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ShenandoahLA

Shenandoah, LA is a 18K-resident city in East Baton Rouge Parish with a median household income of $107,021.

East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Shenandoah, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Shenandoah has a population larger than 39% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, and a median home value of $331,100.

Data updated 2026-09-04

18K
Population (place)
Bottom 40%
By size
$107,021
Median income (place)
$331,100
Median home (place)
8.2%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Shenandoah

Shenandoah posts a median household income higher than 75% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks.

Top 25%
by median income, US cities

Where Shenandoah income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$107,021 Top 25% higher than 75% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Shenandoah $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in LA

Population among 60 LA places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows New Orleans is the largest LA city on this list; Broussard leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in LA

Median household income among the same 60-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Broussard posts the highest place-level median income in LA; New Orleans is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Shenandoah, LA beyond the headline numbers

Shenandoah sits inside East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, at roughly 30.40°N, -91.00°W. Population 18,399, $107,021 median household income. Median home value $331,100, median rent $1,201. Poverty rate 8.2%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

At 8.2%, poverty in Shenandoah, LA runs below the midpoint of reporting cities -- enough to matter locally, not enough to dominate the city's profile.

Housing is inexpensive against local pay -- the median home in Shenandoah runs about 3.1 years of median household income, in the cheapest quarter of reporting cities.

18.7% of Shenandoah workers are remote, above the midpoint of reporting cities.

Among the CDC measures on this page, binge drinking departs furthest from its peer median: 18.2% in Shenandoah, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

Public transit carries 0% of Shenandoah workers, a smaller share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Shenandoah from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
18,399
Shenandoah · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$107,021
+20% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$331,100
-20% vs avg
Median Age (place)
39.9
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (East Baton Rouge Parish): Shenandoah's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
453K+2%
Median Income
$63,071+30%
Median Home Value
$248,800+50%
Poverty Rate
19.6%+2%
Unemployment
7.7%-6%

Economics

Economics indicators for Shenandoah, LA
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$1,201/mo
Poverty Rate
8.2% -34% vs avg
Unemployment 4.8%
Bachelor's Degree+ 52.7%
Work From Home 18.7%
Public Transit 0%

Population

White 66.1%
African American 19.3%
Asian 2.6%
Two or More Ethnicities 9.3%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

High Blood Pressure
37.9%
Short Sleep Duration
35.2%
Obesity
30.1%
Binge Drinking
18.2%
Physical Inactivity
18.2%
Frequent Mental Distress
15.3%
Diabetes
11.5%
Frequent Physical Distress
11.5%
Current Smoking
10.4%
Current Asthma
9.2%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 72.3%
Annual Checkup 82.8%

Other Measures

Coronary Heart Disease
6%
Lack of Health Insurance
4.8%
Stroke
3.1%

What alerts and safety updates affect Shenandoah?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Shenandoah right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet LA-SHENANDOAH · Shenandoah

Shenandoah: 1 tagged alert; lead category NWS weather alert.

  • VOL-TRACE 1 on record
  • WX-LED 100% weather
  • DESK-MIX NOAA
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Houston

Tagged alert mix: Shenandoah

Published notices carrying this city slug or location tag

Value

What this shows 1 tagged notice on record for Shenandoah.

Source Areazine publication corpus As of Live tagged feed

Nearest tagged-volume peer: Houston, TX (1 tagged · Δ0)

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Shenandoah; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Louisiana state hubs · Methodology

Cities with a similar tagged alert volume 4

Nearest published-notice counts on Areazine (1 tagged here), a feed-density peer set, not an ACS demographic match.

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Frequently Asked Questions 5

What is the population of Shenandoah, LA?
Shenandoah, LA has a population of 18,399 people, located in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana.
What is the median household income in Shenandoah?
The median household income in Shenandoah, LA is $107,021 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 8.2%.
What is the median home value in Shenandoah?
The median home value in Shenandoah, LA is $331,100. Median rent is $1,201/month.
What are the top health concerns in Shenandoah?
The top health indicators in Shenandoah include High Blood Pressure (37.9%), Short Sleep Duration (35.2%), Obesity (30.1%). Data from CDC PLACES.
What is the median age in Shenandoah?
The median age in Shenandoah, LA is 39.9 years. 52.7% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Shenandoah, both outside Louisiana so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside LA (8.2% here).

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside LA ($107,021 here).

Compare Shenandoah with another city

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Using Shenandoah's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Shenandoah area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
  • Compare Shenandoah against Louisiana peers on any ranking lens. Explore Louisiana

Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (East Baton Rouge Parish) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.