Acadia Parish vs Vermilion Parish

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

Acadia Parish and Vermilion 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 57,031 in Vermilion Parish). Vermilion Parish has the higher median household income ($57,537 vs $45,266 in Acadia Parish). Vermilion Parish has the higher median home value ($159,700 vs $146,900 in Acadia Parish).

Population, income & housing

	Acadia Parish	Vermilion Parish
Population	57,218	57,031
Median age	37.0 yrs	39.4 yrs
Median household income	$45,266	$57,537
Median home value	$146,900	$159,700
Median gross rent	$725	$802
Housing units	25,036	25,924
Homeownership rate	68.0%	74.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.4%	16.8%
Unemployment rate	7.8%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Acadia Parish	Vermilion Parish
Population	62,457 → 57,218 (-8.4%)	59,865 → 57,031 (-4.7%)
Median household income	$43,396 → $45,266 (+4.3%)	$51,945 → $57,537 (+10.8%)
Median home value	$118,000 → $146,900 (+24.5%)	$122,200 → $159,700 (+30.7%)
Median gross rent	$662 → $725 (+9.5%)	$685 → $802 (+17.1%)

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

Vermilion Parish

Population

59,86557,031

Median household income

$51,945$57,537

Median home value

$122,200$159,700

Median gross rent

$685$802

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Acadia Parish	Vermilion Parish
Under 5	6.7%	6.4%
5 to 17	19.3%	18.9%
18 to 24	8.0%	8.1%
25 to 34	12.6%	11.9%
35 to 44	12.5%	12.6%
45 to 54	11.5%	12.3%
55 to 64	13.3%	13.6%
65 to 74	10.1%	9.7%
75 and over	6.0%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Acadia Parish	Vermilion Parish
White (non-Hispanic)	76.8%	76.8%
Black or African American	15.7%	13.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	0.2%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.5%
Some other race	0.1%	0.2%
Two or more races	4.0%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	3.1%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Acadia Parish	Vermilion Parish
No high school diploma	19.3%	15.9%
High school graduate	43.5%	42.4%
Some college or associate's	23.7%	24.8%
Bachelor's degree	9.7%	12.8%
Graduate or professional degree	3.7%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Acadia Parish	Vermilion Parish
Drove alone	84.1%	81.2%
Carpooled	8.1%	8.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	1.3%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.2%
Worked from home	4.6%	4.8%
Other means	1.0%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Acadia Parish	Vermilion Parish
1-unit, detached	74.2%	72.7%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	4.7%	2.9%
5 to 19 units	2.6%	2.9%
20 or more units	0.9%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	16.7%	19.1%

Poverty & households

	Acadia Parish	Vermilion Parish
Poverty rate	24.4%	19.2%
Average household size	2.62	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	28	30
Median year structure built	1979	1983