Amite City vs Tickfaw

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

Amite City and Tickfaw 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 862 in Tickfaw). Tickfaw has the higher median household income ($51,528 vs $45,850 in Amite City). Tickfaw has the higher median home value ($174,600 vs $116,900 in Amite City).

Population, income & housing

	Amite City	Tickfaw
Population	4,036	862
Median age	39.5 yrs	31.0 yrs
Median household income	$45,850	$51,528
Median home value	$116,900	$174,600
Median gross rent	$908	$830
Housing units	1,967	296
Homeownership rate	48.5%	64.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.8%	15.9%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Amite City	Tickfaw
Population	4,401 → 4,036 (-8.3%)	806 → 862 (+6.9%)
Median household income	$48,140 → $45,850 (-4.8%)	$65,288 → $51,528 (-21.1%)
Median home value	$157,900 → $116,900 (-26.0%)	$138,200 → $174,600 (+26.3%)
Median gross rent	$803 → $908 (+13.1%)	$813 → $830 (+2.1%)

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

Tickfaw

Population

806862

Median household income

$65,288$51,528

Median home value

$138,200$174,600

Median gross rent

$813$830

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Amite City	Tickfaw
Under 5	2.1%	10.8%
5 to 17	18.9%	16.5%
18 to 24	4.7%	12.3%
25 to 34	11.1%	12.3%
35 to 44	21.4%	8.4%
45 to 54	11.7%	12.4%
55 to 64	9.1%	18.8%
65 to 74	12.1%	6.3%
75 and over	8.9%	2.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Amite City	Tickfaw
White (non-Hispanic)	31.7%	58.8%
Black or African American	61.3%	21.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.4%	17.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Amite City	Tickfaw
No high school diploma	15.8%	23.4%
High school graduate	35.2%	35.1%
Some college or associate's	30.3%	25.5%
Bachelor's degree	5.8%	13.8%
Graduate or professional degree	12.9%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Amite City	Tickfaw
Drove alone	73.6%	88.4%
Carpooled	16.1%	4.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.6%	5.9%
Other means	1.7%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Amite City	Tickfaw
1-unit, detached	73.1%	64.9%
1-unit, attached	0.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.2%	18.6%
5 to 19 units	2.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	18.4%	16.6%

Poverty & households

	Amite City	Tickfaw
Poverty rate	10.4%	22.6%
Average household size	2.43	3.10
Mean commute (minutes)	20	23
Median year structure built	1973	1982