Amite City vs Hammond

A side-by-side comparison of Amite City and Hammond: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Hammond has the higher population (20,790 vs 4,036 in Amite City). Amite City has the higher median household income ($45,850 vs $41,222 in Hammond). Hammond has the higher median home value ($219,400 vs $116,900 in Amite City).

Population, income & housing

	Amite City	Hammond
Population	4,036	20,790
Median age	39.5 yrs	26.4 yrs
Median household income	$45,850	$41,222
Median home value	$116,900	$219,400
Median gross rent	$908	$932
Housing units	1,967	8,703
Homeownership rate	48.5%	48.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.8%	30.6%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Amite City	Hammond
Population	4,401 → 4,036 (-8.3%)	20,668 → 20,790 (+0.6%)
Median household income	$48,140 → $45,850 (-4.8%)	$36,921 → $41,222 (+11.6%)
Median home value	$157,900 → $116,900 (-26.0%)	$159,300 → $219,400 (+37.7%)
Median gross rent	$803 → $908 (+13.1%)	$796 → $932 (+17.1%)

Amite City

Population

4,4014,036

Median household income

$48,140$45,850

Median home value

$157,900$116,900

Median gross rent

$803$908

Hammond

Population

20,66820,790

Median household income

$36,921$41,222

Median home value

$159,300$219,400

Median gross rent

$796$932

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Amite City	Hammond
Under 5	2.1%	7.5%
5 to 17	18.9%	15.3%
18 to 24	4.7%	24.4%
25 to 34	11.1%	14.0%
35 to 44	21.4%	11.9%
45 to 54	11.7%	6.3%
55 to 64	9.1%	8.4%
65 to 74	12.1%	7.3%
75 and over	8.9%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Amite City	Hammond
White (non-Hispanic)	31.7%	49.8%
Black or African American	61.3%	44.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	2.3%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.4%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Amite City	Hammond
No high school diploma	15.8%	14.1%
High school graduate	35.2%	24.3%
Some college or associate's	30.3%	31.0%
Bachelor's degree	5.8%	19.9%
Graduate or professional degree	12.9%	10.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Amite City	Hammond
Drove alone	73.6%	77.4%
Carpooled	16.1%	10.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	0.0%	4.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.6%	6.6%
Other means	1.7%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Amite City	Hammond
1-unit, detached	73.1%	58.3%
1-unit, attached	0.2%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	6.2%	13.7%
5 to 19 units	2.1%	15.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.0%
Mobile home & other	18.4%	6.0%

Poverty & households

	Amite City	Hammond
Poverty rate	10.4%	34.9%
Average household size	2.43	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	20	21
Median year structure built	1973	1981