Catahoula Parish vs St. Helena Parish

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

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

St. Helena Parish has the higher population (10,849 vs 8,738 in Catahoula Parish). St. Helena Parish has the higher median household income ($50,193 vs $47,753 in Catahoula Parish). St. Helena Parish has the higher median home value ($106,400 vs $88,000 in Catahoula Parish).

Population, income & housing

	Catahoula Parish	St. Helena Parish
Population	8,738	10,849
Median age	38.8 yrs	42.4 yrs
Median household income	$47,753	$50,193
Median home value	$88,000	$106,400
Median gross rent	$724	$802
Housing units	4,447	5,310
Homeownership rate	76.0%	74.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.6%	11.7%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	21.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Catahoula Parish	St. Helena Parish
Population	9,766 → 8,738 (-10.5%)	10,297 → 10,849 (+5.4%)
Median household income	$40,129 → $47,753 (+19.0%)	$43,886 → $50,193 (+14.4%)
Median home value	$89,000 → $88,000 (-1.1%)	$100,100 → $106,400 (+6.3%)
Median gross rent	$443 → $724 (+63.4%)	$656 → $802 (+22.3%)

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

St. Helena Parish

Population

10,29710,849

Median household income

$43,886$50,193

Median home value

$100,100$106,400

Median gross rent

$656$802

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Catahoula Parish	St. Helena Parish
Under 5	5.7%	5.2%
5 to 17	16.7%	15.2%
18 to 24	6.8%	10.5%
25 to 34	14.0%	11.4%
35 to 44	14.1%	11.7%
45 to 54	10.3%	11.4%
55 to 64	14.1%	14.0%
65 to 74	10.9%	12.1%
75 and over	7.3%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Catahoula Parish	St. Helena Parish
White (non-Hispanic)	62.9%	44.4%
Black or African American	34.6%	50.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.7%
Asian	0.1%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Catahoula Parish	St. Helena Parish
No high school diploma	25.8%	18.9%
High school graduate	38.3%	45.0%
Some college or associate's	19.4%	24.4%
Bachelor's degree	10.0%	9.5%
Graduate or professional degree	6.6%	2.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Catahoula Parish	St. Helena Parish
Drove alone	77.9%	79.5%
Carpooled	8.2%	8.9%
Public transit	0.0%	2.5%
Walked	1.6%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	10.4%	1.6%
Other means	2.0%	4.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Catahoula Parish	St. Helena Parish
1-unit, detached	55.8%	51.5%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.5%	1.3%
5 to 19 units	1.5%	0.5%
20 or more units	3.6%	3.1%
Mobile home & other	36.0%	43.6%

Poverty & households

	Catahoula Parish	St. Helena Parish
Poverty rate	28.1%	30.0%
Average household size	2.46	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	30	37
Median year structure built	1979	1986