LaSalle Parish vs West Feliciana Parish

A side-by-side comparison of LaSalle Parish and West Feliciana Parish: population, income, housing, and more.

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

West Feliciana Parish has the higher population (15,381 vs 14,804 in LaSalle Parish). West Feliciana Parish has the higher median household income ($74,277 vs $67,077 in LaSalle Parish). West Feliciana Parish has the higher median home value ($263,200 vs $137,200 in LaSalle Parish).

Population, income & housing

	LaSalle Parish	West Feliciana Parish
Population	14,804	15,381
Median age	38.6 yrs	42.2 yrs
Median household income	$67,077	$74,277
Median home value	$137,200	$263,200
Median gross rent	$576	$998
Housing units	6,203	5,127
Homeownership rate	82.9%	78.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.4%	22.6%
Unemployment rate	7.6%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	LaSalle Parish	West Feliciana Parish
Population	14,936 → 14,804 (-0.9%)	15,428 → 15,381 (-0.3%)
Median household income	$42,104 → $67,077 (+59.3%)	$59,637 → $74,277 (+24.5%)
Median home value	$93,000 → $137,200 (+47.5%)	$229,500 → $263,200 (+14.7%)
Median gross rent	$656 → $576 (-12.2%)	$785 → $998 (+27.1%)

LaSalle Parish

Population

14,93614,804

Median household income

$42,104$67,077

Median home value

$93,000$137,200

Median gross rent

$656$576

West Feliciana Parish

Population

15,42815,381

Median household income

$59,637$74,277

Median home value

$229,500$263,200

Median gross rent

$785$998

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	LaSalle Parish	West Feliciana Parish
Under 5	5.5%	3.9%
5 to 17	16.1%	12.4%
18 to 24	9.0%	7.8%
25 to 34	14.5%	15.6%
35 to 44	13.9%	16.0%
45 to 54	14.5%	15.7%
55 to 64	10.9%	12.9%
65 to 74	9.6%	10.4%
75 and over	6.0%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	LaSalle Parish	West Feliciana Parish
White (non-Hispanic)	75.0%	50.4%
Black or African American	11.3%	45.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	1.2%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.1%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	8.9%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	LaSalle Parish	West Feliciana Parish
No high school diploma	19.6%	15.4%
High school graduate	39.6%	37.3%
Some college or associate's	23.4%	24.7%
Bachelor's degree	12.6%	14.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	7.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	LaSalle Parish	West Feliciana Parish
Drove alone	72.4%	87.5%
Carpooled	15.4%	4.8%
Public transit	1.0%	0.2%
Walked	2.3%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.3%	7.1%
Other means	6.4%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	LaSalle Parish	West Feliciana Parish
1-unit, detached	69.3%	67.2%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	3.0%	5.9%
5 to 19 units	0.3%	2.0%
20 or more units	0.1%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	26.8%	22.0%

Poverty & households

	LaSalle Parish	West Feliciana Parish
Poverty rate	15.5%	11.6%
Average household size	2.81	2.91
Mean commute (minutes)	35	32
Median year structure built	1980	1991