Elmwood vs Lafitte

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

Elmwood and Lafitte 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 464 in Lafitte). Elmwood has the higher median household income ($83,268 vs $47,059 in Lafitte). Lafitte has the higher median home value ($190,200 vs $188,300 in Elmwood).

Population, income & housing

	Elmwood	Lafitte
Population	6,022	464
Median age	33.3 yrs	49.4 yrs
Median household income	$83,268	$47,059
Median home value	$188,300	$190,200
Median gross rent	$1,474	—
Housing units	4,017	336
Homeownership rate	13.5%	82.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	63.0%	14.0%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	10.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elmwood	Lafitte
Population	5,698 → 6,022 (+5.7%)	816 → 464 (-43.1%)
Median household income	$57,396 → $83,268 (+45.1%)	$58,375 → $47,059 (-19.4%)
Median home value	$209,800 → $188,300 (-10.2%)	$268,800 → $190,200 (-29.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,226 → $1,474 (+20.2%)	—

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

Lafitte

Population

816464

Median household income

$58,375$47,059

Median home value

$268,800$190,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elmwood	Lafitte
Under 5	3.8%	0.0%
5 to 17	13.3%	21.3%
18 to 24	4.3%	1.7%
25 to 34	36.8%	4.5%
35 to 44	11.1%	16.4%
45 to 54	8.7%	18.1%
55 to 64	9.5%	17.7%
65 to 74	10.0%	15.5%
75 and over	2.6%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elmwood	Lafitte
White (non-Hispanic)	45.4%	99.6%
Black or African American	27.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	12.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.7%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	11.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elmwood	Lafitte
No high school diploma	1.7%	23.8%
High school graduate	7.2%	45.7%
Some college or associate's	28.0%	16.5%
Bachelor's degree	33.6%	13.4%
Graduate or professional degree	29.5%	0.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elmwood	Lafitte
Drove alone	82.7%	83.4%
Carpooled	7.8%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.1%	12.4%
Other means	0.0%	4.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elmwood	Lafitte
1-unit, detached	7.1%	82.7%
1-unit, attached	3.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	50.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	32.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	17.3%

Poverty & households

	Elmwood	Lafitte
Poverty rate	5.8%	2.8%
Average household size	1.70	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	20	40
Median year structure built	1990	1981