Allen Parish vs Plaquemines Parish

A side-by-side comparison of Allen Parish and Plaquemines Parish: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Plaquemines Parish has the higher population (23,070 vs 22,552 in Allen Parish). Plaquemines Parish has the higher median household income ($82,874 vs $51,138 in Allen Parish). Plaquemines Parish has the higher median home value ($275,800 vs $110,800 in Allen Parish).

Population, income & housing

	Allen Parish	Plaquemines Parish
Population	22,552	23,070
Median age	38.9 yrs	36.8 yrs
Median household income	$51,138	$82,874
Median home value	$110,800	$275,800
Median gross rent	$739	$1,611
Housing units	9,543	9,625
Homeownership rate	76.8%	73.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.6%	19.8%
Unemployment rate	13.7%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Allen Parish	Plaquemines Parish
Population	25,618 → 22,552 (-12.0%)	23,338 → 23,070 (-1.1%)
Median household income	$46,446 → $51,138 (+10.1%)	$57,204 → $82,874 (+44.9%)
Median home value	$97,500 → $110,800 (+13.6%)	$190,600 → $275,800 (+44.7%)
Median gross rent	$601 → $739 (+23.0%)	$1,289 → $1,611 (+25.0%)

Allen Parish

Population

25,61822,552

Median household income

$46,446$51,138

Median home value

$97,500$110,800

Median gross rent

$601$739

Plaquemines Parish

Population

23,33823,070

Median household income

$57,204$82,874

Median home value

$190,600$275,800

Median gross rent

$1,289$1,611

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Allen Parish	Plaquemines Parish
Under 5	5.9%	6.3%
5 to 17	15.3%	18.7%
18 to 24	7.8%	8.1%
25 to 34	15.2%	14.0%
35 to 44	14.5%	12.3%
45 to 54	14.8%	14.2%
55 to 64	12.2%	12.4%
65 to 74	9.2%	9.0%
75 and over	5.3%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Allen Parish	Plaquemines Parish
White (non-Hispanic)	64.6%	60.2%
Black or African American	19.0%	20.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.4%	1.1%
Asian	0.7%	4.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.2%
Two or more races	6.1%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	8.0%	9.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Allen Parish	Plaquemines Parish
No high school diploma	20.7%	14.4%
High school graduate	42.5%	32.9%
Some college or associate's	25.2%	32.9%
Bachelor's degree	7.6%	13.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.0%	6.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Allen Parish	Plaquemines Parish
Drove alone	83.2%	82.8%
Carpooled	6.3%	10.4%
Public transit	1.2%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.3%	3.1%
Other means	1.1%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Allen Parish	Plaquemines Parish
1-unit, detached	69.6%	53.1%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	9.3%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	8.1%
5 to 19 units	2.6%	0.7%
20 or more units	0.3%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	19.4%	27.6%

Poverty & households

	Allen Parish	Plaquemines Parish
Poverty rate	20.4%	13.4%
Average household size	2.48	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	25	28
Median year structure built	1979	1998