Avondale vs Elmwood

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

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

Elmwood has the higher population (6,022 vs 5,200 in Avondale). Elmwood has the higher median household income ($83,268 vs $47,561 in Avondale). Elmwood has the higher median home value ($188,300 vs $143,900 in Avondale).

Population, income & housing

	Avondale	Elmwood
Population	5,200	6,022
Median age	35.5 yrs	33.3 yrs
Median household income	$47,561	$83,268
Median home value	$143,900	$188,300
Median gross rent	$1,411	$1,474
Housing units	1,837	4,017
Homeownership rate	85.5%	13.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.7%	63.0%
Unemployment rate	12.0%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Avondale	Elmwood
Population	5,321 → 5,200 (-2.3%)	5,698 → 6,022 (+5.7%)
Median household income	$40,503 → $47,561 (+17.4%)	$57,396 → $83,268 (+45.1%)
Median home value	$90,300 → $143,900 (+59.4%)	$209,800 → $188,300 (-10.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,165 → $1,411 (+21.1%)	$1,226 → $1,474 (+20.2%)

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

Elmwood

Population

5,6986,022

Median household income

$57,396$83,268

Median home value

$209,800$188,300

Median gross rent

$1,226$1,474

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Avondale	Elmwood
Under 5	6.1%	3.8%
5 to 17	21.8%	13.3%
18 to 24	7.9%	4.3%
25 to 34	14.0%	36.8%
35 to 44	13.4%	11.1%
45 to 54	9.3%	8.7%
55 to 64	9.7%	9.5%
65 to 74	11.1%	10.0%
75 and over	6.8%	2.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Avondale	Elmwood
White (non-Hispanic)	41.4%	45.4%
Black or African American	32.6%	27.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	7.4%	12.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	14.9%	11.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Avondale	Elmwood
No high school diploma	24.5%	1.7%
High school graduate	32.7%	7.2%
Some college or associate's	30.1%	28.0%
Bachelor's degree	7.4%	33.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	29.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Avondale	Elmwood
Drove alone	80.5%	82.7%
Carpooled	17.1%	7.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.8%	8.1%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Avondale	Elmwood
1-unit, detached	94.6%	7.1%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	3.5%
2 to 4 units	0.4%	6.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	50.3%
20 or more units	1.6%	32.7%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Avondale	Elmwood
Poverty rate	32.0%	5.8%
Average household size	2.98	1.70
Mean commute (minutes)	25	20
Median year structure built	1970	1990