Darrow vs Donaldsonville

A side-by-side comparison of Darrow and Donaldsonville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Donaldsonville has the higher population (6,792 vs 163 in Darrow). Since 2019, Darrow's population has grown faster (+176.3% vs -17.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Darrow	Donaldsonville
Population	163	6,792
Median age	37.6 yrs	30.8 yrs
Median household income	—	$24,160
Median home value	—	$175,500
Median gross rent	—	$838
Housing units	112	2,824
Homeownership rate	56.3%	54.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	11.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	12.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Darrow	Donaldsonville
Population	59 → 163 (+176.3%)	8,237 → 6,792 (-17.5%)
Median household income	—	$25,551 → $24,160 (-5.4%)
Median home value	—	$113,000 → $175,500 (+55.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$626 → $838 (+33.9%)

Darrow

Population

59163

Donaldsonville

Population

8,2376,792

Median household income

$25,551$24,160

Median home value

$113,000$175,500

Median gross rent

$626$838

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Darrow	Donaldsonville
Under 5	0.0%	14.4%
5 to 17	0.0%	19.8%
18 to 24	0.0%	8.2%
25 to 34	31.3%	11.7%
35 to 44	30.1%	11.0%
45 to 54	0.0%	7.6%
55 to 64	0.0%	9.0%
65 to 74	38.7%	10.3%
75 and over	0.0%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Darrow	Donaldsonville
White (non-Hispanic)	0.0%	13.8%
Black or African American	100.0%	84.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Darrow	Donaldsonville
No high school diploma	0.0%	12.2%
High school graduate	69.9%	46.6%
Some college or associate's	30.1%	29.8%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	7.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Darrow	Donaldsonville
Drove alone	100.0%	72.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	21.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	5.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Darrow	Donaldsonville
1-unit, detached	43.8%	58.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	12.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	12.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	56.3%	14.0%

Poverty & households

	Darrow	Donaldsonville
Poverty rate	61.3%	42.9%
Average household size	1.46	2.68
Mean commute (minutes)	—	27
Median year structure built	—	1982