Caddo Parish vs Jefferson Parish

A side-by-side comparison of Caddo Parish and Jefferson Parish: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Jefferson Parish has the higher population (432,484 vs 232,973 in Caddo Parish). Jefferson Parish has the higher median household income ($65,246 vs $50,067 in Caddo Parish). Jefferson Parish has the higher median home value ($243,500 vs $175,900 in Caddo Parish).

Population, income & housing

	Caddo Parish	Jefferson Parish
Population	232,973	432,484
Median age	39.2 yrs	39.9 yrs
Median household income	$50,067	$65,246
Median home value	$175,900	$243,500
Median gross rent	$962	$1,162
Housing units	112,568	194,109
Homeownership rate	60.6%	62.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.3%	29.9%
Unemployment rate	8.4%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Caddo Parish	Jefferson Parish
Population	245,831 → 232,973 (-5.2%)	434,850 → 432,484 (-0.5%)
Median household income	$41,797 → $50,067 (+19.8%)	$54,032 → $65,246 (+20.8%)
Median home value	$149,200 → $175,900 (+17.9%)	$188,200 → $243,500 (+29.4%)
Median gross rent	$797 → $962 (+20.7%)	$972 → $1,162 (+19.5%)

Caddo Parish

Population

245,831232,973

Median household income

$41,797$50,067

Median home value

$149,200$175,900

Median gross rent

$797$962

Jefferson Parish

Population

434,850432,484

Median household income

$54,032$65,246

Median home value

$188,200$243,500

Median gross rent

$972$1,162

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Caddo Parish	Jefferson Parish
Under 5	6.2%	6.3%
5 to 17	17.5%	16.1%
18 to 24	8.0%	7.4%
25 to 34	13.2%	13.6%
35 to 44	12.6%	13.1%
45 to 54	11.3%	11.8%
55 to 64	12.9%	13.6%
65 to 74	11.1%	10.9%
75 and over	7.3%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Caddo Parish	Jefferson Parish
White (non-Hispanic)	42.7%	48.1%
Black or African American	49.0%	25.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	1.2%	4.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.6%
Two or more races	3.0%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	18.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Caddo Parish	Jefferson Parish
No high school diploma	12.5%	13.4%
High school graduate	31.7%	27.7%
Some college or associate's	30.6%	28.9%
Bachelor's degree	14.9%	19.0%
Graduate or professional degree	10.4%	11.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Caddo Parish	Jefferson Parish
Drove alone	80.8%	77.3%
Carpooled	9.5%	11.2%
Public transit	1.0%	0.9%
Walked	1.0%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	5.4%	7.4%
Other means	2.2%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Caddo Parish	Jefferson Parish
1-unit, detached	67.7%	65.1%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	4.2%
2 to 4 units	7.6%	10.0%
5 to 19 units	8.7%	9.9%
20 or more units	4.6%	9.0%
Mobile home & other	9.0%	1.8%

Poverty & households

	Caddo Parish	Jefferson Parish
Poverty rate	22.3%	16.3%
Average household size	2.40	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	21	24
Median year structure built	1975	1975