Calcasieu Parish vs St. Tammany Parish

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

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

St. Tammany Parish has the higher population (269,331 vs 208,668 in Calcasieu Parish). St. Tammany Parish has the higher median household income ($79,277 vs $67,849 in Calcasieu Parish). St. Tammany Parish has the higher median home value ($272,200 vs $208,500 in Calcasieu Parish).

Population, income & housing

	Calcasieu Parish	St. Tammany Parish
Population	208,668	269,331
Median age	37.2 yrs	40.4 yrs
Median household income	$67,849	$79,277
Median home value	$208,500	$272,200
Median gross rent	$1,096	$1,305
Housing units	94,462	112,414
Homeownership rate	72.2%	78.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.7%	36.6%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Calcasieu Parish	St. Tammany Parish
Population	201,619 → 208,668 (+3.5%)	255,155 → 269,331 (+5.6%)
Median household income	$51,148 → $67,849 (+32.7%)	$68,905 → $79,277 (+15.1%)
Median home value	$156,800 → $208,500 (+33.0%)	$218,500 → $272,200 (+24.6%)
Median gross rent	$832 → $1,096 (+31.7%)	$1,086 → $1,305 (+20.2%)

Calcasieu Parish

Population

201,619208,668

Median household income

$51,148$67,849

Median home value

$156,800$208,500

Median gross rent

$832$1,096

St. Tammany Parish

Population

255,155269,331

Median household income

$68,905$79,277

Median home value

$218,500$272,200

Median gross rent

$1,086$1,305

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Calcasieu Parish	St. Tammany Parish
Under 5	6.9%	5.8%
5 to 17	18.2%	18.0%
18 to 24	8.3%	7.6%
25 to 34	13.9%	11.2%
35 to 44	13.0%	13.3%
45 to 54	11.4%	12.5%
55 to 64	12.7%	13.6%
65 to 74	9.6%	11.1%
75 and over	6.0%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Calcasieu Parish	St. Tammany Parish
White (non-Hispanic)	65.3%	73.3%
Black or African American	23.7%	12.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	1.5%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.5%	0.8%
Two or more races	3.7%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	5.2%	7.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Calcasieu Parish	St. Tammany Parish
No high school diploma	10.6%	8.6%
High school graduate	34.4%	24.0%
Some college or associate's	30.3%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	16.3%	23.7%
Graduate or professional degree	8.4%	12.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Calcasieu Parish	St. Tammany Parish
Drove alone	82.6%	77.4%
Carpooled	9.2%	7.6%
Public transit	0.2%	0.1%
Walked	1.7%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.1%
Worked from home	5.1%	12.4%
Other means	1.1%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Calcasieu Parish	St. Tammany Parish
1-unit, detached	67.6%	77.4%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	5.9%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	6.0%	4.9%
20 or more units	3.9%	4.2%
Mobile home & other	15.2%	6.8%

Poverty & households

	Calcasieu Parish	St. Tammany Parish
Poverty rate	17.8%	12.2%
Average household size	2.67	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	22	31
Median year structure built	1988	1995