De Soto Parish vs Iberville Parish

A side-by-side comparison of De Soto Parish and Iberville Parish: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Iberville Parish has the higher population (29,950 vs 26,897 in De Soto Parish). Iberville Parish has the higher median household income ($57,459 vs $46,077 in De Soto Parish). Iberville Parish has the higher median home value ($177,100 vs $150,700 in De Soto Parish).

Population, income & housing

	De Soto Parish	Iberville Parish
Population	26,897	29,950
Median age	40.1 yrs	40.3 yrs
Median household income	$46,077	$57,459
Median home value	$150,700	$177,100
Median gross rent	$719	$817
Housing units	12,560	13,419
Homeownership rate	75.2%	75.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.9%	16.6%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	De Soto Parish	Iberville Parish
Population	27,289 → 26,897 (-1.4%)	32,822 → 29,950 (-8.8%)
Median household income	$46,006 → $46,077 (+0.2%)	$50,161 → $57,459 (+14.5%)
Median home value	$117,300 → $150,700 (+28.5%)	$143,700 → $177,100 (+23.2%)
Median gross rent	$635 → $719 (+13.2%)	$755 → $817 (+8.2%)

De Soto Parish

Population

27,28926,897

Median household income

$46,006$46,077

Median home value

$117,300$150,700

Median gross rent

$635$719

Iberville Parish

Population

32,82229,950

Median household income

$50,161$57,459

Median home value

$143,700$177,100

Median gross rent

$755$817

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	De Soto Parish	Iberville Parish
Under 5	6.0%	5.4%
5 to 17	18.0%	15.5%
18 to 24	7.4%	8.3%
25 to 34	11.9%	14.5%
35 to 44	13.2%	13.0%
45 to 54	11.8%	12.2%
55 to 64	13.3%	13.7%
65 to 74	11.0%	10.3%
75 and over	7.5%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	De Soto Parish	Iberville Parish
White (non-Hispanic)	59.2%	46.2%
Black or African American	34.7%	45.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.2%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.1%	0.8%
Two or more races	2.1%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	3.1%	4.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	De Soto Parish	Iberville Parish
No high school diploma	15.0%	19.0%
High school graduate	39.5%	36.8%
Some college or associate's	30.6%	27.5%
Bachelor's degree	9.6%	11.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	De Soto Parish	Iberville Parish
Drove alone	82.7%	82.8%
Carpooled	8.9%	9.4%
Public transit	1.0%	0.1%
Walked	1.4%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.5%	4.8%
Other means	2.4%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	De Soto Parish	Iberville Parish
1-unit, detached	56.3%	72.5%
1-unit, attached	0.2%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	8.4%	3.0%
5 to 19 units	1.8%	3.3%
20 or more units	0.2%	0.1%
Mobile home & other	33.2%	19.5%

Poverty & households

	De Soto Parish	Iberville Parish
Poverty rate	21.8%	15.5%
Average household size	2.59	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	27	24
Median year structure built	1989	1984