Gardere vs Zachary

A side-by-side comparison of Gardere and Zachary: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Zachary has the higher population (19,637 vs 12,130 in Gardere). Zachary has the higher median household income ($90,507 vs $60,694 in Gardere). Zachary has the higher median home value ($258,000 vs $250,600 in Gardere).

Population, income & housing

	Gardere	Zachary
Population	12,130	19,637
Median age	26.5 yrs	34.2 yrs
Median household income	$60,694	$90,507
Median home value	$250,600	$258,000
Median gross rent	$1,135	$1,440
Housing units	5,593	7,467
Homeownership rate	42.9%	82.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.6%	38.5%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gardere	Zachary
Population	11,394 → 12,130 (+6.5%)	17,283 → 19,637 (+13.6%)
Median household income	$39,418 → $60,694 (+54.0%)	$84,795 → $90,507 (+6.7%)
Median home value	$168,700 → $250,600 (+48.5%)	$224,500 → $258,000 (+14.9%)
Median gross rent	$916 → $1,135 (+23.9%)	$1,097 → $1,440 (+31.3%)

Gardere

Population

11,39412,130

Median household income

$39,418$60,694

Median home value

$168,700$250,600

Median gross rent

$916$1,135

Zachary

Population

17,28319,637

Median household income

$84,795$90,507

Median home value

$224,500$258,000

Median gross rent

$1,097$1,440

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gardere	Zachary
Under 5	11.2%	5.4%
5 to 17	20.6%	23.8%
18 to 24	14.8%	7.5%
25 to 34	24.0%	14.4%
35 to 44	8.4%	19.2%
45 to 54	8.3%	12.7%
55 to 64	6.8%	7.2%
65 to 74	5.0%	6.2%
75 and over	0.8%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gardere	Zachary
White (non-Hispanic)	24.4%	47.3%
Black or African American	44.8%	47.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.0%
Asian	2.5%	2.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.6%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	25.0%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gardere	Zachary
No high school diploma	10.7%	5.5%
High school graduate	35.6%	30.2%
Some college or associate's	20.1%	25.9%
Bachelor's degree	18.9%	23.0%
Graduate or professional degree	14.7%	15.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gardere	Zachary
Drove alone	74.5%	90.7%
Carpooled	8.5%	4.7%
Public transit	4.7%	0.0%
Walked	2.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	9.4%	4.1%
Other means	0.5%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gardere	Zachary
1-unit, detached	45.8%	80.9%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	35.2%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	9.7%	2.3%
20 or more units	5.8%	5.7%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	7.0%

Poverty & households

	Gardere	Zachary
Poverty rate	28.4%	7.4%
Average household size	2.72	2.79
Mean commute (minutes)	26	27
Median year structure built	2002	2002