Pointe Coupee Parish vs St. James Parish

A side-by-side comparison of Pointe Coupee Parish and St. James Parish: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Pointe Coupee Parish has the higher population (20,438 vs 19,797 in St. James Parish). St. James Parish has the higher median household income ($64,536 vs $59,351 in Pointe Coupee Parish). St. James Parish has the higher median home value ($197,800 vs $174,500 in Pointe Coupee Parish).

Population, income & housing

	Pointe Coupee Parish	St. James Parish
Population	20,438	19,797
Median age	43.2 yrs	40.8 yrs
Median household income	$59,351	$64,536
Median home value	$174,500	$197,800
Median gross rent	$794	$821
Housing units	11,044	8,651
Homeownership rate	77.5%	85.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.5%	20.2%
Unemployment rate	8.4%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pointe Coupee Parish	St. James Parish
Population	22,016 → 20,438 (-7.2%)	21,308 → 19,797 (-7.1%)
Median household income	$41,480 → $59,351 (+43.1%)	$51,603 → $64,536 (+25.1%)
Median home value	$142,600 → $174,500 (+22.4%)	$158,500 → $197,800 (+24.8%)
Median gross rent	$833 → $794 (-4.7%)	$644 → $821 (+27.5%)

Pointe Coupee Parish

Population

22,01620,438

Median household income

$41,480$59,351

Median home value

$142,600$174,500

Median gross rent

$833$794

St. James Parish

Population

21,30819,797

Median household income

$51,603$64,536

Median home value

$158,500$197,800

Median gross rent

$644$821

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pointe Coupee Parish	St. James Parish
Under 5	5.4%	5.7%
5 to 17	16.2%	16.7%
18 to 24	7.8%	7.6%
25 to 34	11.1%	11.4%
35 to 44	11.3%	13.9%
45 to 54	11.4%	10.8%
55 to 64	15.2%	15.0%
65 to 74	13.0%	11.5%
75 and over	8.7%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pointe Coupee Parish	St. James Parish
White (non-Hispanic)	59.7%	49.1%
Black or African American	32.3%	48.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.3%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pointe Coupee Parish	St. James Parish
No high school diploma	18.5%	11.4%
High school graduate	35.2%	40.8%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	27.7%
Bachelor's degree	11.0%	15.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.5%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pointe Coupee Parish	St. James Parish
Drove alone	88.6%	84.1%
Carpooled	4.0%	6.9%
Public transit	0.3%	0.3%
Walked	1.3%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.8%	6.3%
Other means	2.9%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pointe Coupee Parish	St. James Parish
1-unit, detached	71.2%	75.0%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.1%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	6.2%
5 to 19 units	0.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.2%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	24.2%	18.2%

Poverty & households

	Pointe Coupee Parish	St. James Parish
Poverty rate	17.8%	10.5%
Average household size	2.48	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	27	28
Median year structure built	1985	1985