Estherwood vs Mermentau

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

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

Estherwood has the higher population (630 vs 570 in Mermentau). Mermentau has the higher median household income ($112,864 vs $34,028 in Estherwood). Estherwood has the higher median home value ($92,300 vs $55,900 in Mermentau).

Population, income & housing

	Estherwood	Mermentau
Population	630	570
Median age	33.0 yrs	68.6 yrs
Median household income	$34,028	$112,864
Median home value	$92,300	$55,900
Median gross rent	$725	$490
Housing units	281	351
Homeownership rate	70.4%	81.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.7%	36.5%
Unemployment rate	11.7%	10.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Estherwood	Mermentau
Population	930 → 630 (-32.3%)	671 → 570 (-15.1%)
Median household income	$33,977 → $34,028 (+0.2%)	$34,583 → $112,864 (+226.4%)
Median home value	$67,300 → $92,300 (+37.1%)	$79,700 → $55,900 (-29.9%)
Median gross rent	$638 → $725 (+13.6%)	$275 → $490 (+78.2%)

Estherwood

Population

930630

Median household income

$33,977$34,028

Median home value

$67,300$92,300

Median gross rent

$638$725

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)

	Estherwood	Mermentau
Under 5	9.4%	0.0%
5 to 17	17.0%	5.3%
18 to 24	7.5%	5.8%
25 to 34	16.2%	8.8%
35 to 44	2.9%	4.2%
45 to 54	9.2%	14.0%
55 to 64	19.0%	8.9%
65 to 74	12.9%	45.1%
75 and over	6.0%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Estherwood	Mermentau
White (non-Hispanic)	95.9%	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	1.4%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Estherwood	Mermentau
No high school diploma	24.7%	20.3%
High school graduate	31.4%	24.9%
Some college or associate's	36.2%	18.3%
Bachelor's degree	7.4%	34.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.2%	1.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Estherwood	Mermentau
Drove alone	89.9%	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	10.1%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Estherwood	Mermentau
1-unit, detached	64.8%	80.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.4%	9.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.8%
Mobile home & other	23.8%	2.8%

Poverty & households

	Estherwood	Mermentau
Poverty rate	28.7%	18.4%
Average household size	2.83	1.80
Mean commute (minutes)	29	22
Median year structure built	1982	1958