Maringouin vs White Castle

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

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

White Castle has the higher population (2,278 vs 737 in Maringouin). Maringouin has the higher median household income ($37,067 vs $19,314 in White Castle). Since 2019, White Castle's population has grown faster (+24.3% vs -25.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Maringouin	White Castle
Population	737	2,278
Median age	56.3 yrs	30.0 yrs
Median household income	$37,067	$19,314
Median home value	—	$102,000
Median gross rent	$740	$675
Housing units	455	968
Homeownership rate	67.3%	39.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	2.8%	10.0%
Unemployment rate	7.6%	21.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Maringouin	White Castle
Population	985 → 737 (-25.2%)	1,833 → 2,278 (+24.3%)
Median household income	$40,701 → $37,067 (-8.9%)	$30,729 → $19,314 (-37.1%)
Median home value	$70,200 → $81,100 (+15.5%)	$89,400 → $102,000 (+14.1%)
Median gross rent	$444 → $740 (+66.7%)	$520 → $675 (+29.8%)

Maringouin

Population

985737

Median household income

$40,701$37,067

Median home value

$70,200$81,100

Median gross rent

$444$740

White Castle

Population

1,8332,278

Median household income

$30,729$19,314

Median home value

$89,400$102,000

Median gross rent

$520$675

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Maringouin	White Castle
Under 5	2.7%	9.4%
5 to 17	10.4%	24.3%
18 to 24	8.8%	11.8%
25 to 34	5.0%	14.9%
35 to 44	6.8%	14.8%
45 to 54	14.7%	6.8%
55 to 64	22.4%	6.3%
65 to 74	18.7%	6.1%
75 and over	10.4%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Maringouin	White Castle
White (non-Hispanic)	7.6%	4.4%
Black or African American	89.7%	94.6%
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%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Maringouin	White Castle
No high school diploma	12.5%	25.6%
High school graduate	51.3%	42.4%
Some college or associate's	33.4%	22.1%
Bachelor's degree	0.5%	4.8%
Graduate or professional degree	2.3%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Maringouin	White Castle
Drove alone	72.3%	77.7%
Carpooled	17.8%	18.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	3.3%
Other means	9.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Maringouin	White Castle
1-unit, detached	83.3%	52.5%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	12.1%
2 to 4 units	3.5%	20.9%
5 to 19 units	4.2%	1.1%
20 or more units	2.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.5%	13.4%

Poverty & households

	Maringouin	White Castle
Poverty rate	29.9%	51.4%
Average household size	1.98	2.78
Mean commute (minutes)	42	24
Median year structure built	1973	1980