St. Landry Parish vs Terrebonne Parish

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

St. Landry 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.

Terrebonne Parish has the higher population (107,362 vs 82,128 in St. Landry Parish). Terrebonne Parish has the higher median household income ($64,819 vs $45,637 in St. Landry Parish). Terrebonne Parish has the higher median home value ($189,100 vs $142,900 in St. Landry Parish).

Population, income & housing

	St. Landry Parish	Terrebonne Parish
Population	82,128	107,362
Median age	37.5 yrs	37.3 yrs
Median household income	$45,637	$64,819
Median home value	$142,900	$189,100
Median gross rent	$742	$1,010
Housing units	37,001	47,236
Homeownership rate	70.0%	73.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.3%	17.7%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	St. Landry Parish	Terrebonne Parish
Population	83,172 → 82,128 (-1.3%)	112,054 → 107,362 (-4.2%)
Median household income	$36,403 → $45,637 (+25.4%)	$48,747 → $64,819 (+33.0%)
Median home value	$108,400 → $142,900 (+31.8%)	$152,500 → $189,100 (+24.0%)
Median gross rent	$652 → $742 (+13.8%)	$853 → $1,010 (+18.4%)

St. Landry Parish

Population

83,17282,128

Median household income

$36,403$45,637

Median home value

$108,400$142,900

Median gross rent

$652$742

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)

	St. Landry Parish	Terrebonne Parish
Under 5	7.1%	6.6%
5 to 17	19.6%	18.7%
18 to 24	8.3%	8.1%
25 to 34	12.6%	13.2%
35 to 44	11.7%	13.2%
45 to 54	11.0%	11.6%
55 to 64	13.1%	13.2%
65 to 74	10.2%	9.6%
75 and over	6.5%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	St. Landry Parish	Terrebonne Parish
White (non-Hispanic)	53.1%	64.2%
Black or African American	39.9%	19.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	4.7%
Asian	0.6%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.0%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	6.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	St. Landry Parish	Terrebonne Parish
No high school diploma	19.4%	16.7%
High school graduate	39.9%	39.9%
Some college or associate's	26.3%	25.6%
Bachelor's degree	9.3%	11.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	6.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	St. Landry Parish	Terrebonne Parish
Drove alone	79.7%	81.0%
Carpooled	9.7%	11.2%
Public transit	0.4%	0.3%
Walked	2.3%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.9%	3.6%
Other means	1.9%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	St. Landry Parish	Terrebonne Parish
1-unit, detached	68.1%	70.5%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	5.6%	3.6%
5 to 19 units	3.4%	4.3%
20 or more units	1.1%	5.1%
Mobile home & other	20.8%	14.8%

Poverty & households

	St. Landry Parish	Terrebonne Parish
Poverty rate	24.0%	16.5%
Average household size	2.56	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	30	24
Median year structure built	1979	1982