Moreauville vs Plaucheville

A side-by-side comparison of Moreauville and Plaucheville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Moreauville has the higher population (765 vs 197 in Plaucheville). Moreauville has the higher median home value ($137,800 vs $116,400 in Plaucheville). Since 2019, Plaucheville's population has grown faster (-9.2% vs -16.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Moreauville	Plaucheville
Population	765	197
Median age	32.3 yrs	51.1 yrs
Median household income	$37,500	—
Median home value	$137,800	$116,400
Median gross rent	$706	$609
Housing units	401	126
Homeownership rate	55.3%	55.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.7%	14.1%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Moreauville	Plaucheville
Population	912 → 765 (-16.1%)	217 → 197 (-9.2%)
Median household income	$27,875 → $37,500 (+34.5%)	$31,500 → $68,250 (+116.7%)
Median home value	$122,700 → $137,800 (+12.3%)	$142,500 → $116,400 (-18.3%)
Median gross rent	$629 → $706 (+12.2%)	$560 → $609 (+8.8%)

Moreauville

Population

912765

Median household income

$27,875$37,500

Median home value

$122,700$137,800

Median gross rent

$629$706

Plaucheville

Population

217197

Median household income

$31,500$68,250

Median home value

$142,500$116,400

Median gross rent

$560$609

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Moreauville	Plaucheville
Under 5	7.2%	5.1%
5 to 17	21.3%	3.6%
18 to 24	10.1%	12.2%
25 to 34	16.7%	5.1%
35 to 44	15.7%	16.8%
45 to 54	3.7%	16.2%
55 to 64	12.0%	9.1%
65 to 74	9.0%	12.7%
75 and over	4.3%	19.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Moreauville	Plaucheville
White (non-Hispanic)	69.7%	86.8%
Black or African American	24.8%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.1%	11.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Moreauville	Plaucheville
No high school diploma	26.0%	7.1%
High school graduate	28.3%	52.6%
Some college or associate's	37.0%	26.3%
Bachelor's degree	6.4%	10.3%
Graduate or professional degree	2.3%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Moreauville	Plaucheville
Drove alone	83.2%	71.9%
Carpooled	13.2%	15.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.0%	10.1%
Other means	0.0%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Moreauville	Plaucheville
1-unit, detached	64.1%	63.5%
1-unit, attached	5.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.5%	12.7%
5 to 19 units	3.0%	17.5%
20 or more units	1.0%	4.8%
Mobile home & other	17.2%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Moreauville	Plaucheville
Poverty rate	28.0%	16.2%
Average household size	2.38	1.75
Mean commute (minutes)	37	38
Median year structure built	1978	1982