Crescent vs St. Gabriel

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

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

St. Gabriel has the higher population (6,569 vs 1,121 in Crescent). St. Gabriel has the higher median household income ($60,093 vs $42,371 in Crescent). St. Gabriel has the higher median home value ($248,100 vs $53,300 in Crescent).

Population, income & housing

	Crescent	St. Gabriel
Population	1,121	6,569
Median age	28.5 yrs	35.8 yrs
Median household income	$42,371	$60,093
Median home value	$53,300	$248,100
Median gross rent	—	$868
Housing units	445	1,885
Homeownership rate	59.7%	65.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.3%	22.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crescent	St. Gabriel
Population	878 → 1,121 (+27.7%)	7,282 → 6,569 (-9.8%)
Median household income	$36,845 → $42,371 (+15.0%)	$48,259 → $60,093 (+24.5%)
Median home value	—	$172,100 → $248,100 (+44.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$902 → $868 (-3.8%)

Crescent

Population

8781,121

Median household income

$36,845$42,371

St. Gabriel

Population

7,2826,569

Median household income

$48,259$60,093

Median home value

$172,100$248,100

Median gross rent

$902$868

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Crescent	St. Gabriel
Under 5	0.0%	5.5%
5 to 17	46.2%	5.1%
18 to 24	0.0%	10.2%
25 to 34	9.9%	27.9%
35 to 44	5.4%	15.1%
45 to 54	6.5%	13.0%
55 to 64	18.3%	14.3%
65 to 74	1.9%	7.1%
75 and over	11.8%	1.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crescent	St. Gabriel
White (non-Hispanic)	51.7%	31.4%
Black or African American	12.0%	55.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.7%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.5%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	36.3%	10.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crescent	St. Gabriel
No high school diploma	20.4%	21.4%
High school graduate	48.6%	30.5%
Some college or associate's	18.7%	26.1%
Bachelor's degree	12.3%	12.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	9.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crescent	St. Gabriel
Drove alone	81.9%	78.3%
Carpooled	18.1%	9.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	10.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crescent	St. Gabriel
1-unit, detached	83.8%	69.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	14.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	16.2%	16.5%

Poverty & households

	Crescent	St. Gabriel
Poverty rate	0.0%	14.1%
Average household size	3.03	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	—	21
Median year structure built	1977	2004