Life Skills and Money Education in West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana

West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana is home to about 15,155 people. It has lost residents since 2020, slipping 0.7% from 15,262 down to 15,155. The median age is 42.2.

Among adults 25 and older in West Feliciana Parish, 22.6% hold a bachelor's degree or higher. That runs 7.8 points above the Louisiana average of 14.8%. Flip that figure and it describes 77.4% of the 11,665 adults 25 and over counted in the 2019–2023 ACS, about 9,029 people whose money skills came from somewhere other than a university.

Median household income is $74,277. That is $27,479 above the Louisiana median. About 11.6% of residents live below the poverty line. The median home is valued at $263,200 — about 3.5× the median household income, a ratio that makes the arithmetic of a mortgage worth understanding before signing one.

West Feliciana Parish by the numbers

Measure	Value
Population (2024)	15,155
Change since 2020	-0.7%
Median household income	$74,277
Adults 25+ with a bachelor’s degree	22.6%
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma	84.6%
Median age	42.2
Poverty rate	11.6%
Unemployment rate	6%
Median home value	$263,200
Land area	403.217 sq mi
Population density	38 / sq mi

What Louisiana teaches — and to whom

Louisiana has committed to a full year of personal finance as a graduation requirement, phasing in with the class of 2028 — so today's middle schoolers will be the first cohort held to it. That covers students still in the system. It does nothing for the adults already out of it — which, in West Feliciana Parish, is most of the people reading this.

LearnLife organises this the way the decisions actually arrive: Emotional regulation — the self-management that decides whether the other skills ever get used; Money — budgeting, credit, debt and taxes — the mechanics nobody is formally taught; Legal literacy — leases, contracts, employment rights and what a signature actually commits you to.

Where to start in West Feliciana Parish

Treat income stability as a skill

Unemployment in West Feliciana Parish sits at 6%. Where work is less certain, the practical skills are the defensive ones: what unemployment insurance actually pays and how fast, how to read a severance agreement, and which bills to triage first when income stops.

Questions people ask about West Feliciana Parish

Do high school students in West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana have to take a personal finance class?

Yes — Louisiana has adopted a standalone requirement, phasing in with the graduating class of 2028. Students graduating before then are not covered.

How many adults in West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana have a college degree?

22.6% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor's degree or higher, based on the Census Bureau's 2019–2023 American Community Survey. The remaining 77.4% are managing their finances without one.

What is the median household income in West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana?

$74,277, per the Census Bureau's 2019–2023 American Community Survey.

Where can adults in West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana learn personal finance?

Graduation requirements only ever reach people still in school. For adults, LearnLife covers the same ground on demand — money, legal literacy and the self-management that decides whether either gets used.

Start with whichever one is costing you money right now.

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Population and demographic figures: U.S. Census Bureau — 2024 Gazetteer, Vintage 2024 Population Estimates, and the American Community Survey 2019–2023 5-year estimates. Graduation-requirement status: NGPF Live U.S. Dashboard, read 2026-09-14. Figures marked as unavailable are suppressed by the Census Bureau for small populations.