Independence vs Tangipahoa

A side-by-side comparison of Independence and Tangipahoa: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Independence has the higher population (2,045 vs 495 in Tangipahoa). Independence has the higher median household income ($44,821 vs $18,750 in Tangipahoa). Since 2019, Independence's population has grown faster (+3.8% vs -22.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Independence	Tangipahoa
Population	2,045	495
Median age	35.0 yrs	24.4 yrs
Median household income	$44,821	$18,750
Median home value	$137,200	—
Median gross rent	$960	$732
Housing units	860	224
Homeownership rate	58.9%	59.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.1%	8.1%
Unemployment rate	11.1%	17.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Independence	Tangipahoa
Population	1,971 → 2,045 (+3.8%)	635 → 495 (-22.0%)
Median household income	$35,733 → $44,821 (+25.4%)	$34,000 → $18,750 (-44.9%)
Median home value	$115,800 → $137,200 (+18.5%)	$33,900 → $24,000 (-29.2%)
Median gross rent	$709 → $960 (+35.4%)	$658 → $732 (+11.2%)

Independence

Population

1,9712,045

Median household income

$35,733$44,821

Median home value

$115,800$137,200

Median gross rent

$709$960

Tangipahoa

Population

635495

Median household income

$34,000$18,750

Median home value

$33,900$24,000

Median gross rent

$658$732

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Independence	Tangipahoa
Under 5	13.6%	10.1%
5 to 17	14.5%	29.1%
18 to 24	10.0%	13.3%
25 to 34	11.9%	7.1%
35 to 44	17.4%	18.8%
45 to 54	11.1%	7.5%
55 to 64	8.4%	7.1%
65 to 74	10.7%	3.4%
75 and over	2.5%	3.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Independence	Tangipahoa
White (non-Hispanic)	43.2%	3.8%
Black or African American	47.9%	92.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.9%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	3.1%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Independence	Tangipahoa
No high school diploma	20.9%	32.3%
High school graduate	35.3%	46.0%
Some college or associate's	28.8%	13.6%
Bachelor's degree	13.4%	6.0%
Graduate or professional degree	1.7%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Independence	Tangipahoa
Drove alone	73.8%	67.2%
Carpooled	20.3%	11.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.4%	4.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.5%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	17.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Independence	Tangipahoa
1-unit, detached	84.0%	33.9%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.1%	8.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.2%	57.6%

Poverty & households

	Independence	Tangipahoa
Poverty rate	26.1%	64.2%
Average household size	2.84	2.86
Mean commute (minutes)	28	28
Median year structure built	1974	1977