Claiborne Parish vs West Feliciana Parish

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

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

West Feliciana Parish has the higher population (15,381 vs 14,019 in Claiborne Parish). West Feliciana Parish has the higher median household income ($74,277 vs $31,784 in Claiborne Parish). West Feliciana Parish has the higher median home value ($263,200 vs $82,400 in Claiborne Parish).

Population, income & housing

	Claiborne Parish	West Feliciana Parish
Population	14,019	15,381
Median age	41.9 yrs	42.2 yrs
Median household income	$31,784	$74,277
Median home value	$82,400	$263,200
Median gross rent	$619	$998
Housing units	6,821	5,127
Homeownership rate	70.5%	78.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.0%	22.6%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Claiborne Parish	West Feliciana Parish
Population	15,985 → 14,019 (-12.3%)	15,428 → 15,381 (-0.3%)
Median household income	$26,776 → $31,784 (+18.7%)	$59,637 → $74,277 (+24.5%)
Median home value	$78,100 → $82,400 (+5.5%)	$229,500 → $263,200 (+14.7%)
Median gross rent	$618 → $619 (+0.2%)	$785 → $998 (+27.1%)

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

West Feliciana Parish

Population

15,42815,381

Median household income

$59,637$74,277

Median home value

$229,500$263,200

Median gross rent

$785$998

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Claiborne Parish	West Feliciana Parish
Under 5	4.8%	3.9%
5 to 17	14.8%	12.4%
18 to 24	8.9%	7.8%
25 to 34	11.4%	15.6%
35 to 44	13.4%	16.0%
45 to 54	11.7%	15.7%
55 to 64	13.7%	12.9%
65 to 74	13.3%	10.4%
75 and over	8.0%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Claiborne Parish	West Feliciana Parish
White (non-Hispanic)	44.7%	50.4%
Black or African American	48.5%	45.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	0.1%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.2%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	3.4%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Claiborne Parish	West Feliciana Parish
No high school diploma	20.6%	15.4%
High school graduate	48.8%	37.3%
Some college or associate's	19.6%	24.7%
Bachelor's degree	7.4%	14.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	7.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Claiborne Parish	West Feliciana Parish
Drove alone	85.5%	87.5%
Carpooled	9.7%	4.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	1.2%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.2%	7.1%
Other means	1.4%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Claiborne Parish	West Feliciana Parish
1-unit, detached	66.7%	67.2%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	4.3%	5.9%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	2.0%
20 or more units	0.2%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	26.1%	22.0%

Poverty & households

	Claiborne Parish	West Feliciana Parish
Poverty rate	35.0%	11.6%
Average household size	2.40	2.91
Mean commute (minutes)	30	32
Median year structure built	1973	1991