Crescent vs Maringouin

A side-by-side comparison of Crescent and Maringouin: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Crescent has the higher population (1,121 vs 737 in Maringouin). Crescent has the higher median household income ($42,371 vs $37,067 in Maringouin). Since 2019, Crescent's population has grown faster (+27.7% vs -25.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Crescent	Maringouin
Population	1,121	737
Median age	28.5 yrs	56.3 yrs
Median household income	$42,371	$37,067
Median home value	$53,300	—
Median gross rent	—	$740
Housing units	445	455
Homeownership rate	59.7%	67.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.3%	2.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	7.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crescent	Maringouin
Population	878 → 1,121 (+27.7%)	985 → 737 (-25.2%)
Median household income	$36,845 → $42,371 (+15.0%)	$40,701 → $37,067 (-8.9%)
Median home value	—	$70,200 → $81,100 (+15.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$444 → $740 (+66.7%)

Crescent

Population

8781,121

Median household income

$36,845$42,371

Maringouin

Population

985737

Median household income

$40,701$37,067

Median home value

$70,200$81,100

Median gross rent

$444$740

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Crescent	Maringouin
Under 5	0.0%	2.7%
5 to 17	46.2%	10.4%
18 to 24	0.0%	8.8%
25 to 34	9.9%	5.0%
35 to 44	5.4%	6.8%
45 to 54	6.5%	14.7%
55 to 64	18.3%	22.4%
65 to 74	1.9%	18.7%
75 and over	11.8%	10.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crescent	Maringouin
White (non-Hispanic)	51.7%	7.6%
Black or African American	12.0%	89.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	36.3%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crescent	Maringouin
No high school diploma	20.4%	12.5%
High school graduate	48.6%	51.3%
Some college or associate's	18.7%	33.4%
Bachelor's degree	12.3%	0.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	2.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crescent	Maringouin
Drove alone	81.9%	72.3%
Carpooled	18.1%	17.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	9.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crescent	Maringouin
1-unit, detached	83.8%	83.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	16.2%	5.5%

Poverty & households

	Crescent	Maringouin
Poverty rate	0.0%	29.9%
Average household size	3.03	1.98
Mean commute (minutes)	—	42
Median year structure built	1977	1973