Opelousas vs Port Barre

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

Opelousas and Port Barre 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 2,292 in Port Barre). Port Barre has the higher median household income ($42,853 vs $36,260 in Opelousas). Opelousas has the higher median home value ($113,000 vs $76,500 in Port Barre).

Population, income & housing

	Opelousas	Port Barre
Population	15,662	2,292
Median age	34.3 yrs	27.8 yrs
Median household income	$36,260	$42,853
Median home value	$113,000	$76,500
Median gross rent	$734	$832
Housing units	7,086	1,005
Homeownership rate	50.6%	56.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.9%	4.8%
Unemployment rate	10.3%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Opelousas	Port Barre
Population	16,234 → 15,662 (-3.5%)	1,780 → 2,292 (+28.8%)
Median household income	$22,646 → $36,260 (+60.1%)	$26,250 → $42,853 (+63.2%)
Median home value	$98,100 → $113,000 (+15.2%)	$100,600 → $76,500 (-24.0%)
Median gross rent	$633 → $734 (+16.0%)	$566 → $832 (+47.0%)

Opelousas

Population

16,23415,662

Median household income

$22,646$36,260

Median home value

$98,100$113,000

Median gross rent

$633$734

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)

	Opelousas	Port Barre
Under 5	5.7%	7.1%
5 to 17	22.3%	24.7%
18 to 24	7.9%	15.1%
25 to 34	14.7%	11.6%
35 to 44	12.5%	10.6%
45 to 54	11.2%	9.5%
55 to 64	10.4%	11.0%
65 to 74	8.2%	8.5%
75 and over	7.1%	2.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Opelousas	Port Barre
White (non-Hispanic)	16.1%	45.1%
Black or African American	78.5%	42.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	6.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Opelousas	Port Barre
No high school diploma	21.4%	13.5%
High school graduate	39.7%	60.6%
Some college or associate's	28.1%	21.1%
Bachelor's degree	6.5%	2.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	2.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Opelousas	Port Barre
Drove alone	82.6%	82.9%
Carpooled	8.9%	14.2%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	2.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.2%	2.9%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Opelousas	Port Barre
1-unit, detached	68.7%	53.5%
1-unit, attached	3.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.4%	6.4%
5 to 19 units	7.5%	2.3%
20 or more units	2.0%	4.4%
Mobile home & other	10.1%	33.4%

Poverty & households

	Opelousas	Port Barre
Poverty rate	34.0%	16.3%
Average household size	2.55	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	24	25
Median year structure built	1973	1975