Donaldsonville vs Gonzales

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

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

Gonzales has the higher population (12,748 vs 6,792 in Donaldsonville). Gonzales has the higher median household income ($66,152 vs $24,160 in Donaldsonville). Gonzales has the higher median home value ($212,800 vs $175,500 in Donaldsonville).

Population, income & housing

	Donaldsonville	Gonzales
Population	6,792	12,748
Median age	30.8 yrs	41.2 yrs
Median household income	$24,160	$66,152
Median home value	$175,500	$212,800
Median gross rent	$838	$1,550
Housing units	2,824	5,961
Homeownership rate	54.1%	68.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.4%	26.5%
Unemployment rate	12.6%	9.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Donaldsonville	Gonzales
Population	8,237 → 6,792 (-17.5%)	10,789 → 12,748 (+18.2%)
Median household income	$25,551 → $24,160 (-5.4%)	$52,923 → $66,152 (+25.0%)
Median home value	$113,000 → $175,500 (+55.3%)	$161,200 → $212,800 (+32.0%)
Median gross rent	$626 → $838 (+33.9%)	$978 → $1,550 (+58.5%)

Donaldsonville

Population

8,2376,792

Median household income

$25,551$24,160

Median home value

$113,000$175,500

Median gross rent

$626$838

Gonzales

Population

10,78912,748

Median household income

$52,923$66,152

Median home value

$161,200$212,800

Median gross rent

$978$1,550

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Donaldsonville	Gonzales
Under 5	14.4%	5.0%
5 to 17	19.8%	15.2%
18 to 24	8.2%	7.9%
25 to 34	11.7%	14.7%
35 to 44	11.0%	12.9%
45 to 54	7.6%	11.3%
55 to 64	9.0%	15.3%
65 to 74	10.3%	9.9%
75 and over	8.2%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Donaldsonville	Gonzales
White (non-Hispanic)	13.8%	42.3%
Black or African American	84.2%	44.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	1.1%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	11.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Donaldsonville	Gonzales
No high school diploma	12.2%	13.2%
High school graduate	46.6%	32.4%
Some college or associate's	29.8%	28.0%
Bachelor's degree	7.8%	18.2%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	8.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Donaldsonville	Gonzales
Drove alone	72.0%	76.7%
Carpooled	21.8%	17.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	5.2%	5.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Donaldsonville	Gonzales
1-unit, detached	58.3%	67.3%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	12.8%	4.4%
5 to 19 units	12.5%	5.5%
20 or more units	1.8%	14.5%
Mobile home & other	14.0%	8.0%

Poverty & households

	Donaldsonville	Gonzales
Poverty rate	42.9%	11.3%
Average household size	2.68	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	27	25
Median year structure built	1982	1999