Acadia Parish vs St. Landry Parish

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

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

St. Landry Parish has the higher population (82,128 vs 57,218 in Acadia Parish). St. Landry Parish has the higher median household income ($45,637 vs $45,266 in Acadia Parish). Acadia Parish has the higher median home value ($146,900 vs $142,900 in St. Landry Parish).

Population, income & housing

	Acadia Parish	St. Landry Parish
Population	57,218	82,128
Median age	37.0 yrs	37.5 yrs
Median household income	$45,266	$45,637
Median home value	$146,900	$142,900
Median gross rent	$725	$742
Housing units	25,036	37,001
Homeownership rate	68.0%	70.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.4%	14.3%
Unemployment rate	7.8%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Acadia Parish	St. Landry Parish
Population	62,457 → 57,218 (-8.4%)	83,172 → 82,128 (-1.3%)
Median household income	$43,396 → $45,266 (+4.3%)	$36,403 → $45,637 (+25.4%)
Median home value	$118,000 → $146,900 (+24.5%)	$108,400 → $142,900 (+31.8%)
Median gross rent	$662 → $725 (+9.5%)	$652 → $742 (+13.8%)

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. Landry Parish

Population

83,17282,128

Median household income

$36,403$45,637

Median home value

$108,400$142,900

Median gross rent

$652$742

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Acadia Parish	St. Landry Parish
Under 5	6.7%	7.1%
5 to 17	19.3%	19.6%
18 to 24	8.0%	8.3%
25 to 34	12.6%	12.6%
35 to 44	12.5%	11.7%
45 to 54	11.5%	11.0%
55 to 64	13.3%	13.1%
65 to 74	10.1%	10.2%
75 and over	6.0%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Acadia Parish	St. Landry Parish
White (non-Hispanic)	76.8%	53.1%
Black or African American	15.7%	39.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	0.2%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.1%	0.2%
Two or more races	4.0%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.1%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Acadia Parish	St. Landry Parish
No high school diploma	19.3%	19.4%
High school graduate	43.5%	39.9%
Some college or associate's	23.7%	26.3%
Bachelor's degree	9.7%	9.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.7%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Acadia Parish	St. Landry Parish
Drove alone	84.1%	79.7%
Carpooled	8.1%	9.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	1.3%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.2%
Worked from home	4.6%	5.9%
Other means	1.0%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Acadia Parish	St. Landry Parish
1-unit, detached	74.2%	68.1%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	4.7%	5.6%
5 to 19 units	2.6%	3.4%
20 or more units	0.9%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	16.7%	20.8%

Poverty & households

	Acadia Parish	St. Landry Parish
Poverty rate	24.4%	24.0%
Average household size	2.62	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	28	30
Median year structure built	1979	1979