Acadia Parish vs St. Charles Parish

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

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

Acadia Parish has the higher population (57,218 vs 51,863 in St. Charles Parish). St. Charles Parish has the higher median household income ($82,172 vs $45,266 in Acadia Parish). St. Charles Parish has the higher median home value ($256,800 vs $146,900 in Acadia Parish).

Population, income & housing

	Acadia Parish	St. Charles Parish
Population	57,218	51,863
Median age	37.0 yrs	39.1 yrs
Median household income	$45,266	$82,172
Median home value	$146,900	$256,800
Median gross rent	$725	$1,144
Housing units	25,036	20,595
Homeownership rate	68.0%	82.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.4%	27.2%
Unemployment rate	7.8%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Acadia Parish	St. Charles Parish
Population	62,457 → 57,218 (-8.4%)	52,773 → 51,863 (-1.7%)
Median household income	$43,396 → $45,266 (+4.3%)	$69,019 → $82,172 (+19.1%)
Median home value	$118,000 → $146,900 (+24.5%)	$201,700 → $256,800 (+27.3%)
Median gross rent	$662 → $725 (+9.5%)	$978 → $1,144 (+17.0%)

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

St. Charles Parish

Population

52,77351,863

Median household income

$69,019$82,172

Median home value

$201,700$256,800

Median gross rent

$978$1,144

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Acadia Parish	St. Charles Parish
Under 5	6.7%	5.3%
5 to 17	19.3%	19.1%
18 to 24	8.0%	8.0%
25 to 34	12.6%	12.1%
35 to 44	12.5%	14.0%
45 to 54	11.5%	12.5%
55 to 64	13.3%	14.2%
65 to 74	10.1%	9.6%
75 and over	6.0%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Acadia Parish	St. Charles Parish
White (non-Hispanic)	76.8%	62.8%
Black or African American	15.7%	22.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	1.1%
Asian	0.2%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.7%
Two or more races	4.0%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	3.1%	8.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Acadia Parish	St. Charles Parish
No high school diploma	19.3%	10.9%
High school graduate	43.5%	30.2%
Some college or associate's	23.7%	31.7%
Bachelor's degree	9.7%	19.8%
Graduate or professional degree	3.7%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Acadia Parish	St. Charles Parish
Drove alone	84.1%	83.7%
Carpooled	8.1%	5.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	1.3%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.6%
Worked from home	4.6%	7.7%
Other means	1.0%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Acadia Parish	St. Charles Parish
1-unit, detached	74.2%	77.8%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	4.7%	5.8%
5 to 19 units	2.6%	3.5%
20 or more units	0.9%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	16.7%	10.6%

Poverty & households

	Acadia Parish	St. Charles Parish
Poverty rate	24.4%	9.8%
Average household size	2.62	2.76
Mean commute (minutes)	28	27
Median year structure built	1979	1986