Grosse Tete vs Maringouin

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

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

Maringouin has the higher population (737 vs 294 in Grosse Tete). Grosse Tete has the higher median household income ($54,250 vs $37,067 in Maringouin). Since 2019, Maringouin's population has grown faster (-25.2% vs -59.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Grosse Tete	Maringouin
Population	294	737
Median age	52.3 yrs	56.3 yrs
Median household income	$54,250	$37,067
Median home value	$99,300	—
Median gross rent	—	$740
Housing units	211	455
Homeownership rate	74.3%	67.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.8%	2.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	7.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grosse Tete	Maringouin
Population	731 → 294 (-59.8%)	985 → 737 (-25.2%)
Median household income	$45,750 → $54,250 (+18.6%)	$40,701 → $37,067 (-8.9%)
Median home value	$90,300 → $99,300 (+10.0%)	$70,200 → $81,100 (+15.5%)
Median gross rent	$846 → $850 (+0.5%)	$444 → $740 (+66.7%)

Grosse Tete

Population

731294

Median household income

$45,750$54,250

Median home value

$90,300$99,300

Median gross rent

$846$850

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)

	Grosse Tete	Maringouin
Under 5	6.8%	2.7%
5 to 17	7.8%	10.4%
18 to 24	0.0%	8.8%
25 to 34	24.8%	5.0%
35 to 44	1.0%	6.8%
45 to 54	17.0%	14.7%
55 to 64	22.8%	22.4%
65 to 74	9.5%	18.7%
75 and over	10.2%	10.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grosse Tete	Maringouin
White (non-Hispanic)	69.0%	7.6%
Black or African American	29.9%	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	1.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grosse Tete	Maringouin
No high school diploma	5.6%	12.5%
High school graduate	56.2%	51.3%
Some college or associate's	33.5%	33.4%
Bachelor's degree	1.2%	0.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	2.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grosse Tete	Maringouin
Drove alone	86.7%	72.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	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	13.3%	9.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grosse Tete	Maringouin
1-unit, detached	56.4%	83.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	3.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	40.3%	5.5%

Poverty & households

	Grosse Tete	Maringouin
Poverty rate	13.6%	29.9%
Average household size	2.10	1.98
Mean commute (minutes)	59	42
Median year structure built	1990	1973