Donaldsonville, Louisiana
2026 Edition · 10 cards · data as of Oct 30, 2026
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Population
Growing. Up 4.8% since 2020.
7,094
people, the 47th-largest of Louisiana's cities and towns.
Census Population Estimates, 2025. Rank among Louisiana's cities and towns computed by the Almanac. Sources: Census Population Estimates
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The workday
9 in 10 jobs here go to people who live somewhere else.
91.5%
of 5,338 jobs located in Donaldsonville are filled by in-commuters.
Census LEHD LODES, 2023. Sources: Census LEHD LODES
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Rent
Median rent is up 73% since the 2005–2009 survey, before inflation.
$827
a month. Louisiana's median is $1,064.
Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024 (latest), with earlier 5-year windows. Sources: Census ACS 5-year
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The seam
Cross one tract line and median rent doubles.
A $1,083 gap between neighbors, the sharpest rent edge between adjacent tracts in Ascension Parish.
- $992 Tract 302.10
- $2,075 Tract 302.12
Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024, adjacent tracts compared by the Almanac. Tract estimates carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year
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Room to build
Local wages can carry more rent than the median charged today.
$1,111–$1,666
is the monthly rent range local workforce wages support.
- $827 median
Supportable rent computed by the Almanac from 2023 source wage data. Median rent: Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Sources: Computed by the Almanac, Census ACS 5-year
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Building
73% of the housing here was built before 2000.
- 73% of all homes were built before 2000
Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Sources: Census ACS 5-year
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Units needed
Closing the gap would add 1–2% to the 2,939 homes here.
16–53
is the estimated number of missing housing units, from the lowest to the highest of three estimates.
Range computed by the Almanac from 2023 jobs and household data, using three demand models: 1% of jobs located here, 1% of renter households, and a rate by town size applied to renters. The low end is the lowest of the three and the high end the highest. It is an estimate, not a count. Sources: Computed by the Almanac
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Home value
A median home costs 14% less than Louisiana's.
$185,900
median home value in Donaldsonville.
- $185,900 Donaldsonville
- $216,500 Louisiana
- $332,700 U.S.
Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Sources: Census ACS 5-year