Parks vs St. Martinville

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

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

St. Martinville has the higher population (5,367 vs 838 in Parks). Parks has the higher median household income ($66,250 vs $33,132 in St. Martinville). Parks has the higher median home value ($162,500 vs $91,700 in St. Martinville).

Population, income & housing

	Parks	St. Martinville
Population	838	5,367
Median age	34.1 yrs	48.2 yrs
Median household income	$66,250	$33,132
Median home value	$162,500	$91,700
Median gross rent	$518	$770
Housing units	272	3,323
Homeownership rate	87.6%	54.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.3%	14.9%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	14.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Parks	St. Martinville
Population	672 → 838 (+24.7%)	5,945 → 5,367 (-9.7%)
Median household income	$45,568 → $66,250 (+45.4%)	$25,520 → $33,132 (+29.8%)
Median home value	$98,900 → $162,500 (+64.3%)	$125,600 → $91,700 (-27.0%)
Median gross rent	$475 → $518 (+9.1%)	$602 → $770 (+27.9%)

Parks

Population

672838

Median household income

$45,568$66,250

Median home value

$98,900$162,500

Median gross rent

$475$518

St. Martinville

Population

5,9455,367

Median household income

$25,520$33,132

Median home value

$125,600$91,700

Median gross rent

$602$770

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Parks	St. Martinville
Under 5	2.7%	4.6%
5 to 17	27.0%	10.0%
18 to 24	6.9%	8.9%
25 to 34	16.6%	14.7%
35 to 44	9.8%	9.2%
45 to 54	13.7%	12.8%
55 to 64	9.2%	14.1%
65 to 74	7.6%	12.4%
75 and over	6.4%	13.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Parks	St. Martinville
White (non-Hispanic)	52.3%	40.9%
Black or African American	43.3%	54.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.9%
Two or more races	2.3%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Parks	St. Martinville
No high school diploma	6.0%	19.9%
High school graduate	45.2%	45.5%
Some college or associate's	27.5%	19.6%
Bachelor's degree	19.0%	9.2%
Graduate or professional degree	2.3%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Parks	St. Martinville
Drove alone	84.3%	88.1%
Carpooled	5.8%	2.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	0.0%	7.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.0%	1.9%
Other means	3.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Parks	St. Martinville
1-unit, detached	64.7%	76.3%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	4.0%	11.0%
5 to 19 units	1.8%	2.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	29.0%	7.3%

Poverty & households

	Parks	St. Martinville
Poverty rate	13.3%	24.3%
Average household size	3.48	1.93
Mean commute (minutes)	21	24
Median year structure built	1985	1967