Lacombe vs Madisonville

A side-by-side comparison of Lacombe and Madisonville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lacombe has the higher population (6,883 vs 971 in Madisonville). Madisonville has the higher median household income ($112,500 vs $70,361 in Lacombe). Madisonville has the higher median home value ($391,800 vs $222,600 in Lacombe).

Population, income & housing

	Lacombe	Madisonville
Population	6,883	971
Median age	51.3 yrs	45.6 yrs
Median household income	$70,361	$112,500
Median home value	$222,600	$391,800
Median gross rent	$945	$1,102
Housing units	3,264	457
Homeownership rate	90.2%	90.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.3%	58.6%
Unemployment rate	9.3%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lacombe	Madisonville
Population	8,960 → 6,883 (-23.2%)	849 → 971 (+14.4%)
Median household income	$53,018 → $70,361 (+32.7%)	$81,576 → $112,500 (+37.9%)
Median home value	$173,200 → $222,600 (+28.5%)	$308,000 → $391,800 (+27.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,329 → $945 (-28.9%)	$1,042 → $1,102 (+5.8%)

Lacombe

Population

8,9606,883

Median household income

$53,018$70,361

Median home value

$173,200$222,600

Median gross rent

$1,329$945

Madisonville

Population

849971

Median household income

$81,576$112,500

Median home value

$308,000$391,800

Median gross rent

$1,042$1,102

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lacombe	Madisonville
Under 5	3.5%	3.5%
5 to 17	9.7%	16.5%
18 to 24	8.3%	8.1%
25 to 34	16.1%	7.7%
35 to 44	9.2%	13.0%
45 to 54	12.9%	23.9%
55 to 64	16.2%	12.4%
65 to 74	15.7%	10.3%
75 and over	8.4%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lacombe	Madisonville
White (non-Hispanic)	57.8%	91.1%
Black or African American	24.5%	5.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	0.1%
Two or more races	4.5%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	10.3%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lacombe	Madisonville
No high school diploma	6.6%	1.3%
High school graduate	28.7%	14.9%
Some college or associate's	37.4%	25.2%
Bachelor's degree	15.4%	39.8%
Graduate or professional degree	11.9%	18.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lacombe	Madisonville
Drove alone	84.3%	76.6%
Carpooled	9.9%	10.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.2%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.7%
Worked from home	3.4%	8.7%
Other means	2.2%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lacombe	Madisonville
1-unit, detached	81.6%	97.2%
1-unit, attached	0.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.9%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	0.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	16.9%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Lacombe	Madisonville
Poverty rate	14.3%	5.1%
Average household size	2.44	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	29	27
Median year structure built	1994	1993