Catahoula vs Parks

A side-by-side comparison of Catahoula and Parks: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Parks has the higher population (838 vs 412 in Catahoula). Parks has the higher median household income ($66,250 vs $41,750 in Catahoula). Parks has the higher median home value ($162,500 vs $135,700 in Catahoula).

Population, income & housing

	Catahoula	Parks
Population	412	838
Median age	56.8 yrs	34.1 yrs
Median household income	$41,750	$66,250
Median home value	$135,700	$162,500
Median gross rent	—	$518
Housing units	193	272
Homeownership rate	100.0%	87.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.3%	21.3%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Catahoula	Parks
Population	1,054 → 412 (-60.9%)	672 → 838 (+24.7%)
Median household income	$52,417 → $41,750 (-20.4%)	$45,568 → $66,250 (+45.4%)
Median home value	$114,800 → $135,700 (+18.2%)	$98,900 → $162,500 (+64.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$475 → $518 (+9.1%)

Catahoula

Population

1,054412

Median household income

$52,417$41,750

Median home value

$114,800$135,700

Parks

Population

672838

Median household income

$45,568$66,250

Median home value

$98,900$162,500

Median gross rent

$475$518

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Catahoula	Parks
Under 5	0.0%	2.7%
5 to 17	5.6%	27.0%
18 to 24	15.3%	6.9%
25 to 34	0.0%	16.6%
35 to 44	5.1%	9.8%
45 to 54	15.0%	13.7%
55 to 64	18.9%	9.2%
65 to 74	20.9%	7.6%
75 and over	19.2%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Catahoula	Parks
White (non-Hispanic)	94.9%	52.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	43.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	5.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Catahoula	Parks
No high school diploma	19.3%	6.0%
High school graduate	46.0%	45.2%
Some college or associate's	15.3%	27.5%
Bachelor's degree	18.1%	19.0%
Graduate or professional degree	1.2%	2.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Catahoula	Parks
Drove alone	79.9%	84.3%
Carpooled	3.1%	5.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	10.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.7%	6.0%
Other means	0.0%	3.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Catahoula	Parks
1-unit, detached	77.2%	64.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	22.8%	29.0%

Poverty & households

	Catahoula	Parks
Poverty rate	18.9%	13.3%
Average household size	2.40	3.48
Mean commute (minutes)	43	21
Median year structure built	1974	1985