Rapides Parish vs Terrebonne Parish

A side-by-side comparison of Rapides Parish and Terrebonne Parish: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Rapides Parish has the higher population (128,470 vs 107,362 in Terrebonne Parish). Terrebonne Parish has the higher median household income ($64,819 vs $55,946 in Rapides Parish). Terrebonne Parish has the higher median home value ($189,100 vs $179,100 in Rapides Parish).

Population, income & housing

	Rapides Parish	Terrebonne Parish
Population	128,470	107,362
Median age	37.8 yrs	37.3 yrs
Median household income	$55,946	$64,819
Median home value	$179,100	$189,100
Median gross rent	$942	$1,010
Housing units	58,321	47,236
Homeownership rate	65.3%	73.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.4%	17.7%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rapides Parish	Terrebonne Parish
Population	130,970 → 128,470 (-1.9%)	112,054 → 107,362 (-4.2%)
Median household income	$47,269 → $55,946 (+18.4%)	$48,747 → $64,819 (+33.0%)
Median home value	$143,100 → $179,100 (+25.2%)	$152,500 → $189,100 (+24.0%)
Median gross rent	$821 → $942 (+14.7%)	$853 → $1,010 (+18.4%)

Rapides Parish

Population

130,970128,470

Median household income

$47,269$55,946

Median home value

$143,100$179,100

Median gross rent

$821$942

Terrebonne Parish

Population

112,054107,362

Median household income

$48,747$64,819

Median home value

$152,500$189,100

Median gross rent

$853$1,010

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Rapides Parish	Terrebonne Parish
Under 5	6.5%	6.6%
5 to 17	18.6%	18.7%
18 to 24	8.2%	8.1%
25 to 34	12.8%	13.2%
35 to 44	12.6%	13.2%
45 to 54	11.5%	11.6%
55 to 64	13.1%	13.2%
65 to 74	10.0%	9.6%
75 and over	6.7%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rapides Parish	Terrebonne Parish
White (non-Hispanic)	59.7%	64.2%
Black or African American	31.0%	19.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	4.7%
Asian	1.3%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.2%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	4.0%	6.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rapides Parish	Terrebonne Parish
No high school diploma	12.6%	16.7%
High school graduate	37.1%	39.9%
Some college or associate's	27.9%	25.6%
Bachelor's degree	14.1%	11.6%
Graduate or professional degree	8.3%	6.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rapides Parish	Terrebonne Parish
Drove alone	79.8%	81.0%
Carpooled	6.8%	11.2%
Public transit	2.2%	0.3%
Walked	2.4%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.8%	3.6%
Other means	3.9%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rapides Parish	Terrebonne Parish
1-unit, detached	67.6%	70.5%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	7.0%	3.6%
5 to 19 units	5.6%	4.3%
20 or more units	2.6%	5.1%
Mobile home & other	15.6%	14.8%

Poverty & households

	Rapides Parish	Terrebonne Parish
Poverty rate	18.9%	16.5%
Average household size	2.56	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	24	24
Median year structure built	1980	1982