Avondale vs Jean Lafitte

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

Avondale and Jean Lafitte 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 2,223 in Jean Lafitte). Jean Lafitte has the higher median household income ($61,703 vs $47,561 in Avondale). Jean Lafitte has the higher median home value ($207,600 vs $143,900 in Avondale).

Population, income & housing

	Avondale	Jean Lafitte
Population	5,200	2,223
Median age	35.5 yrs	31.9 yrs
Median household income	$47,561	$61,703
Median home value	$143,900	$207,600
Median gross rent	$1,411	$973
Housing units	1,837	850
Homeownership rate	85.5%	81.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.7%	10.9%
Unemployment rate	12.0%	17.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Avondale	Jean Lafitte
Population	5,321 → 5,200 (-2.3%)	1,818 → 2,223 (+22.3%)
Median household income	$40,503 → $47,561 (+17.4%)	$55,671 → $61,703 (+10.8%)
Median home value	$90,300 → $143,900 (+59.4%)	$159,600 → $207,600 (+30.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,165 → $1,411 (+21.1%)	$1,020 → $973 (-4.6%)

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

Jean Lafitte

Population

1,8182,223

Median household income

$55,671$61,703

Median home value

$159,600$207,600

Median gross rent

$1,020$973

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Avondale	Jean Lafitte
Under 5	6.1%	12.0%
5 to 17	21.8%	17.8%
18 to 24	7.9%	12.9%
25 to 34	14.0%	10.7%
35 to 44	13.4%	16.3%
45 to 54	9.3%	8.9%
55 to 64	9.7%	9.5%
65 to 74	11.1%	7.5%
75 and over	6.8%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Avondale	Jean Lafitte
White (non-Hispanic)	41.4%	84.9%
Black or African American	32.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.9%
Asian	7.4%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.1%	9.9%
Hispanic or Latino	14.9%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Avondale	Jean Lafitte
No high school diploma	24.5%	17.8%
High school graduate	32.7%	40.8%
Some college or associate's	30.1%	30.5%
Bachelor's degree	7.4%	6.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Avondale	Jean Lafitte
Drove alone	80.5%	87.2%
Carpooled	17.1%	3.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	5.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.8%	2.2%
Other means	0.5%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Avondale	Jean Lafitte
1-unit, detached	94.6%	67.8%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	2.1%
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%	30.1%

Poverty & households

	Avondale	Jean Lafitte
Poverty rate	32.0%	13.3%
Average household size	2.98	3.17
Mean commute (minutes)	25	33
Median year structure built	1970	1992