Assumption Parish vs Pointe Coupee Parish

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

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

Assumption Parish has the higher population (20,720 vs 20,438 in Pointe Coupee Parish). Pointe Coupee Parish has the higher median household income ($59,351 vs $52,546 in Assumption Parish). Pointe Coupee Parish has the higher median home value ($174,500 vs $141,200 in Assumption Parish).

Population, income & housing

	Assumption Parish	Pointe Coupee Parish
Population	20,720	20,438
Median age	42.0 yrs	43.2 yrs
Median household income	$52,546	$59,351
Median home value	$141,200	$174,500
Median gross rent	$801	$794
Housing units	10,039	11,044
Homeownership rate	85.5%	77.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.7%	15.5%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	8.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Assumption Parish	Pointe Coupee Parish
Population	22,478 → 20,720 (-7.8%)	22,016 → 20,438 (-7.2%)
Median household income	$43,759 → $52,546 (+20.1%)	$41,480 → $59,351 (+43.1%)
Median home value	$118,600 → $141,200 (+19.1%)	$142,600 → $174,500 (+22.4%)
Median gross rent	$797 → $801 (+0.5%)	$833 → $794 (-4.7%)

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

Pointe Coupee Parish

Population

22,01620,438

Median household income

$41,480$59,351

Median home value

$142,600$174,500

Median gross rent

$833$794

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Assumption Parish	Pointe Coupee Parish
Under 5	5.0%	5.4%
5 to 17	15.8%	16.2%
18 to 24	8.2%	7.8%
25 to 34	11.2%	11.1%
35 to 44	12.2%	11.3%
45 to 54	13.0%	11.4%
55 to 64	14.5%	15.2%
65 to 74	12.5%	13.0%
75 and over	7.7%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Assumption Parish	Pointe Coupee Parish
White (non-Hispanic)	64.3%	59.7%
Black or African American	28.6%	32.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.2%
Asian	0.8%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Assumption Parish	Pointe Coupee Parish
No high school diploma	21.8%	18.5%
High school graduate	44.0%	35.2%
Some college or associate's	20.6%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	9.0%	11.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	4.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Assumption Parish	Pointe Coupee Parish
Drove alone	85.7%	88.6%
Carpooled	7.7%	4.0%
Public transit	1.0%	0.3%
Walked	1.9%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	2.9%	2.8%
Other means	0.7%	2.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Assumption Parish	Pointe Coupee Parish
1-unit, detached	61.7%	71.2%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	2.4%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	0.1%
20 or more units	0.3%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	34.1%	24.2%

Poverty & households

	Assumption Parish	Pointe Coupee Parish
Poverty rate	13.9%	17.8%
Average household size	2.44	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	31	27
Median year structure built	1982	1985