Avondale vs Barataria

A side-by-side comparison of Avondale and Barataria: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Avondale has the higher population (5,200 vs 688 in Barataria). Barataria has the higher median household income ($82,772 vs $47,561 in Avondale). Barataria has the higher median home value ($187,500 vs $143,900 in Avondale).

Population, income & housing

	Avondale	Barataria
Population	5,200	688
Median age	35.5 yrs	53.1 yrs
Median household income	$47,561	$82,772
Median home value	$143,900	$187,500
Median gross rent	$1,411	—
Housing units	1,837	440
Homeownership rate	85.5%	96.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.7%	14.0%
Unemployment rate	12.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Avondale	Barataria
Population	5,321 → 5,200 (-2.3%)	1,200 → 688 (-42.7%)
Median household income	$40,503 → $47,561 (+17.4%)	$49,931 → $82,772 (+65.8%)
Median home value	$90,300 → $143,900 (+59.4%)	$160,400 → $187,500 (+16.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,165 → $1,411 (+21.1%)	—

Avondale

Population

5,3215,200

Median household income

$40,503$47,561

Median home value

$90,300$143,900

Median gross rent

$1,165$1,411

Barataria

Population

1,200688

Median household income

$49,931$82,772

Median home value

$160,400$187,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Avondale	Barataria
Under 5	6.1%	8.6%
5 to 17	21.8%	12.5%
18 to 24	7.9%	6.3%
25 to 34	14.0%	8.4%
35 to 44	13.4%	10.8%
45 to 54	9.3%	10.9%
55 to 64	9.7%	20.2%
65 to 74	11.1%	16.0%
75 and over	6.8%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Avondale	Barataria
White (non-Hispanic)	41.4%	90.4%
Black or African American	32.6%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.6%
Asian	7.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	7.3%
Hispanic or Latino	14.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Avondale	Barataria
No high school diploma	24.5%	16.8%
High school graduate	32.7%	33.4%
Some college or associate's	30.1%	35.8%
Bachelor's degree	7.4%	10.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	3.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Avondale	Barataria
Drove alone	80.5%	83.5%
Carpooled	17.1%	3.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	10.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.8%	2.0%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Avondale	Barataria
1-unit, detached	94.6%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Avondale	Barataria
Poverty rate	32.0%	4.9%
Average household size	2.98	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	25	38
Median year structure built	1970	1985