East Carroll Parish vs Tensas Parish

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

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

East Carroll Parish has the higher population (7,195 vs 3,992 in Tensas Parish). Tensas Parish has the higher median household income ($36,074 vs $28,321 in East Carroll Parish). East Carroll Parish has the higher median home value ($87,400 vs $80,300 in Tensas Parish).

Population, income & housing

	East Carroll Parish	Tensas Parish
Population	7,195	3,992
Median age	35.7 yrs	47.4 yrs
Median household income	$28,321	$36,074
Median home value	$87,400	$80,300
Median gross rent	$767	$613
Housing units	3,408	2,804
Homeownership rate	60.0%	69.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.0%	13.1%
Unemployment rate	12.6%	13.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	East Carroll Parish	Tensas Parish
Population	7,096 → 7,195 (+1.4%)	4,561 → 3,992 (-12.5%)
Median household income	$22,346 → $28,321 (+26.7%)	$27,500 → $36,074 (+31.2%)
Median home value	$76,800 → $87,400 (+13.8%)	$66,400 → $80,300 (+20.9%)
Median gross rent	$485 → $767 (+58.1%)	$561 → $613 (+9.3%)

East Carroll Parish

Population

7,0967,195

Median household income

$22,346$28,321

Median home value

$76,800$87,400

Median gross rent

$485$767

Tensas Parish

Population

4,5613,992

Median household income

$27,500$36,074

Median home value

$66,400$80,300

Median gross rent

$561$613

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	East Carroll Parish	Tensas Parish
Under 5	4.1%	4.8%
5 to 17	15.6%	16.8%
18 to 24	13.9%	6.2%
25 to 34	15.2%	8.3%
35 to 44	12.8%	12.2%
45 to 54	10.8%	8.8%
55 to 64	9.5%	15.9%
65 to 74	11.4%	17.0%
75 and over	6.6%	10.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	East Carroll Parish	Tensas Parish
White (non-Hispanic)	29.0%	41.4%
Black or African American	64.1%	53.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.8%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	East Carroll Parish	Tensas Parish
No high school diploma	30.9%	19.1%
High school graduate	33.9%	44.3%
Some college or associate's	24.2%	23.4%
Bachelor's degree	9.3%	7.5%
Graduate or professional degree	1.7%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	East Carroll Parish	Tensas Parish
Drove alone	78.1%	85.9%
Carpooled	12.2%	7.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	3.4%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	1.5%	2.1%
Other means	4.9%	2.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	East Carroll Parish	Tensas Parish
1-unit, detached	67.8%	79.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	8.0%	1.3%
5 to 19 units	1.8%	2.0%
20 or more units	0.1%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	22.3%	16.6%

Poverty & households

	East Carroll Parish	Tensas Parish
Poverty rate	35.7%	32.8%
Average household size	2.17	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	16	27
Median year structure built	1975	1973