Caldwell Parish vs Cameron Parish

A side-by-side comparison of Caldwell Parish and Cameron Parish: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Caldwell Parish has the higher population (9,563 vs 5,222 in Cameron Parish). Cameron Parish has the higher median household income ($72,500 vs $44,957 in Caldwell Parish). Cameron Parish has the higher median home value ($183,300 vs $106,000 in Caldwell Parish).

Population, income & housing

	Caldwell Parish	Cameron Parish
Population	9,563	5,222
Median age	40.7 yrs	43.0 yrs
Median household income	$44,957	$72,500
Median home value	$106,000	$183,300
Median gross rent	$756	—
Housing units	4,644	3,447
Homeownership rate	69.0%	96.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.7%	15.0%
Unemployment rate	9.9%	0.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Caldwell Parish	Cameron Parish
Population	9,992 → 9,563 (-4.3%)	6,930 → 5,222 (-24.6%)
Median household income	$37,691 → $44,957 (+19.3%)	$53,423 → $72,500 (+35.7%)
Median home value	$77,300 → $106,000 (+37.1%)	$119,500 → $183,300 (+53.4%)
Median gross rent	$611 → $756 (+23.7%)	$905 → $857 (-5.3%)

Caldwell Parish

Population

9,9929,563

Median household income

$37,691$44,957

Median home value

$77,300$106,000

Median gross rent

$611$756

Cameron Parish

Population

6,9305,222

Median household income

$53,423$72,500

Median home value

$119,500$183,300

Median gross rent

$905$857

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Caldwell Parish	Cameron Parish
Under 5	5.1%	6.8%
5 to 17	17.1%	17.2%
18 to 24	5.5%	6.7%
25 to 34	17.9%	6.3%
35 to 44	11.4%	18.7%
45 to 54	12.4%	10.2%
55 to 64	12.6%	16.3%
65 to 74	11.1%	10.1%
75 and over	7.0%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Caldwell Parish	Cameron Parish
White (non-Hispanic)	77.4%	85.7%
Black or African American	18.2%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.8%
Asian	0.1%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.1%
Two or more races	1.5%	9.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	0.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Caldwell Parish	Cameron Parish
No high school diploma	17.2%	11.9%
High school graduate	48.0%	38.1%
Some college or associate's	24.0%	35.0%
Bachelor's degree	8.2%	8.8%
Graduate or professional degree	2.6%	6.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Caldwell Parish	Cameron Parish
Drove alone	86.7%	89.0%
Carpooled	3.1%	9.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.8%	1.2%
Other means	3.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Caldwell Parish	Cameron Parish
1-unit, detached	53.3%	64.7%
1-unit, attached	0.1%	0.1%
2 to 4 units	3.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.8%	0.2%
Mobile home & other	41.8%	35.0%

Poverty & households

	Caldwell Parish	Cameron Parish
Poverty rate	25.4%	6.3%
Average household size	2.51	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	28	35
Median year structure built	1988	2005