Chatham vs Quitman

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

Chatham and Quitman 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 293 in Quitman). Chatham has the higher median household income ($31,458 vs $26,518 in Quitman). Quitman has the higher median home value ($85,600 vs $45,000 in Chatham).

Population, income & housing

	Chatham	Quitman
Population	678	293
Median age	32.3 yrs	20.2 yrs
Median household income	$31,458	$26,518
Median home value	$45,000	$85,600
Median gross rent	$688	$950
Housing units	317	133
Homeownership rate	38.9%	45.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.1%	6.7%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chatham	Quitman
Population	780 → 678 (-13.1%)	265 → 293 (+10.6%)
Median household income	$18,438 → $31,458 (+70.6%)	$86,250 → $26,518 (-69.3%)
Median home value	$64,300 → $45,000 (-30.0%)	$96,000 → $85,600 (-10.8%)
Median gross rent	$448 → $688 (+53.6%)	$538 → $950 (+76.6%)

Chatham

Population

780678

Median household income

$18,438$31,458

Median home value

$64,300$45,000

Median gross rent

$448$688

Quitman

Population

265293

Median household income

$86,250$26,518

Median home value

$96,000$85,600

Median gross rent

$538$950

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chatham	Quitman
Under 5	9.3%	3.4%
5 to 17	12.7%	42.7%
18 to 24	1.0%	13.3%
25 to 34	33.3%	8.2%
35 to 44	6.6%	7.2%
45 to 54	15.6%	7.8%
55 to 64	6.8%	7.8%
65 to 74	8.4%	8.5%
75 and over	6.2%	1.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chatham	Quitman
White (non-Hispanic)	47.9%	52.9%
Black or African American	37.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	40.3%
Two or more races	13.4%	6.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chatham	Quitman
No high school diploma	33.3%	11.8%
High school graduate	35.1%	47.9%
Some college or associate's	16.5%	33.6%
Bachelor's degree	4.4%	1.7%
Graduate or professional degree	10.7%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chatham	Quitman
Drove alone	62.7%	73.1%
Carpooled	2.5%	8.3%
Public transit	2.0%	0.0%
Walked	26.9%	18.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chatham	Quitman
1-unit, detached	73.5%	81.2%
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%	18.8%

Poverty & households

	Chatham	Quitman
Poverty rate	12.5%	54.3%
Average household size	2.69	2.84
Mean commute (minutes)	39	22
Median year structure built	1972	1973