Harahan vs Waggaman

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

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

Waggaman has the higher population (10,617 vs 8,939 in Harahan). Harahan has the higher median household income ($78,222 vs $59,566 in Waggaman). Harahan has the higher median home value ($309,400 vs $158,500 in Waggaman).

Population, income & housing

	Harahan	Waggaman
Population	8,939	10,617
Median age	47.1 yrs	38.4 yrs
Median household income	$78,222	$59,566
Median home value	$309,400	$158,500
Median gross rent	$1,052	$1,417
Housing units	4,471	4,087
Homeownership rate	76.5%	69.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.0%	14.9%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	6.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Harahan	Waggaman
Population	9,304 → 8,939 (-3.9%)	10,017 → 10,617 (+6.0%)
Median household income	$66,741 → $78,222 (+17.2%)	$46,075 → $59,566 (+29.3%)
Median home value	$240,300 → $309,400 (+28.8%)	$112,800 → $158,500 (+40.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,063 → $1,052 (-1.0%)	$1,117 → $1,417 (+26.9%)

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

Waggaman

Population

10,01710,617

Median household income

$46,075$59,566

Median home value

$112,800$158,500

Median gross rent

$1,117$1,417

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Harahan	Waggaman
Under 5	3.4%	4.2%
5 to 17	11.9%	22.3%
18 to 24	7.7%	10.0%
25 to 34	11.5%	11.4%
35 to 44	13.9%	8.6%
45 to 54	11.0%	14.7%
55 to 64	15.9%	14.1%
65 to 74	13.9%	9.4%
75 and over	10.7%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Harahan	Waggaman
White (non-Hispanic)	85.0%	18.7%
Black or African American	3.2%	72.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	7.7%	6.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Harahan	Waggaman
No high school diploma	7.3%	18.3%
High school graduate	21.6%	36.3%
Some college or associate's	30.1%	30.4%
Bachelor's degree	29.0%	6.1%
Graduate or professional degree	12.0%	8.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Harahan	Waggaman
Drove alone	82.6%	79.9%
Carpooled	5.6%	12.9%
Public transit	0.7%	0.9%
Walked	2.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.5%	5.5%
Other means	0.2%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Harahan	Waggaman
1-unit, detached	80.4%	95.9%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	9.8%	0.4%
5 to 19 units	7.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Harahan	Waggaman
Poverty rate	8.4%	26.5%
Average household size	2.08	2.82
Mean commute (minutes)	22	30
Median year structure built	1973	1981