Avondale vs Harahan

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

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

Harahan has the higher population (8,939 vs 5,200 in Avondale). Harahan has the higher median household income ($78,222 vs $47,561 in Avondale). Harahan has the higher median home value ($309,400 vs $143,900 in Avondale).

Population, income & housing

	Avondale	Harahan
Population	5,200	8,939
Median age	35.5 yrs	47.1 yrs
Median household income	$47,561	$78,222
Median home value	$143,900	$309,400
Median gross rent	$1,411	$1,052
Housing units	1,837	4,471
Homeownership rate	85.5%	76.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.7%	41.0%
Unemployment rate	12.0%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Avondale	Harahan
Population	5,321 → 5,200 (-2.3%)	9,304 → 8,939 (-3.9%)
Median household income	$40,503 → $47,561 (+17.4%)	$66,741 → $78,222 (+17.2%)
Median home value	$90,300 → $143,900 (+59.4%)	$240,300 → $309,400 (+28.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,165 → $1,411 (+21.1%)	$1,063 → $1,052 (-1.0%)

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

Harahan

Population

9,3048,939

Median household income

$66,741$78,222

Median home value

$240,300$309,400

Median gross rent

$1,063$1,052

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Avondale	Harahan
Under 5	6.1%	3.4%
5 to 17	21.8%	11.9%
18 to 24	7.9%	7.7%
25 to 34	14.0%	11.5%
35 to 44	13.4%	13.9%
45 to 54	9.3%	11.0%
55 to 64	9.7%	15.9%
65 to 74	11.1%	13.9%
75 and over	6.8%	10.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Avondale	Harahan
White (non-Hispanic)	41.4%	85.0%
Black or African American	32.6%	3.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	7.4%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.7%
Two or more races	3.1%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	14.9%	7.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Avondale	Harahan
No high school diploma	24.5%	7.3%
High school graduate	32.7%	21.6%
Some college or associate's	30.1%	30.1%
Bachelor's degree	7.4%	29.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	12.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Avondale	Harahan
Drove alone	80.5%	82.6%
Carpooled	17.1%	5.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	0.0%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	1.8%	7.5%
Other means	0.5%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Avondale	Harahan
1-unit, detached	94.6%	80.4%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	0.4%	9.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.2%
20 or more units	1.6%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Avondale	Harahan
Poverty rate	32.0%	8.4%
Average household size	2.98	2.08
Mean commute (minutes)	25	22
Median year structure built	1970	1973