Plaquemine vs Rosedale

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

Plaquemine and Rosedale 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 1,099 in Rosedale). Rosedale has the higher median household income ($78,226 vs $76,857 in Plaquemine). Plaquemine has the higher median home value ($181,600 vs $117,800 in Rosedale).

Population, income & housing

	Plaquemine	Rosedale
Population	6,136	1,099
Median age	43.7 yrs	35.8 yrs
Median household income	$76,857	$78,226
Median home value	$181,600	$117,800
Median gross rent	$860	—
Housing units	3,034	498
Homeownership rate	79.6%	95.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.6%	25.1%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Plaquemine	Rosedale
Population	6,680 → 6,136 (-8.1%)	835 → 1,099 (+31.6%)
Median household income	$44,457 → $76,857 (+72.9%)	$49,674 → $78,226 (+57.5%)
Median home value	$161,100 → $181,600 (+12.7%)	$131,900 → $117,800 (-10.7%)
Median gross rent	$848 → $860 (+1.4%)	—

Plaquemine

Population

6,6806,136

Median household income

$44,457$76,857

Median home value

$161,100$181,600

Median gross rent

$848$860

Rosedale

Population

8351,099

Median household income

$49,674$78,226

Median home value

$131,900$117,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Plaquemine	Rosedale
Under 5	5.2%	6.0%
5 to 17	22.0%	11.3%
18 to 24	4.1%	12.6%
25 to 34	5.4%	19.5%
35 to 44	18.9%	5.5%
45 to 54	12.9%	5.0%
55 to 64	13.8%	26.4%
65 to 74	8.3%	8.7%
75 and over	9.4%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Plaquemine	Rosedale
White (non-Hispanic)	42.1%	75.9%
Black or African American	48.8%	24.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	3.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Plaquemine	Rosedale
No high school diploma	19.6%	10.9%
High school graduate	32.2%	53.2%
Some college or associate's	32.6%	10.8%
Bachelor's degree	12.2%	22.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	2.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Plaquemine	Rosedale
Drove alone	83.4%	91.1%
Carpooled	6.7%	7.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.0%	1.9%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Plaquemine	Rosedale
1-unit, detached	90.2%	55.4%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.8%	44.6%

Poverty & households

	Plaquemine	Rosedale
Poverty rate	10.0%	11.7%
Average household size	2.40	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	20	20
Median year structure built	1965	1994