Claiborne Parish vs Jackson Parish

A side-by-side comparison of Claiborne Parish and Jackson Parish: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Jackson Parish has the higher population (14,939 vs 14,019 in Claiborne Parish). Jackson Parish has the higher median household income ($43,345 vs $31,784 in Claiborne Parish). Jackson Parish has the higher median home value ($107,400 vs $82,400 in Claiborne Parish).

Population, income & housing

	Claiborne Parish	Jackson Parish
Population	14,019	14,939
Median age	41.9 yrs	41.5 yrs
Median household income	$31,784	$43,345
Median home value	$82,400	$107,400
Median gross rent	$619	$719
Housing units	6,821	7,223
Homeownership rate	70.5%	70.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.0%	13.4%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Claiborne Parish	Jackson Parish
Population	15,985 → 14,019 (-12.3%)	15,879 → 14,939 (-5.9%)
Median household income	$26,776 → $31,784 (+18.7%)	$39,139 → $43,345 (+10.7%)
Median home value	$78,100 → $82,400 (+5.5%)	$89,500 → $107,400 (+20.0%)
Median gross rent	$618 → $619 (+0.2%)	$539 → $719 (+33.4%)

Claiborne Parish

Population

15,98514,019

Median household income

$26,776$31,784

Median home value

$78,100$82,400

Median gross rent

$618$619

Jackson Parish

Population

15,87914,939

Median household income

$39,139$43,345

Median home value

$89,500$107,400

Median gross rent

$539$719

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Claiborne Parish	Jackson Parish
Under 5	4.8%	5.1%
5 to 17	14.8%	16.3%
18 to 24	8.9%	7.7%
25 to 34	11.4%	13.0%
35 to 44	13.4%	11.4%
45 to 54	11.7%	11.8%
55 to 64	13.7%	14.1%
65 to 74	13.3%	11.4%
75 and over	8.0%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Claiborne Parish	Jackson Parish
White (non-Hispanic)	44.7%	66.3%
Black or African American	48.5%	25.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	0.1%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	1.1%
Two or more races	3.2%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.4%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Claiborne Parish	Jackson Parish
No high school diploma	20.6%	14.3%
High school graduate	48.8%	44.7%
Some college or associate's	19.6%	27.6%
Bachelor's degree	7.4%	9.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Claiborne Parish	Jackson Parish
Drove alone	85.5%	84.4%
Carpooled	9.7%	5.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	1.2%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.2%	6.2%
Other means	1.4%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Claiborne Parish	Jackson Parish
1-unit, detached	66.7%	74.0%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	4.3%	5.3%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	1.2%
20 or more units	0.2%	0.1%
Mobile home & other	26.1%	18.4%

Poverty & households

	Claiborne Parish	Jackson Parish
Poverty rate	35.0%	24.3%
Average household size	2.40	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	30	24
Median year structure built	1973	1979