Lacombe vs Pearl River

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

Lacombe and Pearl River 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 2,614 in Pearl River). Lacombe has the higher median household income ($70,361 vs $60,521 in Pearl River). Pearl River has the higher median home value ($229,200 vs $222,600 in Lacombe).

Population, income & housing

	Lacombe	Pearl River
Population	6,883	2,614
Median age	51.3 yrs	34.9 yrs
Median household income	$70,361	$60,521
Median home value	$222,600	$229,200
Median gross rent	$945	$1,056
Housing units	3,264	1,130
Homeownership rate	90.2%	76.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.3%	20.2%
Unemployment rate	9.3%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lacombe	Pearl River
Population	8,960 → 6,883 (-23.2%)	2,579 → 2,614 (+1.4%)
Median household income	$53,018 → $70,361 (+32.7%)	$56,061 → $60,521 (+8.0%)
Median home value	$173,200 → $222,600 (+28.5%)	$180,300 → $229,200 (+27.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,329 → $945 (-28.9%)	$966 → $1,056 (+9.3%)

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

Pearl River

Population

2,5792,614

Median household income

$56,061$60,521

Median home value

$180,300$229,200

Median gross rent

$966$1,056

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lacombe	Pearl River
Under 5	3.5%	6.3%
5 to 17	9.7%	21.6%
18 to 24	8.3%	7.0%
25 to 34	16.1%	15.4%
35 to 44	9.2%	8.8%
45 to 54	12.9%	9.1%
55 to 64	16.2%	17.4%
65 to 74	15.7%	10.7%
75 and over	8.4%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lacombe	Pearl River
White (non-Hispanic)	57.8%	89.9%
Black or African American	24.5%	2.3%
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%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.5%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	10.3%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lacombe	Pearl River
No high school diploma	6.6%	14.6%
High school graduate	28.7%	30.6%
Some college or associate's	37.4%	34.5%
Bachelor's degree	15.4%	13.1%
Graduate or professional degree	11.9%	7.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lacombe	Pearl River
Drove alone	84.3%	73.9%
Carpooled	9.9%	19.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.2%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.4%	4.7%
Other means	2.2%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lacombe	Pearl River
1-unit, detached	81.6%	82.5%
1-unit, attached	0.1%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	0.9%	0.4%
5 to 19 units	0.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	16.9%	16.9%

Poverty & households

	Lacombe	Pearl River
Poverty rate	14.3%	15.7%
Average household size	2.44	2.72
Mean commute (minutes)	29	33
Median year structure built	1994	1993