Catahoula Parish vs Madison Parish

A side-by-side comparison of Catahoula Parish and Madison Parish: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Madison Parish has the higher population (9,757 vs 8,738 in Catahoula Parish). Catahoula Parish has the higher median household income ($47,753 vs $37,267 in Madison Parish). Madison Parish has the higher median home value ($90,600 vs $88,000 in Catahoula Parish).

Population, income & housing

	Catahoula Parish	Madison Parish
Population	8,738	9,757
Median age	38.8 yrs	34.6 yrs
Median household income	$47,753	$37,267
Median home value	$88,000	$90,600
Median gross rent	$724	$625
Housing units	4,447	4,388
Homeownership rate	76.0%	56.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.6%	12.8%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Catahoula Parish	Madison Parish
Population	9,766 → 8,738 (-10.5%)	11,306 → 9,757 (-13.7%)
Median household income	$40,129 → $47,753 (+19.0%)	$30,350 → $37,267 (+22.8%)
Median home value	$89,000 → $88,000 (-1.1%)	$78,100 → $90,600 (+16.0%)
Median gross rent	$443 → $724 (+63.4%)	$616 → $625 (+1.5%)

Catahoula Parish

Population

9,7668,738

Median household income

$40,129$47,753

Median home value

$89,000$88,000

Median gross rent

$443$724

Madison Parish

Population

11,3069,757

Median household income

$30,350$37,267

Median home value

$78,100$90,600

Median gross rent

$616$625

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Catahoula Parish	Madison Parish
Under 5	5.7%	7.2%
5 to 17	16.7%	18.7%
18 to 24	6.8%	9.0%
25 to 34	14.0%	15.6%
35 to 44	14.1%	9.6%
45 to 54	10.3%	11.1%
55 to 64	14.1%	11.9%
65 to 74	10.9%	10.7%
75 and over	7.3%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Catahoula Parish	Madison Parish
White (non-Hispanic)	62.9%	33.4%
Black or African American	34.6%	62.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.3%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Catahoula Parish	Madison Parish
No high school diploma	25.8%	23.9%
High school graduate	38.3%	35.2%
Some college or associate's	19.4%	28.2%
Bachelor's degree	10.0%	9.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.6%	2.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Catahoula Parish	Madison Parish
Drove alone	77.9%	83.7%
Carpooled	8.2%	9.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	1.6%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	10.4%	3.0%
Other means	2.0%	3.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Catahoula Parish	Madison Parish
1-unit, detached	55.8%	70.4%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	2.5%	6.8%
5 to 19 units	1.5%	4.2%
20 or more units	3.6%	3.1%
Mobile home & other	36.0%	14.2%

Poverty & households

	Catahoula Parish	Madison Parish
Poverty rate	28.1%	36.7%
Average household size	2.46	2.77
Mean commute (minutes)	30	18
Median year structure built	1979	1976