Beauregard Parish vs St. John the Baptist Parish

A side-by-side comparison of Beauregard Parish and St. John the Baptist Parish: population, income, housing, and more.

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

St. John the Baptist Parish has the higher population (41,342 vs 36,646 in Beauregard Parish). St. John the Baptist Parish has the higher median household income ($67,418 vs $64,995 in Beauregard Parish). St. John the Baptist Parish has the higher median home value ($184,000 vs $164,500 in Beauregard Parish).

Population, income & housing

	Beauregard Parish	St. John the Baptist Parish
Population	36,646	41,342
Median age	36.9 yrs	38.5 yrs
Median household income	$64,995	$67,418
Median home value	$164,500	$184,000
Median gross rent	$882	$1,118
Housing units	15,968	17,790
Homeownership rate	83.2%	79.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.8%	18.7%
Unemployment rate	7.5%	9.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beauregard Parish	St. John the Baptist Parish
Population	37,043 → 36,646 (-1.1%)	43,242 → 41,342 (-4.4%)
Median household income	$53,209 → $64,995 (+22.2%)	$57,429 → $67,418 (+17.4%)
Median home value	$127,500 → $164,500 (+29.0%)	$153,900 → $184,000 (+19.6%)
Median gross rent	$741 → $882 (+19.0%)	$933 → $1,118 (+19.8%)

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

St. John the Baptist Parish

Population

43,24241,342

Median household income

$57,429$67,418

Median home value

$153,900$184,000

Median gross rent

$933$1,118

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beauregard Parish	St. John the Baptist Parish
Under 5	6.8%	5.7%
5 to 17	18.5%	18.5%
18 to 24	7.9%	9.1%
25 to 34	13.7%	12.7%
35 to 44	12.6%	12.2%
45 to 54	12.2%	12.6%
55 to 64	12.4%	14.3%
65 to 74	9.8%	9.6%
75 and over	6.2%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beauregard Parish	St. John the Baptist Parish
White (non-Hispanic)	79.1%	30.3%
Black or African American	10.6%	55.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	0.7%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	1.2%
Two or more races	5.0%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	8.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beauregard Parish	St. John the Baptist Parish
No high school diploma	12.8%	13.3%
High school graduate	40.7%	39.9%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	28.1%
Bachelor's degree	11.9%	12.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	6.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beauregard Parish	St. John the Baptist Parish
Drove alone	83.2%	84.7%
Carpooled	10.9%	7.7%
Public transit	0.2%	0.2%
Walked	0.8%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	3.3%	5.6%
Other means	1.6%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beauregard Parish	St. John the Baptist Parish
1-unit, detached	62.6%	80.9%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	1.6%
20 or more units	1.0%	1.3%
Mobile home & other	31.3%	9.7%

Poverty & households

	Beauregard Parish	St. John the Baptist Parish
Poverty rate	14.1%	12.6%
Average household size	2.62	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	33	30
Median year structure built	1992	1982