Maringouin vs Plaquemine

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

Maringouin 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 737 in Maringouin). Plaquemine has the higher median household income ($76,857 vs $37,067 in Maringouin). Since 2019, Plaquemine's population has grown faster (-8.1% vs -25.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Maringouin	Plaquemine
Population	737	6,136
Median age	56.3 yrs	43.7 yrs
Median household income	$37,067	$76,857
Median home value	—	$181,600
Median gross rent	$740	$860
Housing units	455	3,034
Homeownership rate	67.3%	79.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	2.8%	15.6%
Unemployment rate	7.6%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Maringouin	Plaquemine
Population	985 → 737 (-25.2%)	6,680 → 6,136 (-8.1%)
Median household income	$40,701 → $37,067 (-8.9%)	$44,457 → $76,857 (+72.9%)
Median home value	$70,200 → $81,100 (+15.5%)	$161,100 → $181,600 (+12.7%)
Median gross rent	$444 → $740 (+66.7%)	$848 → $860 (+1.4%)

Maringouin

Population

985737

Median household income

$40,701$37,067

Median home value

$70,200$81,100

Median gross rent

$444$740

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)

	Maringouin	Plaquemine
Under 5	2.7%	5.2%
5 to 17	10.4%	22.0%
18 to 24	8.8%	4.1%
25 to 34	5.0%	5.4%
35 to 44	6.8%	18.9%
45 to 54	14.7%	12.9%
55 to 64	22.4%	13.8%
65 to 74	18.7%	8.3%
75 and over	10.4%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Maringouin	Plaquemine
White (non-Hispanic)	7.6%	42.1%
Black or African American	89.7%	48.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	3.2%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Maringouin	Plaquemine
No high school diploma	12.5%	19.6%
High school graduate	51.3%	32.2%
Some college or associate's	33.4%	32.6%
Bachelor's degree	0.5%	12.2%
Graduate or professional degree	2.3%	3.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Maringouin	Plaquemine
Drove alone	72.3%	83.4%
Carpooled	17.8%	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	9.9%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Maringouin	Plaquemine
1-unit, detached	83.3%	90.2%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	3.5%	5.3%
5 to 19 units	4.2%	0.9%
20 or more units	2.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.5%	2.8%

Poverty & households

	Maringouin	Plaquemine
Poverty rate	29.9%	10.0%
Average household size	1.98	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	42	20
Median year structure built	1973	1965