Avoyelles Parish vs St. Bernard Parish

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

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

St. Bernard Parish has the higher population (44,172 vs 39,176 in Avoyelles Parish). St. Bernard Parish has the higher median household income ($57,638 vs $39,439 in Avoyelles Parish). St. Bernard Parish has the higher median home value ($192,100 vs $120,200 in Avoyelles Parish).

Population, income & housing

	Avoyelles Parish	St. Bernard Parish
Population	39,176	44,172
Median age	38.2 yrs	35.8 yrs
Median household income	$39,439	$57,638
Median home value	$120,200	$192,100
Median gross rent	$739	$1,083
Housing units	18,323	18,004
Homeownership rate	68.7%	70.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.9%	17.2%
Unemployment rate	6.8%	7.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Avoyelles Parish	St. Bernard Parish
Population	40,669 → 39,176 (-3.7%)	46,266 → 44,172 (-4.5%)
Median household income	$38,565 → $39,439 (+2.3%)	$44,661 → $57,638 (+29.1%)
Median home value	$104,200 → $120,200 (+15.4%)	$151,300 → $192,100 (+27.0%)
Median gross rent	$663 → $739 (+11.5%)	$951 → $1,083 (+13.9%)

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

St. Bernard Parish

Population

46,26644,172

Median household income

$44,661$57,638

Median home value

$151,300$192,100

Median gross rent

$951$1,083

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Avoyelles Parish	St. Bernard Parish
Under 5	6.5%	6.7%
5 to 17	17.4%	19.5%
18 to 24	8.2%	7.8%
25 to 34	13.3%	14.8%
35 to 44	13.0%	14.8%
45 to 54	11.1%	11.1%
55 to 64	13.2%	12.5%
65 to 74	10.1%	8.4%
75 and over	7.2%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Avoyelles Parish	St. Bernard Parish
White (non-Hispanic)	63.0%	56.7%
Black or African American	26.5%	23.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.6%
Asian	0.6%	2.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.2%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	13.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Avoyelles Parish	St. Bernard Parish
No high school diploma	23.0%	18.7%
High school graduate	37.0%	28.2%
Some college or associate's	29.1%	35.9%
Bachelor's degree	6.7%	11.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Avoyelles Parish	St. Bernard Parish
Drove alone	83.2%	80.5%
Carpooled	7.7%	9.5%
Public transit	0.1%	0.6%
Walked	2.1%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.7%
Worked from home	3.4%	6.3%
Other means	3.4%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Avoyelles Parish	St. Bernard Parish
1-unit, detached	70.3%	71.8%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	7.8%
2 to 4 units	6.8%	7.1%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	3.8%
20 or more units	1.2%	2.1%
Mobile home & other	19.8%	7.4%

Poverty & households

	Avoyelles Parish	St. Bernard Parish
Poverty rate	27.4%	22.6%
Average household size	2.48	2.78
Mean commute (minutes)	36	29
Median year structure built	1980	1980