Tangipahoa vs Tickfaw

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

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

Tickfaw has the higher population (862 vs 495 in Tangipahoa). Tickfaw has the higher median household income ($51,528 vs $18,750 in Tangipahoa). Since 2019, Tickfaw's population has grown faster (+6.9% vs -22.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Tangipahoa	Tickfaw
Population	495	862
Median age	24.4 yrs	31.0 yrs
Median household income	$18,750	$51,528
Median home value	—	$174,600
Median gross rent	$732	$830
Housing units	224	296
Homeownership rate	59.5%	64.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.1%	15.9%
Unemployment rate	17.7%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Tangipahoa	Tickfaw
Population	635 → 495 (-22.0%)	806 → 862 (+6.9%)
Median household income	$34,000 → $18,750 (-44.9%)	$65,288 → $51,528 (-21.1%)
Median home value	$33,900 → $24,000 (-29.2%)	$138,200 → $174,600 (+26.3%)
Median gross rent	$658 → $732 (+11.2%)	$813 → $830 (+2.1%)

Tangipahoa

Population

635495

Median household income

$34,000$18,750

Median home value

$33,900$24,000

Median gross rent

$658$732

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)

	Tangipahoa	Tickfaw
Under 5	10.1%	10.8%
5 to 17	29.1%	16.5%
18 to 24	13.3%	12.3%
25 to 34	7.1%	12.3%
35 to 44	18.8%	8.4%
45 to 54	7.5%	12.4%
55 to 64	7.1%	18.8%
65 to 74	3.4%	6.3%
75 and over	3.6%	2.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Tangipahoa	Tickfaw
White (non-Hispanic)	3.8%	58.8%
Black or African American	92.7%	21.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	17.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Tangipahoa	Tickfaw
No high school diploma	32.3%	23.4%
High school graduate	46.0%	35.1%
Some college or associate's	13.6%	25.5%
Bachelor's degree	6.0%	13.8%
Graduate or professional degree	2.1%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Tangipahoa	Tickfaw
Drove alone	67.2%	88.4%
Carpooled	11.5%	4.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	5.9%
Other means	17.2%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Tangipahoa	Tickfaw
1-unit, detached	33.9%	64.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.5%	18.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	57.6%	16.6%

Poverty & households

	Tangipahoa	Tickfaw
Poverty rate	64.2%	22.6%
Average household size	2.86	3.10
Mean commute (minutes)	28	23
Median year structure built	1977	1982