Evangeline Parish vs Jefferson Davis Parish

A side-by-side comparison of Evangeline Parish and Jefferson Davis Parish: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Evangeline Parish has the higher population (32,162 vs 32,083 in Jefferson Davis Parish). Jefferson Davis Parish has the higher median household income ($56,500 vs $42,273 in Evangeline Parish). Jefferson Davis Parish has the higher median home value ($145,000 vs $118,500 in Evangeline Parish).

Population, income & housing

	Evangeline Parish	Jefferson Davis Parish
Population	32,162	32,083
Median age	37.7 yrs	37.4 yrs
Median household income	$42,273	$56,500
Median home value	$118,500	$145,000
Median gross rent	$663	$847
Housing units	14,523	14,107
Homeownership rate	64.8%	76.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.6%	15.0%
Unemployment rate	10.9%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Evangeline Parish	Jefferson Davis Parish
Population	33,589 → 32,162 (-4.2%)	31,441 → 32,083 (+2.0%)
Median household income	$31,965 → $42,273 (+32.2%)	$42,105 → $56,500 (+34.2%)
Median home value	$96,600 → $118,500 (+22.7%)	$114,000 → $145,000 (+27.2%)
Median gross rent	$577 → $663 (+14.9%)	$635 → $847 (+33.4%)

Evangeline Parish

Population

33,58932,162

Median household income

$31,965$42,273

Median home value

$96,600$118,500

Median gross rent

$577$663

Jefferson Davis Parish

Population

31,44132,083

Median household income

$42,105$56,500

Median home value

$114,000$145,000

Median gross rent

$635$847

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Evangeline Parish	Jefferson Davis Parish
Under 5	6.8%	6.5%
5 to 17	18.4%	18.7%
18 to 24	9.3%	8.1%
25 to 34	12.5%	12.2%
35 to 44	13.3%	12.8%
45 to 54	11.0%	11.6%
55 to 64	12.9%	13.7%
65 to 74	9.2%	9.4%
75 and over	6.5%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Evangeline Parish	Jefferson Davis Parish
White (non-Hispanic)	64.5%	77.0%
Black or African American	25.7%	14.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	0.4%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	1.5%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.3%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	4.4%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Evangeline Parish	Jefferson Davis Parish
No high school diploma	20.9%	17.3%
High school graduate	42.7%	43.1%
Some college or associate's	23.9%	24.6%
Bachelor's degree	9.4%	9.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Evangeline Parish	Jefferson Davis Parish
Drove alone	81.1%	84.1%
Carpooled	8.4%	9.1%
Public transit	0.3%	0.2%
Walked	2.2%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.2%
Worked from home	2.8%	3.4%
Other means	5.1%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Evangeline Parish	Jefferson Davis Parish
1-unit, detached	73.6%	73.3%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	5.9%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	1.8%	2.4%
20 or more units	3.2%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	14.6%	20.3%

Poverty & households

	Evangeline Parish	Jefferson Davis Parish
Poverty rate	23.0%	17.8%
Average household size	2.51	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	34	33
Median year structure built	1980	1981