Plaquemine vs St. Gabriel

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

Plaquemine 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 6,136 in Plaquemine). Plaquemine has the higher median household income ($76,857 vs $60,093 in St. Gabriel). St. Gabriel has the higher median home value ($248,100 vs $181,600 in Plaquemine).

Population, income & housing

	Plaquemine	St. Gabriel
Population	6,136	6,569
Median age	43.7 yrs	35.8 yrs
Median household income	$76,857	$60,093
Median home value	$181,600	$248,100
Median gross rent	$860	$868
Housing units	3,034	1,885
Homeownership rate	79.6%	65.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.6%	22.1%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Plaquemine	St. Gabriel
Population	6,680 → 6,136 (-8.1%)	7,282 → 6,569 (-9.8%)
Median household income	$44,457 → $76,857 (+72.9%)	$48,259 → $60,093 (+24.5%)
Median home value	$161,100 → $181,600 (+12.7%)	$172,100 → $248,100 (+44.2%)
Median gross rent	$848 → $860 (+1.4%)	$902 → $868 (-3.8%)

Plaquemine

Population

6,6806,136

Median household income

$44,457$76,857

Median home value

$161,100$181,600

Median gross rent

$848$860

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)

	Plaquemine	St. Gabriel
Under 5	5.2%	5.5%
5 to 17	22.0%	5.1%
18 to 24	4.1%	10.2%
25 to 34	5.4%	27.9%
35 to 44	18.9%	15.1%
45 to 54	12.9%	13.0%
55 to 64	13.8%	14.3%
65 to 74	8.3%	7.1%
75 and over	9.4%	1.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Plaquemine	St. Gabriel
White (non-Hispanic)	42.1%	31.4%
Black or African American	48.8%	55.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.7%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.5%
Some other race	3.2%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.9%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	10.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Plaquemine	St. Gabriel
No high school diploma	19.6%	21.4%
High school graduate	32.2%	30.5%
Some college or associate's	32.6%	26.1%
Bachelor's degree	12.2%	12.8%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	9.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Plaquemine	St. Gabriel
Drove alone	83.4%	78.3%
Carpooled	6.7%	9.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.4%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.0%	10.9%
Other means	0.5%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Plaquemine	St. Gabriel
1-unit, detached	90.2%	69.5%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.9%	14.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.8%	16.5%

Poverty & households

	Plaquemine	St. Gabriel
Poverty rate	10.0%	14.1%
Average household size	2.40	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	20	21
Median year structure built	1965	2004