Lafayette Parish vs Livingston Parish

A side-by-side comparison of Lafayette Parish and Livingston Parish: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lafayette Parish has the higher population (245,075 vs 145,583 in Livingston Parish). Livingston Parish has the higher median household income ($78,617 vs $67,660 in Lafayette Parish). Lafayette Parish has the higher median home value ($234,200 vs $218,900 in Livingston Parish).

Population, income & housing

	Lafayette Parish	Livingston Parish
Population	245,075	145,583
Median age	36.4 yrs	36.4 yrs
Median household income	$67,660	$78,617
Median home value	$234,200	$218,900
Median gross rent	$1,022	$1,102
Housing units	110,400	58,899
Homeownership rate	66.1%	81.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.9%	20.3%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lafayette Parish	Livingston Parish
Population	241,973 → 245,075 (+1.3%)	138,928 → 145,583 (+4.8%)
Median household income	$56,999 → $67,660 (+18.7%)	$63,389 → $78,617 (+24.0%)
Median home value	$185,300 → $234,200 (+26.4%)	$167,100 → $218,900 (+31.0%)
Median gross rent	$874 → $1,022 (+16.9%)	$934 → $1,102 (+18.0%)

Lafayette Parish

Population

241,973245,075

Median household income

$56,999$67,660

Median home value

$185,300$234,200

Median gross rent

$874$1,022

Livingston Parish

Population

138,928145,583

Median household income

$63,389$78,617

Median home value

$167,100$218,900

Median gross rent

$934$1,102

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lafayette Parish	Livingston Parish
Under 5	6.6%	6.5%
5 to 17	17.5%	19.3%
18 to 24	8.1%	8.0%
25 to 34	15.2%	13.9%
35 to 44	14.2%	14.9%
45 to 54	11.6%	12.1%
55 to 64	12.3%	11.7%
65 to 74	9.1%	8.5%
75 and over	5.3%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lafayette Parish	Livingston Parish
White (non-Hispanic)	62.5%	81.9%
Black or African American	25.3%	8.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	1.9%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.3%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	6.5%	6.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lafayette Parish	Livingston Parish
No high school diploma	10.1%	12.4%
High school graduate	28.9%	37.3%
Some college or associate's	26.1%	30.0%
Bachelor's degree	24.3%	14.3%
Graduate or professional degree	10.6%	6.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lafayette Parish	Livingston Parish
Drove alone	81.8%	84.3%
Carpooled	5.4%	8.1%
Public transit	0.6%	0.1%
Walked	1.7%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.1%	6.3%
Other means	1.1%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lafayette Parish	Livingston Parish
1-unit, detached	67.8%	69.3%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	5.5%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	8.8%	2.4%
20 or more units	5.4%	2.5%
Mobile home & other	10.3%	23.0%

Poverty & households

	Lafayette Parish	Livingston Parish
Poverty rate	17.4%	13.1%
Average household size	2.43	2.81
Mean commute (minutes)	23	34
Median year structure built	1988	2001