River Parish News

Donaldsonville ranked 369th among cities in Louisiana by annual earnings per resident, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau in August.

The median income of Donaldsonville residents was an inflation-adjusted $16,855 per year. Donaldsonville had 2,745 households in 2017, with a population of 7,975.

The city with the highest median resident income in the state was Mound. Mound's median income was $123,750 per year after adjusting for inflation – $106,895 more than Donaldsonville. It had 2 households in 2017 and a population of 3.

Romeville had the lowest annual resident income among cities in Louisiana, with a median income of only $7,419 per year. That was $9,436 less than the median income in Donaldsonville at the time. Romeville had 72 households in 2017 and a population of 292.

The table below shows the top 100 cities ranked by median annual resident earnings in 2017.

Rank	City	Earnings per resident ($$$)
1	Mound	123,750
2	Calhoun	79,697
3	Rock Hill	48,088
4	Hester	45,694
5	Youngsville	45,556
6	Destrehan	44,826
7	Elmwood	44,605
8	Shenandoah	44,467
9	Start	43,777
10	Prairieville	43,422
11	Prospect	42,708
12	Inniswold	42,152
13	Bayou Country Club	41,750
14	Presquille	41,414
15	Eastwood	41,081
16	Westminster	41,004
17	Elizabeth	40,398
18	Oak Hills Place	39,929
19	Broussard	39,819
20	Bayou Gauche	39,556
21	Eden Isle	39,348
22	Belmont	39,345
23	Watson	39,150
24	Quitman	39,063
25	Madisonville	38,846
26	Mathews	38,750
27	Hayes	38,568
28	Luling	38,296
29	Simpson	37,969
30	Prien	37,815
31	Choudrant	37,763
32	Old Jefferson	37,671
33	Livonia	37,660
34	Addis	37,537
35	Grand Point	37,253
36	Grand Cane	37,115
37	Lafourche Crossing	36,912
38	Vienna	36,813
39	Zachary	36,410
40	Spokane	36,250
41	Downsville	36,250
42	Oak Ridge	36,250
43	Belle Chasse	35,761
44	Port Vincent	35,714
45	Edgefield	35,563
46	Central	35,496
47	Erwinville	35,104
48	Milton	34,985
49	Hahnville	34,466
50	River Ridge	34,387
51	Paulina	34,241
52	St. Francisville	34,236
53	Monticello	33,998
54	Ama	33,589
55	Maurice	33,491
56	Bourg	33,300
57	Blanchard	33,036
58	Chackbay	32,803
59	Woodworth	32,786
60	Abita Springs	32,679
61	Ossun	32,670
62	Mandeville	32,618
63	Supreme	32,500
64	Paradis	32,410
65	Deville	32,354
66	Glencoe	32,132
67	Greenwood	32,083
68	Brusly	32,061
69	Wallace Ridge	31,964
70	Harahan	31,837
71	Montz	31,825
72	Livingston	31,634
73	Metairie	31,303
74	Norco	31,199
75	Arabi	31,159
76	Claiborne	31,060
77	Meraux	30,867
78	Red Chute	30,803
79	DeQuincy	30,720
80	Stanley	30,673
81	Slaughter	30,625
82	Mount Lebanon	30,625
83	Hall Summit	30,441
84	Norwood	30,278
85	Hackberry	30,154
86	Reddell	30,139
87	Stonewall	30,070
88	Walker	30,061
89	Pierre Part	30,038
90	Saline	30,000
91	Gonzales	29,640
92	Cecilia	29,248
93	Garyville	29,159
94	Bayou Cane	29,057
95	Fifth Ward	28,929
96	Laplace	28,903
97	Killian	28,828
98	Des Allemands	28,690
99	Moss Bluff	28,679
100	Amelia	28,615

* All values are inflation-adjusted