4%	9.6%
65 to 74	15.2%	7.4%
75 and over	2.8%	2.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Leonville	Sunset
White (non-Hispanic)	51.5%	50.6%
Black or African American	35.2%	34.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	0.2%	13.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	11.0%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Leonville	Sunset
No high school diploma	14.3%	20.3%
High school graduate	56.1%	32.5%
Some college or associate's	7.4%	30.0%
Bachelor's degree	6.5%	10.4%
Graduate or professional degree	15.6%	6.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Leonville	Sunset
Drove alone	98.7%	65.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	13.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	9.7%
Other means	1.3%	7.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Leonville	Sunset
1-unit, detached	62.2%	70.0%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	2.5%	9.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	34.8%	14.9%

Poverty & households

	Leonville	Sunset
Poverty rate	17.3%	15.6%
Average household size	2.69	3.03
Mean commute (minutes)	27	38
Median year structure built	1977	1983