Harahan vs Timberlane

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

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

Timberlane has the higher population (11,169 vs 8,939 in Harahan). Harahan has the higher median household income ($78,222 vs $66,170 in Timberlane). Harahan has the higher median home value ($309,400 vs $209,200 in Timberlane).

Population, income & housing

	Harahan	Timberlane
Population	8,939	11,169
Median age	47.1 yrs	33.3 yrs
Median household income	$78,222	$66,170
Median home value	$309,400	$209,200
Median gross rent	$1,052	$1,410
Housing units	4,471	3,869
Homeownership rate	76.5%	72.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.0%	24.0%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	10.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Harahan	Timberlane
Population	9,304 → 8,939 (-3.9%)	9,950 → 11,169 (+12.3%)
Median household income	$66,741 → $78,222 (+17.2%)	$54,702 → $66,170 (+21.0%)
Median home value	$240,300 → $309,400 (+28.8%)	$162,500 → $209,200 (+28.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,063 → $1,052 (-1.0%)	$1,075 → $1,410 (+31.2%)

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

Timberlane

Population

9,95011,169

Median household income

$54,702$66,170

Median home value

$162,500$209,200

Median gross rent

$1,075$1,410

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Harahan	Timberlane
Under 5	3.4%	11.5%
5 to 17	11.9%	17.9%
18 to 24	7.7%	7.9%
25 to 34	11.5%	16.0%
35 to 44	13.9%	14.5%
45 to 54	11.0%	12.9%
55 to 64	15.9%	8.0%
65 to 74	13.9%	6.9%
75 and over	10.7%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Harahan	Timberlane
White (non-Hispanic)	85.0%	31.2%
Black or African American	3.2%	42.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	4.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	1.4%
Two or more races	1.8%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	7.7%	17.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Harahan	Timberlane
No high school diploma	7.3%	9.3%
High school graduate	21.6%	34.5%
Some college or associate's	30.1%	32.3%
Bachelor's degree	29.0%	12.3%
Graduate or professional degree	12.0%	11.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Harahan	Timberlane
Drove alone	82.6%	91.0%
Carpooled	5.6%	4.8%
Public transit	0.7%	0.4%
Walked	2.7%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.2%
Worked from home	7.5%	2.5%
Other means	0.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Harahan	Timberlane
1-unit, detached	80.4%	77.0%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	3.7%
2 to 4 units	9.8%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	7.2%	15.2%
20 or more units	1.6%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Harahan	Timberlane
Poverty rate	8.4%	21.4%
Average household size	2.08	2.98
Mean commute (minutes)	22	25
Median year structure built	1973	1978