Acadia Parish vs Iberia Parish

A side-by-side comparison of Acadia Parish and Iberia Parish: population, income, housing, and more.

Acadia Parish and Iberia Parish are counties in Louisiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Iberia Parish has the higher population (69,194 vs 57,218 in Acadia Parish). Iberia Parish has the higher median household income ($57,811 vs $45,266 in Acadia Parish). Iberia Parish has the higher median home value ($156,000 vs $146,900 in Acadia Parish).

Population, income & housing

	Acadia Parish	Iberia Parish
Population	57,218	69,194
Median age	37.0 yrs	37.8 yrs
Median household income	$45,266	$57,811
Median home value	$146,900	$156,000
Median gross rent	$725	$891
Housing units	25,036	31,215
Homeownership rate	68.0%	68.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.4%	14.7%
Unemployment rate	7.8%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Acadia Parish	Iberia Parish
Population	62,457 → 57,218 (-8.4%)	71,887 → 69,194 (-3.7%)
Median household income	$43,396 → $45,266 (+4.3%)	$46,861 → $57,811 (+23.4%)
Median home value	$118,000 → $146,900 (+24.5%)	$115,600 → $156,000 (+34.9%)
Median gross rent	$662 → $725 (+9.5%)	$768 → $891 (+16.0%)

Acadia Parish

Population

62,45757,218

Median household income

$43,396$45,266

Median home value

$118,000$146,900

Median gross rent

$662$725

Iberia Parish

Population

71,88769,194

Median household income

$46,861$57,811

Median home value

$115,600$156,000

Median gross rent

$768$891

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Acadia Parish	Iberia Parish
Under 5	6.7%	6.8%
5 to 17	19.3%	18.8%
18 to 24	8.0%	8.7%
25 to 34	12.6%	12.4%
35 to 44	12.5%	12.2%
45 to 54	11.5%	11.3%
55 to 64	13.3%	13.7%
65 to 74	10.1%	10.0%
75 and over	6.0%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Acadia Parish	Iberia Parish
White (non-Hispanic)	76.8%	56.7%
Black or African American	15.7%	30.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.3%
Asian	0.2%	2.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.4%
Two or more races	4.0%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	3.1%	5.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Acadia Parish	Iberia Parish
No high school diploma	19.3%	16.8%
High school graduate	43.5%	42.2%
Some college or associate's	23.7%	26.3%
Bachelor's degree	9.7%	10.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.7%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Acadia Parish	Iberia Parish
Drove alone	84.1%	82.9%
Carpooled	8.1%	6.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	1.3%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.6%	6.0%
Other means	1.0%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Acadia Parish	Iberia Parish
1-unit, detached	74.2%	67.5%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	4.7%	4.6%
5 to 19 units	2.6%	4.0%
20 or more units	0.9%	2.8%
Mobile home & other	16.7%	19.8%

Poverty & households

	Acadia Parish	Iberia Parish
Poverty rate	24.4%	22.6%
Average household size	2.62	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	28	26
Median year structure built	1979	1981