Chatham vs Eros

A side-by-side comparison of Chatham and Eros: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Chatham has the higher population (678 vs 322 in Eros). Chatham has the higher median household income ($31,458 vs $27,045 in Eros). Since 2019, Eros's population has grown faster (+51.2% vs -13.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Chatham	Eros
Population	678	322
Median age	32.3 yrs	27.9 yrs
Median household income	$31,458	$27,045
Median home value	$45,000	—
Median gross rent	$688	$525
Housing units	317	108
Homeownership rate	38.9%	79.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.1%	4.5%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chatham	Eros
Population	780 → 678 (-13.1%)	213 → 322 (+51.2%)
Median household income	$18,438 → $31,458 (+70.6%)	$25,000 → $27,045 (+8.2%)
Median home value	$64,300 → $45,000 (-30.0%)	$83,300 → $60,900 (-26.9%)
Median gross rent	$448 → $688 (+53.6%)	$395 → $525 (+32.9%)

Chatham

Population

780678

Median household income

$18,438$31,458

Median home value

$64,300$45,000

Median gross rent

$448$688

Eros

Population

213322

Median household income

$25,000$27,045

Median home value

$83,300$60,900

Median gross rent

$395$525

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chatham	Eros
Under 5	9.3%	14.0%
5 to 17	12.7%	8.7%
18 to 24	1.0%	15.8%
25 to 34	33.3%	21.4%
35 to 44	6.6%	13.7%
45 to 54	15.6%	16.1%
55 to 64	6.8%	6.2%
65 to 74	8.4%	1.9%
75 and over	6.2%	2.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chatham	Eros
White (non-Hispanic)	47.9%	81.4%
Black or African American	37.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.6%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	13.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	18.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chatham	Eros
No high school diploma	33.3%	17.7%
High school graduate	35.1%	66.7%
Some college or associate's	16.5%	11.1%
Bachelor's degree	4.4%	4.5%
Graduate or professional degree	10.7%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chatham	Eros
Drove alone	62.7%	48.6%
Carpooled	2.5%	15.2%
Public transit	2.0%	0.0%
Walked	26.9%	32.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.0%	1.9%
Other means	0.0%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chatham	Eros
1-unit, detached	73.5%	45.4%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	22.4%	54.6%

Poverty & households

	Chatham	Eros
Poverty rate	12.5%	33.5%
Average household size	2.69	2.98
Mean commute (minutes)	39	20
Median year structure built	1972	1972