Avoyelles Parish vs Beauregard Parish

A side-by-side comparison of Avoyelles Parish and Beauregard Parish: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Avoyelles Parish has the higher population (39,176 vs 36,646 in Beauregard Parish). Beauregard Parish has the higher median household income ($64,995 vs $39,439 in Avoyelles Parish). Beauregard Parish has the higher median home value ($164,500 vs $120,200 in Avoyelles Parish).

Population, income & housing

	Avoyelles Parish	Beauregard Parish
Population	39,176	36,646
Median age	38.2 yrs	36.9 yrs
Median household income	$39,439	$64,995
Median home value	$120,200	$164,500
Median gross rent	$739	$882
Housing units	18,323	15,968
Homeownership rate	68.7%	83.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.9%	17.8%
Unemployment rate	6.8%	7.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Avoyelles Parish	Beauregard Parish
Population	40,669 → 39,176 (-3.7%)	37,043 → 36,646 (-1.1%)
Median household income	$38,565 → $39,439 (+2.3%)	$53,209 → $64,995 (+22.2%)
Median home value	$104,200 → $120,200 (+15.4%)	$127,500 → $164,500 (+29.0%)
Median gross rent	$663 → $739 (+11.5%)	$741 → $882 (+19.0%)

Avoyelles Parish

Population

40,66939,176

Median household income

$38,565$39,439

Median home value

$104,200$120,200

Median gross rent

$663$739

Beauregard Parish

Population

37,04336,646

Median household income

$53,209$64,995

Median home value

$127,500$164,500

Median gross rent

$741$882

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Avoyelles Parish	Beauregard Parish
Under 5	6.5%	6.8%
5 to 17	17.4%	18.5%
18 to 24	8.2%	7.9%
25 to 34	13.3%	13.7%
35 to 44	13.0%	12.6%
45 to 54	11.1%	12.2%
55 to 64	13.2%	12.4%
65 to 74	10.1%	9.8%
75 and over	7.2%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Avoyelles Parish	Beauregard Parish
White (non-Hispanic)	63.0%	79.1%
Black or African American	26.5%	10.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.2%
Asian	0.6%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.1%	0.6%
Two or more races	5.2%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Avoyelles Parish	Beauregard Parish
No high school diploma	23.0%	12.8%
High school graduate	37.0%	40.7%
Some college or associate's	29.1%	28.7%
Bachelor's degree	6.7%	11.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	6.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Avoyelles Parish	Beauregard Parish
Drove alone	83.2%	83.2%
Carpooled	7.7%	10.9%
Public transit	0.1%	0.2%
Walked	2.1%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.4%	3.3%
Other means	3.4%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Avoyelles Parish	Beauregard Parish
1-unit, detached	70.3%	62.6%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	6.8%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	1.4%
20 or more units	1.2%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	19.8%	31.3%

Poverty & households

	Avoyelles Parish	Beauregard Parish
Poverty rate	27.4%	14.1%
Average household size	2.48	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	36	33
Median year structure built	1980	1992