Barataria vs Elmwood

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

Barataria 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 688 in Barataria). Elmwood has the higher median household income ($83,268 vs $82,772 in Barataria). Elmwood has the higher median home value ($188,300 vs $187,500 in Barataria).

Population, income & housing

	Barataria	Elmwood
Population	688	6,022
Median age	53.1 yrs	33.3 yrs
Median household income	$82,772	$83,268
Median home value	$187,500	$188,300
Median gross rent	—	$1,474
Housing units	440	4,017
Homeownership rate	96.2%	13.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.0%	63.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Barataria	Elmwood
Population	1,200 → 688 (-42.7%)	5,698 → 6,022 (+5.7%)
Median household income	$49,931 → $82,772 (+65.8%)	$57,396 → $83,268 (+45.1%)
Median home value	$160,400 → $187,500 (+16.9%)	$209,800 → $188,300 (-10.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,226 → $1,474 (+20.2%)

Barataria

Population

1,200688

Median household income

$49,931$82,772

Median home value

$160,400$187,500

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)

	Barataria	Elmwood
Under 5	8.6%	3.8%
5 to 17	12.5%	13.3%
18 to 24	6.3%	4.3%
25 to 34	8.4%	36.8%
35 to 44	10.8%	11.1%
45 to 54	10.9%	8.7%
55 to 64	20.2%	9.5%
65 to 74	16.0%	10.0%
75 and over	6.4%	2.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Barataria	Elmwood
White (non-Hispanic)	90.4%	45.4%
Black or African American	1.7%	27.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	12.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.3%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	11.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Barataria	Elmwood
No high school diploma	16.8%	1.7%
High school graduate	33.4%	7.2%
Some college or associate's	35.8%	28.0%
Bachelor's degree	10.8%	33.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	29.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Barataria	Elmwood
Drove alone	83.5%	82.7%
Carpooled	3.6%	7.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	10.9%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.0%	8.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Barataria	Elmwood
1-unit, detached	100.0%	7.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	50.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	32.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Barataria	Elmwood
Poverty rate	4.9%	5.8%
Average household size	2.40	1.70
Mean commute (minutes)	38	20
Median year structure built	1985	1990