Assumption Parish vs Grant Parish

A side-by-side comparison of Assumption Parish and Grant Parish: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Grant Parish has the higher population (22,123 vs 20,720 in Assumption Parish). Grant Parish has the higher median household income ($61,112 vs $52,546 in Assumption Parish). Assumption Parish has the higher median home value ($141,200 vs $135,900 in Grant Parish).

Population, income & housing

	Assumption Parish	Grant Parish
Population	20,720	22,123
Median age	42.0 yrs	38.5 yrs
Median household income	$52,546	$61,112
Median home value	$141,200	$135,900
Median gross rent	$801	$806
Housing units	10,039	9,054
Homeownership rate	85.5%	82.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.7%	12.8%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Assumption Parish	Grant Parish
Population	22,478 → 20,720 (-7.8%)	22,340 → 22,123 (-1.0%)
Median household income	$43,759 → $52,546 (+20.1%)	$42,505 → $61,112 (+43.8%)
Median home value	$118,600 → $141,200 (+19.1%)	$103,400 → $135,900 (+31.4%)
Median gross rent	$797 → $801 (+0.5%)	$714 → $806 (+12.9%)

Assumption Parish

Population

22,47820,720

Median household income

$43,759$52,546

Median home value

$118,600$141,200

Median gross rent

$797$801

Grant Parish

Population

22,34022,123

Median household income

$42,505$61,112

Median home value

$103,400$135,900

Median gross rent

$714$806

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Assumption Parish	Grant Parish
Under 5	5.0%	5.6%
5 to 17	15.8%	15.4%
18 to 24	8.2%	7.9%
25 to 34	11.2%	15.7%
35 to 44	12.2%	15.5%
45 to 54	13.0%	12.5%
55 to 64	14.5%	11.9%
65 to 74	12.5%	9.1%
75 and over	7.7%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Assumption Parish	Grant Parish
White (non-Hispanic)	64.3%	74.3%
Black or African American	28.6%	14.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.9%
Asian	0.8%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.1%
Two or more races	1.4%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	6.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Assumption Parish	Grant Parish
No high school diploma	21.8%	18.5%
High school graduate	44.0%	41.9%
Some college or associate's	20.6%	26.8%
Bachelor's degree	9.0%	9.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	3.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Assumption Parish	Grant Parish
Drove alone	85.7%	90.2%
Carpooled	7.7%	4.2%
Public transit	1.0%	0.1%
Walked	1.9%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.9%	2.4%
Other means	0.7%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Assumption Parish	Grant Parish
1-unit, detached	61.7%	63.4%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	1.6%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	1.3%
20 or more units	0.3%	0.1%
Mobile home & other	34.1%	33.2%

Poverty & households

	Assumption Parish	Grant Parish
Poverty rate	13.9%	16.1%
Average household size	2.44	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	31	30
Median year structure built	1982	1989