St. Landry Parish vs Vermilion Parish

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

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

St. Landry Parish has the higher population (82,128 vs 57,031 in Vermilion Parish). Vermilion Parish has the higher median household income ($57,537 vs $45,637 in St. Landry Parish). Vermilion Parish has the higher median home value ($159,700 vs $142,900 in St. Landry Parish).

Population, income & housing

	St. Landry Parish	Vermilion Parish
Population	82,128	57,031
Median age	37.5 yrs	39.4 yrs
Median household income	$45,637	$57,537
Median home value	$142,900	$159,700
Median gross rent	$742	$802
Housing units	37,001	25,924
Homeownership rate	70.0%	74.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.3%	16.8%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	St. Landry Parish	Vermilion Parish
Population	83,172 → 82,128 (-1.3%)	59,865 → 57,031 (-4.7%)
Median household income	$36,403 → $45,637 (+25.4%)	$51,945 → $57,537 (+10.8%)
Median home value	$108,400 → $142,900 (+31.8%)	$122,200 → $159,700 (+30.7%)
Median gross rent	$652 → $742 (+13.8%)	$685 → $802 (+17.1%)

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

Vermilion Parish

Population

59,86557,031

Median household income

$51,945$57,537

Median home value

$122,200$159,700

Median gross rent

$685$802

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	St. Landry Parish	Vermilion Parish
Under 5	7.1%	6.4%
5 to 17	19.6%	18.9%
18 to 24	8.3%	8.1%
25 to 34	12.6%	11.9%
35 to 44	11.7%	12.6%
45 to 54	11.0%	12.3%
55 to 64	13.1%	13.6%
65 to 74	10.2%	9.7%
75 and over	6.5%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	St. Landry Parish	Vermilion Parish
White (non-Hispanic)	53.1%	76.8%
Black or African American	39.9%	13.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	0.6%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.5%
Some other race	0.2%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.0%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	St. Landry Parish	Vermilion Parish
No high school diploma	19.4%	15.9%
High school graduate	39.9%	42.4%
Some college or associate's	26.3%	24.8%
Bachelor's degree	9.3%	12.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	St. Landry Parish	Vermilion Parish
Drove alone	79.7%	81.2%
Carpooled	9.7%	8.8%
Public transit	0.4%	0.1%
Walked	2.3%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.2%
Worked from home	5.9%	4.8%
Other means	1.9%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	St. Landry Parish	Vermilion Parish
1-unit, detached	68.1%	72.7%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	5.6%	2.9%
5 to 19 units	3.4%	2.9%
20 or more units	1.1%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	20.8%	19.1%

Poverty & households

	St. Landry Parish	Vermilion Parish
Poverty rate	24.0%	19.2%
Average household size	2.56	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	30	30
Median year structure built	1979	1983