Forest vs Pioneer

A side-by-side comparison of Forest and Pioneer: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Pioneer has the higher population (522 vs 336 in Forest). Pioneer has the higher median household income ($80,526 vs $45,625 in Forest). Forest has the higher median home value ($95,000 vs $49,100 in Pioneer).

Population, income & housing

	Forest	Pioneer
Population	336	522
Median age	25.7 yrs	28.2 yrs
Median household income	$45,625	$80,526
Median home value	$95,000	$49,100
Median gross rent	$775	$842
Housing units	114	137
Homeownership rate	65.3%	38.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.9%	6.5%
Unemployment rate	20.2%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Forest	Pioneer
Population	295 → 336 (+13.9%)	181 → 522 (+188.4%)
Median household income	$27,279 → $45,625 (+67.3%)	$43,125 → $80,526 (+86.7%)
Median home value	$76,300 → $95,000 (+24.5%)	$77,500 → $49,100 (-36.6%)
Median gross rent	$638 → $775 (+21.5%)	$583 → $842 (+44.4%)

Forest

Population

295336

Median household income

$27,279$45,625

Median home value

$76,300$95,000

Median gross rent

$638$775

Pioneer

Population

181522

Median household income

$43,125$80,526

Median home value

$77,500$49,100

Median gross rent

$583$842

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Forest	Pioneer
Under 5	5.4%	19.2%
5 to 17	28.6%	22.6%
18 to 24	14.6%	2.3%
25 to 34	4.2%	36.2%
35 to 44	14.6%	5.2%
45 to 54	11.6%	3.1%
55 to 64	8.6%	6.3%
65 to 74	4.8%	2.3%
75 and over	7.7%	2.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Forest	Pioneer
White (non-Hispanic)	93.2%	88.9%
Black or African American	6.3%	5.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.6%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	4.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Forest	Pioneer
No high school diploma	17.3%	4.5%
High school graduate	29.5%	40.4%
Some college or associate's	39.3%	48.6%
Bachelor's degree	8.1%	2.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Forest	Pioneer
Drove alone	88.9%	98.3%
Carpooled	1.2%	1.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.4%	0.0%
Other means	2.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Forest	Pioneer
1-unit, detached	52.6%	35.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	7.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	40.4%	65.0%

Poverty & households

	Forest	Pioneer
Poverty rate	13.4%	0.6%
Average household size	3.43	4.14
Mean commute (minutes)	22	15
Median year structure built	1981	1989