Elmwood vs Harahan

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

Elmwood 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 6,022 in Elmwood). Elmwood has the higher median household income ($83,268 vs $78,222 in Harahan). Harahan has the higher median home value ($309,400 vs $188,300 in Elmwood).

Population, income & housing

	Elmwood	Harahan
Population	6,022	8,939
Median age	33.3 yrs	47.1 yrs
Median household income	$83,268	$78,222
Median home value	$188,300	$309,400
Median gross rent	$1,474	$1,052
Housing units	4,017	4,471
Homeownership rate	13.5%	76.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	63.0%	41.0%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elmwood	Harahan
Population	5,698 → 6,022 (+5.7%)	9,304 → 8,939 (-3.9%)
Median household income	$57,396 → $83,268 (+45.1%)	$66,741 → $78,222 (+17.2%)
Median home value	$209,800 → $188,300 (-10.2%)	$240,300 → $309,400 (+28.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,226 → $1,474 (+20.2%)	$1,063 → $1,052 (-1.0%)

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

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)

	Elmwood	Harahan
Under 5	3.8%	3.4%
5 to 17	13.3%	11.9%
18 to 24	4.3%	7.7%
25 to 34	36.8%	11.5%
35 to 44	11.1%	13.9%
45 to 54	8.7%	11.0%
55 to 64	9.5%	15.9%
65 to 74	10.0%	13.9%
75 and over	2.6%	10.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elmwood	Harahan
White (non-Hispanic)	45.4%	85.0%
Black or African American	27.1%	3.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.2%
Asian	12.2%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	3.7%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	11.3%	7.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elmwood	Harahan
No high school diploma	1.7%	7.3%
High school graduate	7.2%	21.6%
Some college or associate's	28.0%	30.1%
Bachelor's degree	33.6%	29.0%
Graduate or professional degree	29.5%	12.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elmwood	Harahan
Drove alone	82.7%	82.6%
Carpooled	7.8%	5.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	1.4%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	8.1%	7.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elmwood	Harahan
1-unit, detached	7.1%	80.4%
1-unit, attached	3.5%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	6.4%	9.8%
5 to 19 units	50.3%	7.2%
20 or more units	32.7%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Elmwood	Harahan
Poverty rate	5.8%	8.4%
Average household size	1.70	2.08
Mean commute (minutes)	20	22
Median year structure built	1990	1973