Evangeline Parish vs West Baton Rouge Parish

A side-by-side comparison of Evangeline Parish and West Baton Rouge Parish: population, income, housing, and more.

Evangeline Parish and West Baton Rouge 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 27,666 in West Baton Rouge Parish). West Baton Rouge Parish has the higher median household income ($87,320 vs $42,273 in Evangeline Parish). West Baton Rouge Parish has the higher median home value ($225,900 vs $118,500 in Evangeline Parish).

Population, income & housing

	Evangeline Parish	West Baton Rouge Parish
Population	32,162	27,666
Median age	37.7 yrs	36.6 yrs
Median household income	$42,273	$87,320
Median home value	$118,500	$225,900
Median gross rent	$663	$1,021
Housing units	14,523	11,827
Homeownership rate	64.8%	75.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.6%	23.1%
Unemployment rate	10.9%	6.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Evangeline Parish	West Baton Rouge Parish
Population	33,589 → 32,162 (-4.2%)	26,101 → 27,666 (+6.0%)
Median household income	$31,965 → $42,273 (+32.2%)	$65,385 → $87,320 (+33.5%)
Median home value	$96,600 → $118,500 (+22.7%)	$200,000 → $225,900 (+13.0%)
Median gross rent	$577 → $663 (+14.9%)	$884 → $1,021 (+15.5%)

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

West Baton Rouge Parish

Population

26,10127,666

Median household income

$65,385$87,320

Median home value

$200,000$225,900

Median gross rent

$884$1,021

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Evangeline Parish	West Baton Rouge Parish
Under 5	6.8%	6.2%
5 to 17	18.4%	17.4%
18 to 24	9.3%	6.1%
25 to 34	12.5%	17.0%
35 to 44	13.3%	15.6%
45 to 54	11.0%	10.2%
55 to 64	12.9%	13.1%
65 to 74	9.2%	8.9%
75 and over	6.5%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Evangeline Parish	West Baton Rouge Parish
White (non-Hispanic)	64.5%	53.0%
Black or African American	25.7%	40.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	1.5%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.3%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	4.4%	4.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Evangeline Parish	West Baton Rouge Parish
No high school diploma	20.9%	10.6%
High school graduate	42.7%	36.2%
Some college or associate's	23.9%	30.2%
Bachelor's degree	9.4%	17.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Evangeline Parish	West Baton Rouge Parish
Drove alone	81.1%	84.4%
Carpooled	8.4%	8.8%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	2.2%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.8%	4.0%
Other means	5.1%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Evangeline Parish	West Baton Rouge Parish
1-unit, detached	73.6%	67.0%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	5.9%	4.8%
5 to 19 units	1.8%	1.3%
20 or more units	3.2%	3.7%
Mobile home & other	14.6%	22.2%

Poverty & households

	Evangeline Parish	West Baton Rouge Parish
Poverty rate	23.0%	16.0%
Average household size	2.51	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	34	25
Median year structure built	1980	1993