Catahoula Parish vs West Carroll Parish

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

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

West Carroll Parish has the higher population (9,622 vs 8,738 in Catahoula Parish). West Carroll Parish has the higher median household income ($48,514 vs $47,753 in Catahoula Parish). West Carroll Parish has the higher median home value ($97,600 vs $88,000 in Catahoula Parish).

Population, income & housing

	Catahoula Parish	West Carroll Parish
Population	8,738	9,622
Median age	38.8 yrs	41.4 yrs
Median household income	$47,753	$48,514
Median home value	$88,000	$97,600
Median gross rent	$724	$692
Housing units	4,447	4,691
Homeownership rate	76.0%	73.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.6%	14.1%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Catahoula Parish	West Carroll Parish
Population	9,766 → 8,738 (-10.5%)	11,041 → 9,622 (-12.9%)
Median household income	$40,129 → $47,753 (+19.0%)	$38,500 → $48,514 (+26.0%)
Median home value	$89,000 → $88,000 (-1.1%)	$90,300 → $97,600 (+8.1%)
Median gross rent	$443 → $724 (+63.4%)	$547 → $692 (+26.5%)

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

West Carroll Parish

Population

11,0419,622

Median household income

$38,500$48,514

Median home value

$90,300$97,600

Median gross rent

$547$692

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Catahoula Parish	West Carroll Parish
Under 5	5.7%	5.9%
5 to 17	16.7%	17.1%
18 to 24	6.8%	7.1%
25 to 34	14.0%	11.4%
35 to 44	14.1%	12.6%
45 to 54	10.3%	10.9%
55 to 64	14.1%	14.1%
65 to 74	10.9%	12.2%
75 and over	7.3%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Catahoula Parish	West Carroll Parish
White (non-Hispanic)	62.9%	79.7%
Black or African American	34.6%	15.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.3%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Catahoula Parish	West Carroll Parish
No high school diploma	25.8%	16.3%
High school graduate	38.3%	45.3%
Some college or associate's	19.4%	24.3%
Bachelor's degree	10.0%	8.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.6%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Catahoula Parish	West Carroll Parish
Drove alone	77.9%	88.3%
Carpooled	8.2%	5.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.4%	4.7%
Other means	2.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Catahoula Parish	West Carroll Parish
1-unit, detached	55.8%	65.0%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.5%	1.2%
5 to 19 units	1.5%	0.6%
20 or more units	3.6%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	36.0%	32.7%

Poverty & households

	Catahoula Parish	West Carroll Parish
Poverty rate	28.1%	15.7%
Average household size	2.46	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	30	23
Median year structure built	1979	1978