Egan vs Mermentau

A side-by-side comparison of Egan and Mermentau: population, income, housing, and more.

Egan and Mermentau are places in Louisiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Egan has the higher population (966 vs 570 in Mermentau). Mermentau has the higher median household income ($112,864 vs $91,233 in Egan). Egan has the higher median home value ($225,100 vs $55,900 in Mermentau).

Population, income & housing

	Egan	Mermentau
Population	966	570
Median age	36.4 yrs	68.6 yrs
Median household income	$91,233	$112,864
Median home value	$225,100	$55,900
Median gross rent	—	$490
Housing units	414	351
Homeownership rate	95.4%	81.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.5%	36.5%
Unemployment rate	13.4%	10.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Egan	Mermentau
Population	616 → 966 (+56.8%)	671 → 570 (-15.1%)
Median household income	$76,424 → $91,233 (+19.4%)	$34,583 → $112,864 (+226.4%)
Median home value	$117,800 → $225,100 (+91.1%)	$79,700 → $55,900 (-29.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$275 → $490 (+78.2%)

Egan

Population

616966

Median household income

$76,424$91,233

Median home value

$117,800$225,100

Mermentau

Population

671570

Median household income

$34,583$112,864

Median home value

$79,700$55,900

Median gross rent

$275$490

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Egan	Mermentau
Under 5	2.8%	0.0%
5 to 17	22.0%	5.3%
18 to 24	1.9%	5.8%
25 to 34	3.5%	8.8%
35 to 44	53.4%	4.2%
45 to 54	0.5%	14.0%
55 to 64	7.5%	8.9%
65 to 74	5.7%	45.1%
75 and over	2.7%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Egan	Mermentau
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	83.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	10.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Egan	Mermentau
No high school diploma	3.8%	20.3%
High school graduate	86.3%	24.9%
Some college or associate's	4.4%	18.3%
Bachelor's degree	4.9%	34.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.6%	1.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Egan	Mermentau
Drove alone	99.1%	100.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Egan	Mermentau
1-unit, detached	97.6%	80.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	9.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.8%
Mobile home & other	2.4%	2.8%

Poverty & households

	Egan	Mermentau
Poverty rate	7.1%	18.4%
Average household size	2.46	1.80
Mean commute (minutes)	—	22
Median year structure built	1975	1958