Amelia vs Charenton

A side-by-side comparison of Amelia and Charenton: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Amelia has the higher population (2,161 vs 1,295 in Charenton). Charenton has the higher median household income ($55,781 vs $48,060 in Amelia). Charenton has the higher median home value ($125,000 vs $80,400 in Amelia).

Population, income & housing

	Amelia	Charenton
Population	2,161	1,295
Median age	32.9 yrs	37.2 yrs
Median household income	$48,060	$55,781
Median home value	$80,400	$125,000
Median gross rent	$840	$938
Housing units	883	694
Homeownership rate	65.9%	71.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.5%	7.6%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Amelia	Charenton
Population	2,215 → 2,161 (-2.4%)	1,500 → 1,295 (-13.7%)
Median household income	$30,833 → $48,060 (+55.9%)	$49,180 → $55,781 (+13.4%)
Median home value	$33,100 → $80,400 (+142.9%)	$103,100 → $125,000 (+21.2%)
Median gross rent	$792 → $840 (+6.1%)	$719 → $938 (+30.5%)

Amelia

Population

2,2152,161

Median household income

$30,833$48,060

Median home value

$33,100$80,400

Median gross rent

$792$840

Charenton

Population

1,5001,295

Median household income

$49,180$55,781

Median home value

$103,100$125,000

Median gross rent

$719$938

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Amelia	Charenton
Under 5	6.8%	9.8%
5 to 17	22.9%	14.3%
18 to 24	11.1%	9.0%
25 to 34	10.1%	14.6%
35 to 44	13.2%	11.9%
45 to 54	16.0%	10.4%
55 to 64	8.4%	18.1%
65 to 74	6.3%	9.3%
75 and over	5.3%	2.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Amelia	Charenton
White (non-Hispanic)	22.3%	35.0%
Black or African American	5.7%	11.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	35.6%
Asian	13.5%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	1.4%	14.0%
Hispanic or Latino	57.2%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Amelia	Charenton
No high school diploma	38.9%	11.8%
High school graduate	47.7%	50.7%
Some college or associate's	8.9%	29.9%
Bachelor's degree	3.4%	6.5%
Graduate or professional degree	1.0%	1.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Amelia	Charenton
Drove alone	84.0%	94.5%
Carpooled	9.6%	2.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.4%	2.5%
Other means	3.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Amelia	Charenton
1-unit, detached	42.6%	56.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.3%	4.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.1%
Mobile home & other	52.4%	39.0%

Poverty & households

	Amelia	Charenton
Poverty rate	19.3%	12.8%
Average household size	2.92	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	23	25
Median year structure built	1978	1995