Crescent vs Plaquemine

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

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

Plaquemine has the higher population (6,136 vs 1,121 in Crescent). Plaquemine has the higher median household income ($76,857 vs $42,371 in Crescent). Plaquemine has the higher median home value ($181,600 vs $53,300 in Crescent).

Population, income & housing

	Crescent	Plaquemine
Population	1,121	6,136
Median age	28.5 yrs	43.7 yrs
Median household income	$42,371	$76,857
Median home value	$53,300	$181,600
Median gross rent	—	$860
Housing units	445	3,034
Homeownership rate	59.7%	79.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.3%	15.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crescent	Plaquemine
Population	878 → 1,121 (+27.7%)	6,680 → 6,136 (-8.1%)
Median household income	$36,845 → $42,371 (+15.0%)	$44,457 → $76,857 (+72.9%)
Median home value	—	$161,100 → $181,600 (+12.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$848 → $860 (+1.4%)

Crescent

Population

8781,121

Median household income

$36,845$42,371

Plaquemine

Population

6,6806,136

Median household income

$44,457$76,857

Median home value

$161,100$181,600

Median gross rent

$848$860

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Crescent	Plaquemine
Under 5	0.0%	5.2%
5 to 17	46.2%	22.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	4.1%
25 to 34	9.9%	5.4%
35 to 44	5.4%	18.9%
45 to 54	6.5%	12.9%
55 to 64	18.3%	13.8%
65 to 74	1.9%	8.3%
75 and over	11.8%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crescent	Plaquemine
White (non-Hispanic)	51.7%	42.1%
Black or African American	12.0%	48.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	3.2%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	36.3%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crescent	Plaquemine
No high school diploma	20.4%	19.6%
High school graduate	48.6%	32.2%
Some college or associate's	18.7%	32.6%
Bachelor's degree	12.3%	12.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	3.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crescent	Plaquemine
Drove alone	81.9%	83.4%
Carpooled	18.1%	6.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	6.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crescent	Plaquemine
1-unit, detached	83.8%	90.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	16.2%	2.8%

Poverty & households

	Crescent	Plaquemine
Poverty rate	0.0%	10.0%
Average household size	3.03	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	—	20
Median year structure built	1977	1965