Iberia Parish vs St. Charles Parish

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

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

Iberia Parish has the higher population (69,194 vs 51,863 in St. Charles Parish). St. Charles Parish has the higher median household income ($82,172 vs $57,811 in Iberia Parish). St. Charles Parish has the higher median home value ($256,800 vs $156,000 in Iberia Parish).

Population, income & housing

	Iberia Parish	St. Charles Parish
Population	69,194	51,863
Median age	37.8 yrs	39.1 yrs
Median household income	$57,811	$82,172
Median home value	$156,000	$256,800
Median gross rent	$891	$1,144
Housing units	31,215	20,595
Homeownership rate	68.0%	82.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.7%	27.2%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Iberia Parish	St. Charles Parish
Population	71,887 → 69,194 (-3.7%)	52,773 → 51,863 (-1.7%)
Median household income	$46,861 → $57,811 (+23.4%)	$69,019 → $82,172 (+19.1%)
Median home value	$115,600 → $156,000 (+34.9%)	$201,700 → $256,800 (+27.3%)
Median gross rent	$768 → $891 (+16.0%)	$978 → $1,144 (+17.0%)

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

St. Charles Parish

Population

52,77351,863

Median household income

$69,019$82,172

Median home value

$201,700$256,800

Median gross rent

$978$1,144

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Iberia Parish	St. Charles Parish
Under 5	6.8%	5.3%
5 to 17	18.8%	19.1%
18 to 24	8.7%	8.0%
25 to 34	12.4%	12.1%
35 to 44	12.2%	14.0%
45 to 54	11.3%	12.5%
55 to 64	13.7%	14.2%
65 to 74	10.0%	9.6%
75 and over	6.1%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Iberia Parish	St. Charles Parish
White (non-Hispanic)	56.7%	62.8%
Black or African American	30.5%	22.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	1.1%
Asian	2.6%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.7%
Two or more races	3.9%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	5.5%	8.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Iberia Parish	St. Charles Parish
No high school diploma	16.8%	10.9%
High school graduate	42.2%	30.2%
Some college or associate's	26.3%	31.7%
Bachelor's degree	10.5%	19.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.1%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Iberia Parish	St. Charles Parish
Drove alone	82.9%	83.7%
Carpooled	6.7%	5.8%
Public transit	0.3%	0.2%
Walked	1.8%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	6.0%	7.7%
Other means	2.3%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Iberia Parish	St. Charles Parish
1-unit, detached	67.5%	77.8%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	4.6%	5.8%
5 to 19 units	4.0%	3.5%
20 or more units	2.8%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	19.8%	10.6%

Poverty & households

	Iberia Parish	St. Charles Parish
Poverty rate	22.6%	9.8%
Average household size	2.54	2.76
Mean commute (minutes)	26	27
Median year structure built	1981	1986