Iberia Parish vs Lafourche Parish

A side-by-side comparison of Iberia Parish and Lafourche Parish: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lafourche Parish has the higher population (96,670 vs 69,194 in Iberia Parish). Lafourche Parish has the higher median household income ($63,439 vs $57,811 in Iberia Parish). Lafourche Parish has the higher median home value ($190,800 vs $156,000 in Iberia Parish).

Population, income & housing

	Iberia Parish	Lafourche Parish
Population	69,194	96,670
Median age	37.8 yrs	39.0 yrs
Median household income	$57,811	$63,439
Median home value	$156,000	$190,800
Median gross rent	$891	$933
Housing units	31,215	41,164
Homeownership rate	68.0%	78.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.7%	20.4%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Iberia Parish	Lafourche Parish
Population	71,887 → 69,194 (-3.7%)	98,108 → 96,670 (-1.5%)
Median household income	$46,861 → $57,811 (+23.4%)	$55,506 → $63,439 (+14.3%)
Median home value	$115,600 → $156,000 (+34.9%)	$158,000 → $190,800 (+20.8%)
Median gross rent	$768 → $891 (+16.0%)	$793 → $933 (+17.7%)

Iberia Parish

Population

71,88769,194

Median household income

$46,861$57,811

Median home value

$115,600$156,000

Median gross rent

$768$891

Lafourche Parish

Population

98,10896,670

Median household income

$55,506$63,439

Median home value

$158,000$190,800

Median gross rent

$793$933

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Iberia Parish	Lafourche Parish
Under 5	6.8%	6.0%
5 to 17	18.8%	17.0%
18 to 24	8.7%	8.9%
25 to 34	12.4%	12.8%
35 to 44	12.2%	13.5%
45 to 54	11.3%	11.8%
55 to 64	13.7%	13.8%
65 to 74	10.0%	9.6%
75 and over	6.1%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Iberia Parish	Lafourche Parish
White (non-Hispanic)	56.7%	74.8%
Black or African American	30.5%	13.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	2.2%
Asian	2.6%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.9%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	5.5%	5.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Iberia Parish	Lafourche Parish
No high school diploma	16.8%	17.1%
High school graduate	42.2%	38.6%
Some college or associate's	26.3%	23.8%
Bachelor's degree	10.5%	13.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.1%	6.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Iberia Parish	Lafourche Parish
Drove alone	82.9%	80.8%
Carpooled	6.7%	9.9%
Public transit	0.3%	0.4%
Walked	1.8%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.0%	4.0%
Other means	2.3%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Iberia Parish	Lafourche Parish
1-unit, detached	67.5%	72.2%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	4.6%	4.9%
5 to 19 units	4.0%	3.4%
20 or more units	2.8%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	19.8%	16.3%

Poverty & households

	Iberia Parish	Lafourche Parish
Poverty rate	22.6%	18.0%
Average household size	2.54	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	26	26
Median year structure built	1981	1981