Assumption Parish vs Richland Parish

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

Assumption Parish and Richland 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 19,908 in Richland Parish). Richland Parish has the higher median household income ($52,960 vs $52,546 in Assumption Parish). Assumption Parish has the higher median home value ($141,200 vs $124,500 in Richland Parish).

Population, income & housing

	Assumption Parish	Richland Parish
Population	20,720	19,908
Median age	42.0 yrs	39.8 yrs
Median household income	$52,546	$52,960
Median home value	$141,200	$124,500
Median gross rent	$801	$836
Housing units	10,039	8,698
Homeownership rate	85.5%	67.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.7%	18.1%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	8.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Assumption Parish	Richland Parish
Population	22,478 → 20,720 (-7.8%)	20,350 → 19,908 (-2.2%)
Median household income	$43,759 → $52,546 (+20.1%)	$34,029 → $52,960 (+55.6%)
Median home value	$118,600 → $141,200 (+19.1%)	$91,900 → $124,500 (+35.5%)
Median gross rent	$797 → $801 (+0.5%)	$611 → $836 (+36.8%)

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

Richland Parish

Population

20,35019,908

Median household income

$34,029$52,960

Median home value

$91,900$124,500

Median gross rent

$611$836

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Assumption Parish	Richland Parish
Under 5	5.0%	6.4%
5 to 17	15.8%	17.4%
18 to 24	8.2%	8.5%
25 to 34	11.2%	12.1%
35 to 44	12.2%	13.1%
45 to 54	13.0%	11.4%
55 to 64	14.5%	13.2%
65 to 74	12.5%	11.1%
75 and over	7.7%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Assumption Parish	Richland Parish
White (non-Hispanic)	64.3%	60.2%
Black or African American	28.6%	36.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.1%
Asian	0.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Assumption Parish	Richland Parish
No high school diploma	21.8%	20.5%
High school graduate	44.0%	36.3%
Some college or associate's	20.6%	25.1%
Bachelor's degree	9.0%	10.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Assumption Parish	Richland Parish
Drove alone	85.7%	80.1%
Carpooled	7.7%	11.4%
Public transit	1.0%	0.7%
Walked	1.9%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.9%	5.0%
Other means	0.7%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Assumption Parish	Richland Parish
1-unit, detached	61.7%	68.9%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	3.4%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	0.4%
20 or more units	0.3%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	34.1%	24.5%

Poverty & households

	Assumption Parish	Richland Parish
Poverty rate	13.9%	23.5%
Average household size	2.44	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	31	26
Median year structure built	1982	1979