Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana

Tangipahoa Parish has a population of 136,738 and has grown 6.1% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $212,900, about 3.8 times the county's median household income of $56,760.

Home price
$212,900
Income
$56,760
Population
136,738
Unemployment
6.0%

Housing

Home values, rent, property taxes, insurance and how local prices relate to local incomes.

Median home price$212,900county
Median gross rent$1,003county
Median year homes here were built1993county
Share of homes built before 198029.9%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile19.3%county
Share of homes that are vacant13.3%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented29.7%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use1.9%county
Typical monthly rent$1,402county
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$1,099county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$848county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$1,372county
Home insurance / yr$5,986(statewide)

Money

Household earnings and buying power. Adjusted income restates local income using the statewide cost-of-living index.

Cost of living92.3(statewide)
Median household income$56,760county
Family health premium / yr$23,190(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$8,873(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$3.581(statewide)
Poverty rate19.2%county

Jobs

What people here do for work, who they work for, whether they work from home, and how much of the local economy sits in one industry.

Workers who work from home7.2%county
Unemployment rate6.0%county
Share of adults in the labor force59.3%county
Share of workers who are self-employed6.2%county
Share of workers employed by government17.5%county
Share of workers in the largest industry26.2%county
Economic output per resident$47,064county

Taxes

State tax rules that can affect take-home pay, investments and everyday purchases.

Property tax rate0.41%county
Top state income tax3.00%(statewide)
Capital gains tax3.00%(statewide)
Combined sales tax10.13%(statewide)

Transportation

Distance to air travel and how people get around locally. Distances are straight-line from the county's population-weighted centre, so driving is further.

Mean commute time29.6 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service41 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport6537092county
Miles to nearest general aviation field3.3 micounty
Airports with airline service located here0county
General aviation airfields located here1county
Passenger train stations and the railway network1county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station3.8 micounty
Households without a vehicle6.1%county
Traffic deaths49.0county
Change in traffic deaths per 100,000-8.5(statewide)

Schools

Public schools and colleges counted where they actually sit, plus the education level of adults who live here. Students per teacher is a staffing measure, not a quality ranking.

Adults 25+ with a bachelor's degree or higher20.8%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher83.7%county
Public schools in the county32county
Public school enrollment19077county
Students per full-time teacher13.4county
Free lunch eligible73.3%county
Elementary schools17county
Middle schools7county
High schools7county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above1county
Share of local colleges that are public100.0%county
Two-year institutions0county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution3.0 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians40county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county6county
Hospitals here with an emergency department3county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here2county
Fine particulate matter7.5 µgcounty
Without health insurance7.3%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year23.3%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year20.2%county
Frequent mental distress21.0%county
No leisure-time physical activity28.6%county
Diagnosed diabetes14.0%county

Place

Who lives here and what the place is like: population, age, migration, safety and civic profile.

Population136,738county
Land area in square miles791county
People per square mile of land173.0county
Supermarkets and grocery stores20county
Convenience stores13county
Share living far from a food store24.4%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract24.5%county
Population change since 2020+6.1%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents2county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents1county
Median age35.9 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1824.6%county
Share of residents 65 and over15.4%county
Share of households that are one person29.6%county
Share of residents born outside the United States2.6%county
Second languages5.3%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls52.3%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents162county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents7county
Households that moved in3,217county
Households that moved away2,870county
Average income of arriving households$46,288county
Average income of departing households$46,521county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes19county
Housing units authorised in the latest year1,163county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings40.2%county
Violent crime rate520(statewide)

Weather

Measured annual temperature, precipitation and snowfall. These are climate facts, not a ranking.

Avg. annual temperature69°Fcounty
Annual precipitation48.4 incounty
Annual snowfall0.0 incounty
Average daily solar energy4.65 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F112 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing21 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 7acounty
Frost-free days252 dayscounty
Average last spring frostMar 8county
Average first fall frostNov 15county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$153county
Electric utilities serving this county3county
Electricity price per kWh11.8¢county
Household electricity use1,293 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$20.20(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity73.0%county
Homes heated by utility gas22.3%county
Homes heated by propane3.7%county
Homes heated by fuel oil0.0%county
Homes heated by wood0.7%county
Households with broadband89.2%county

Risk

Relative exposure to air pollution and natural hazards. Higher values indicate more measured risk, not a prediction.

Riverine flood risk91.2county
Coastal flood risk69.4county
Drought risk84.3county
Landslide risk30.8county
Hail risk85.6county
Earthquake risk65.3county
Tornado risk90.2county
Tropical cyclone risk97.9county
Extreme heat risk93.1county
Winter weather risk29.1county
Strong wind risk80.7county
Wildfire risk78.3county

Sports

Major pro teams based here0county
NFL teams based here0county
NBA teams based here0county
MLB teams based here0county
NHL teams based here0county
MLS soccer teams based here0county
Top-division college football teams0county
Second-tier college football teams1county
Affiliated minor league baseball teams0county
AHL teams based here0county
ECHL teams based here0county

Figures marked county are measured for Tangipahoa Parish directly. The rest are published at state level only and show the Louisiana figure — see methodology for each source and its limits.

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