Amite City vs Natalbany

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

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

Amite City has the higher population (4,036 vs 2,837 in Natalbany). Amite City has the higher median household income ($45,850 vs $31,430 in Natalbany). Natalbany has the higher median home value ($148,800 vs $116,900 in Amite City).

Population, income & housing

	Amite City	Natalbany
Population	4,036	2,837
Median age	39.5 yrs	27.3 yrs
Median household income	$45,850	$31,430
Median home value	$116,900	$148,800
Median gross rent	$908	$1,068
Housing units	1,967	1,274
Homeownership rate	48.5%	22.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.8%	19.1%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	12.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Amite City	Natalbany
Population	4,401 → 4,036 (-8.3%)	2,908 → 2,837 (-2.4%)
Median household income	$48,140 → $45,850 (-4.8%)	$35,237 → $31,430 (-10.8%)
Median home value	$157,900 → $116,900 (-26.0%)	$114,800 → $148,800 (+29.6%)
Median gross rent	$803 → $908 (+13.1%)	$846 → $1,068 (+26.2%)

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

Natalbany

Population

2,9082,837

Median household income

$35,237$31,430

Median home value

$114,800$148,800

Median gross rent

$846$1,068

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Amite City	Natalbany
Under 5	2.1%	12.4%
5 to 17	18.9%	16.0%
18 to 24	4.7%	16.2%
25 to 34	11.1%	24.1%
35 to 44	21.4%	11.6%
45 to 54	11.7%	4.3%
55 to 64	9.1%	4.2%
65 to 74	12.1%	5.0%
75 and over	8.9%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Amite City	Natalbany
White (non-Hispanic)	31.7%	44.2%
Black or African American	61.3%	48.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.4%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Amite City	Natalbany
No high school diploma	15.8%	31.2%
High school graduate	35.2%	34.1%
Some college or associate's	30.3%	15.6%
Bachelor's degree	5.8%	17.3%
Graduate or professional degree	12.9%	1.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Amite City	Natalbany
Drove alone	73.6%	70.1%
Carpooled	16.1%	27.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.6%	0.0%
Other means	1.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Amite City	Natalbany
1-unit, detached	73.1%	28.0%
1-unit, attached	0.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.2%	27.9%
5 to 19 units	2.1%	31.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	18.4%	12.6%

Poverty & households

	Amite City	Natalbany
Poverty rate	10.4%	46.4%
Average household size	2.43	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	20	30
Median year structure built	1973	2000