Barataria vs Lafitte

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

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

Barataria has the higher population (688 vs 464 in Lafitte). Barataria has the higher median household income ($82,772 vs $47,059 in Lafitte). Lafitte has the higher median home value ($190,200 vs $187,500 in Barataria).

Population, income & housing

	Barataria	Lafitte
Population	688	464
Median age	53.1 yrs	49.4 yrs
Median household income	$82,772	$47,059
Median home value	$187,500	$190,200
Housing units	440	336
Homeownership rate	96.2%	82.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.0%	14.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	10.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Barataria	Lafitte
Population	1,200 → 688 (-42.7%)	816 → 464 (-43.1%)
Median household income	$49,931 → $82,772 (+65.8%)	$58,375 → $47,059 (-19.4%)
Median home value	$160,400 → $187,500 (+16.9%)	$268,800 → $190,200 (-29.2%)

Barataria

Population

1,200688

Median household income

$49,931$82,772

Median home value

$160,400$187,500

Lafitte

Population

816464

Median household income

$58,375$47,059

Median home value

$268,800$190,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Barataria	Lafitte
Under 5	8.6%	0.0%
5 to 17	12.5%	21.3%
18 to 24	6.3%	1.7%
25 to 34	8.4%	4.5%
35 to 44	10.8%	16.4%
45 to 54	10.9%	18.1%
55 to 64	20.2%	17.7%
65 to 74	16.0%	15.5%
75 and over	6.4%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Barataria	Lafitte
White (non-Hispanic)	90.4%	99.6%
Black or African American	1.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.3%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Barataria	Lafitte
No high school diploma	16.8%	23.8%
High school graduate	33.4%	45.7%
Some college or associate's	35.8%	16.5%
Bachelor's degree	10.8%	13.4%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	0.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Barataria	Lafitte
Drove alone	83.5%	83.4%
Carpooled	3.6%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	10.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.0%	12.4%
Other means	0.0%	4.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Barataria	Lafitte
1-unit, detached	100.0%	82.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	17.3%

Poverty & households

	Barataria	Lafitte
Poverty rate	4.9%	2.8%
Average household size	2.40	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	38	40
Median year structure built	1985	1981