Avondale vs Lafitte

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

Avondale and 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 464 in Lafitte). Avondale has the higher median household income ($47,561 vs $47,059 in Lafitte). Lafitte has the higher median home value ($190,200 vs $143,900 in Avondale).

Population, income & housing

	Avondale	Lafitte
Population	5,200	464
Median age	35.5 yrs	49.4 yrs
Median household income	$47,561	$47,059
Median home value	$143,900	$190,200
Median gross rent	$1,411	—
Housing units	1,837	336
Homeownership rate	85.5%	82.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.7%	14.0%
Unemployment rate	12.0%	10.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Avondale	Lafitte
Population	5,321 → 5,200 (-2.3%)	816 → 464 (-43.1%)
Median household income	$40,503 → $47,561 (+17.4%)	$58,375 → $47,059 (-19.4%)
Median home value	$90,300 → $143,900 (+59.4%)	$268,800 → $190,200 (-29.2%)
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

Lafitte

Population

816464

Median household income

$58,375$47,059

Median home value

$268,800$190,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Avondale	Lafitte
Under 5	6.1%	0.0%
5 to 17	21.8%	21.3%
18 to 24	7.9%	1.7%
25 to 34	14.0%	4.5%
35 to 44	13.4%	16.4%
45 to 54	9.3%	18.1%
55 to 64	9.7%	17.7%
65 to 74	11.1%	15.5%
75 and over	6.8%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Avondale	Lafitte
White (non-Hispanic)	41.4%	99.6%
Black or African American	32.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
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%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	14.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Avondale	Lafitte
No high school diploma	24.5%	23.8%
High school graduate	32.7%	45.7%
Some college or associate's	30.1%	16.5%
Bachelor's degree	7.4%	13.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	0.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Avondale	Lafitte
Drove alone	80.5%	83.4%
Carpooled	17.1%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.8%	12.4%
Other means	0.5%	4.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Avondale	Lafitte
1-unit, detached	94.6%	82.7%
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%	17.3%

Poverty & households

	Avondale	Lafitte
Poverty rate	32.0%	2.8%
Average household size	2.98	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	25	40
Median year structure built	1970	1981