Abbeville is a city of 11,003 people in Louisiana. 10% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, below the 36% national rate. 32.4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Households here earn about 46% less than in Louisiana as a whole. Home values have more than doubled since 2000, reaching $97,300. 50% of homes are owner-occupied.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $33,015, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Younger
median age 33.9
US median: 38.9
Less educated
10% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Stable housing
home values roughly flat, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Abbeville
What changed most since 1990
Homes owned by their occupants60.0% → 49.5%(−10.4 pts)US over the same years: +0.9 pts
Hispanic share1.3% → 4.8%(+3.6 pts)US over the same years: +9.9 pts
Median age31.6 → 33.9(+2.3 years)US over the same years: +6.0 years
Abbeville's population equals 19% of Vermilion Parish's. Its number of households without a car equals 57% of the county's. Its number of households earning $100,000 or more equals 9.5% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)29.9%(138)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)23.2%(107)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era42.4%(196)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War4.3%(20)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 462 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Abbeville, decade by decade
Abbeville population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
11,187
$30,368
$94,563
10.4%
65.3
2000
11,887
$35,912
$96,548
8.9%
70.8
2010
12,257
$43,187
$108,900
9.9%
73.8
2020
11,186
$41,882
$115,992
12.0%
77.3
2024
11,003
$33,015
$97,300
10.2%
78.9
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
