De Soto Parish vs Plaquemines Parish

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

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

De Soto Parish has the higher population (26,897 vs 23,070 in Plaquemines Parish). Plaquemines Parish has the higher median household income ($82,874 vs $46,077 in De Soto Parish). Plaquemines Parish has the higher median home value ($275,800 vs $150,700 in De Soto Parish).

Population, income & housing

	De Soto Parish	Plaquemines Parish
Population	26,897	23,070
Median age	40.1 yrs	36.8 yrs
Median household income	$46,077	$82,874
Median home value	$150,700	$275,800
Median gross rent	$719	$1,611
Housing units	12,560	9,625
Homeownership rate	75.2%	73.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.9%	19.8%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	De Soto Parish	Plaquemines Parish
Population	27,289 → 26,897 (-1.4%)	23,338 → 23,070 (-1.1%)
Median household income	$46,006 → $46,077 (+0.2%)	$57,204 → $82,874 (+44.9%)
Median home value	$117,300 → $150,700 (+28.5%)	$190,600 → $275,800 (+44.7%)
Median gross rent	$635 → $719 (+13.2%)	$1,289 → $1,611 (+25.0%)

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

Plaquemines Parish

Population

23,33823,070

Median household income

$57,204$82,874

Median home value

$190,600$275,800

Median gross rent

$1,289$1,611

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	De Soto Parish	Plaquemines Parish
Under 5	6.0%	6.3%
5 to 17	18.0%	18.7%
18 to 24	7.4%	8.1%
25 to 34	11.9%	14.0%
35 to 44	13.2%	12.3%
45 to 54	11.8%	14.2%
55 to 64	13.3%	12.4%
65 to 74	11.0%	9.0%
75 and over	7.5%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	De Soto Parish	Plaquemines Parish
White (non-Hispanic)	59.2%	60.2%
Black or African American	34.7%	20.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	1.1%
Asian	0.2%	4.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.1%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.1%	9.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	De Soto Parish	Plaquemines Parish
No high school diploma	15.0%	14.4%
High school graduate	39.5%	32.9%
Some college or associate's	30.6%	32.9%
Bachelor's degree	9.6%	13.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	6.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	De Soto Parish	Plaquemines Parish
Drove alone	82.7%	82.8%
Carpooled	8.9%	10.4%
Public transit	1.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.5%	3.1%
Other means	2.4%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	De Soto Parish	Plaquemines Parish
1-unit, detached	56.3%	53.1%
1-unit, attached	0.2%	9.3%
2 to 4 units	8.4%	8.1%
5 to 19 units	1.8%	0.7%
20 or more units	0.2%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	33.2%	27.6%

Poverty & households

	De Soto Parish	Plaquemines Parish
Poverty rate	21.8%	13.4%
Average household size	2.59	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	27	28
Median year structure built	1989	1998