Basile vs Mamou

A side-by-side comparison of Basile and Mamou: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Mamou has the higher population (2,884 vs 2,096 in Basile). Basile has the higher median household income ($49,167 vs $19,841 in Mamou). Basile has the higher median home value ($92,100 vs $88,300 in Mamou).

Population, income & housing

	Basile	Mamou
Population	2,096	2,884
Median age	30.1 yrs	40.3 yrs
Median household income	$49,167	$19,841
Median home value	$92,100	$88,300
Median gross rent	$837	$519
Housing units	647	1,493
Homeownership rate	61.4%	46.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.7%	10.1%
Unemployment rate	20.8%	11.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Basile	Mamou
Population	1,987 → 2,096 (+5.5%)	3,156 → 2,884 (-8.6%)
Median household income	$26,354 → $49,167 (+86.6%)	$26,146 → $19,841 (-24.1%)
Median home value	$54,300 → $92,100 (+69.6%)	$80,600 → $88,300 (+9.6%)
Median gross rent	$570 → $837 (+46.8%)	$457 → $519 (+13.6%)

Basile

Population

1,9872,096

Median household income

$26,354$49,167

Median home value

$54,300$92,100

Median gross rent

$570$837

Mamou

Population

3,1562,884

Median household income

$26,146$19,841

Median home value

$80,600$88,300

Median gross rent

$457$519

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Basile	Mamou
Under 5	9.5%	7.0%
5 to 17	22.1%	21.8%
18 to 24	11.5%	7.0%
25 to 34	20.6%	8.1%
35 to 44	13.9%	19.5%
45 to 54	7.7%	4.9%
55 to 64	7.3%	14.7%
65 to 74	3.2%	12.5%
75 and over	4.2%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Basile	Mamou
White (non-Hispanic)	54.7%	37.5%
Black or African American	21.0%	47.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	12.1%
Two or more races	8.0%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	13.7%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Basile	Mamou
No high school diploma	25.6%	14.4%
High school graduate	42.8%	63.6%
Some college or associate's	26.9%	11.9%
Bachelor's degree	4.5%	7.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.2%	2.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Basile	Mamou
Drove alone	91.3%	60.3%
Carpooled	1.3%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.6%
Worked from home	6.0%	0.0%
Other means	1.3%	36.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Basile	Mamou
1-unit, detached	87.3%	53.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	0.3%	29.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.4%
Mobile home & other	12.4%	3.2%

Poverty & households

	Basile	Mamou
Poverty rate	20.6%	57.8%
Average household size	3.24	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	27	23
Median year structure built	1972	1982