Maringouin vs St. Gabriel

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

Maringouin 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 737 in Maringouin). St. Gabriel has the higher median household income ($60,093 vs $37,067 in Maringouin). Since 2019, St. Gabriel's population has grown faster (-9.8% vs -25.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Maringouin	St. Gabriel
Population	737	6,569
Median age	56.3 yrs	35.8 yrs
Median household income	$37,067	$60,093
Median home value	—	$248,100
Median gross rent	$740	$868
Housing units	455	1,885
Homeownership rate	67.3%	65.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	2.8%	22.1%
Unemployment rate	7.6%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Maringouin	St. Gabriel
Population	985 → 737 (-25.2%)	7,282 → 6,569 (-9.8%)
Median household income	$40,701 → $37,067 (-8.9%)	$48,259 → $60,093 (+24.5%)
Median home value	$70,200 → $81,100 (+15.5%)	$172,100 → $248,100 (+44.2%)
Median gross rent	$444 → $740 (+66.7%)	$902 → $868 (-3.8%)

Maringouin

Population

985737

Median household income

$40,701$37,067

Median home value

$70,200$81,100

Median gross rent

$444$740

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)

	Maringouin	St. Gabriel
Under 5	2.7%	5.5%
5 to 17	10.4%	5.1%
18 to 24	8.8%	10.2%
25 to 34	5.0%	27.9%
35 to 44	6.8%	15.1%
45 to 54	14.7%	13.0%
55 to 64	22.4%	14.3%
65 to 74	18.7%	7.1%
75 and over	10.4%	1.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Maringouin	St. Gabriel
White (non-Hispanic)	7.6%	31.4%
Black or African American	89.7%	55.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.7%
Asian	0.8%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.5%
Some other race	0.4%	0.4%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	10.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Maringouin	St. Gabriel
No high school diploma	12.5%	21.4%
High school graduate	51.3%	30.5%
Some college or associate's	33.4%	26.1%
Bachelor's degree	0.5%	12.8%
Graduate or professional degree	2.3%	9.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Maringouin	St. Gabriel
Drove alone	72.3%	78.3%
Carpooled	17.8%	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	9.9%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Maringouin	St. Gabriel
1-unit, detached	83.3%	69.5%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.2%	14.0%
20 or more units	2.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.5%	16.5%

Poverty & households

	Maringouin	St. Gabriel
Poverty rate	29.9%	14.1%
Average household size	1.98	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	42	21
Median year structure built	1973	2004