Tangipahoa, Louisiana
2026 Edition · 9 cards · data as of Oct 30, 2026
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Population
Growing. Up 6.3% since 2020.
456
people, the 220th-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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Rent
Median rent is up 83% since the 2005–2009 survey, before inflation.
$917
a month. Louisiana's median is $1,064.
Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024 (latest), with earlier 5-year windows. Survey estimates for a place this size carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year
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The seam
Cross one tract line and median rent doubles.
A $846 gap between neighbors, the sharpest rent edge between adjacent tracts in Tangipahoa Parish.
- $585 Tract 9545.04
- $1,431 Tract 9545.05
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
The median rent is above what local wages can carry.
$281–$422
is the monthly rent range local workforce wages support.
- $917 median
Supportable rent computed by the Almanac from 2018 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
Most of the housing here is older than 2000.
- 89% of all homes were built before 2000
Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Survey estimates for a place this size carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year
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Units needed
Closing the gap would add 0–0.4% to the 229 homes here.
0–1
is the estimated number of missing housing units, from the lowest to the highest of three estimates.
Range computed by the Almanac from 2018 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 84% less than Louisiana's.
$33,900
median home value in Tangipahoa.
- $33,900 Tangipahoa
- $216,500 Louisiana
- $332,700 U.S.
Census ACS 5-year, 2015-2019. Survey estimates for a place this size carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year