Harahan vs Westwego

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

Harahan and Westwego 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 8,382 in Westwego). Harahan has the higher median household income ($78,222 vs $49,291 in Westwego). Harahan has the higher median home value ($309,400 vs $168,600 in Westwego).

Population, income & housing

	Harahan	Westwego
Population	8,939	8,382
Median age	47.1 yrs	47.4 yrs
Median household income	$78,222	$49,291
Median home value	$309,400	$168,600
Median gross rent	$1,052	$1,013
Housing units	4,471	4,425
Homeownership rate	76.5%	48.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.0%	16.9%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Harahan	Westwego
Population	9,304 → 8,939 (-3.9%)	8,438 → 8,382 (-0.7%)
Median household income	$66,741 → $78,222 (+17.2%)	$30,126 → $49,291 (+63.6%)
Median home value	$240,300 → $309,400 (+28.8%)	$123,600 → $168,600 (+36.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,063 → $1,052 (-1.0%)	$895 → $1,013 (+13.2%)

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

Westwego

Population

8,4388,382

Median household income

$30,126$49,291

Median home value

$123,600$168,600

Median gross rent

$895$1,013

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Harahan	Westwego
Under 5	3.4%	3.3%
5 to 17	11.9%	12.7%
18 to 24	7.7%	9.0%
25 to 34	11.5%	12.0%
35 to 44	13.9%	11.4%
45 to 54	11.0%	17.9%
55 to 64	15.9%	16.4%
65 to 74	13.9%	10.9%
75 and over	10.7%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Harahan	Westwego
White (non-Hispanic)	85.0%	63.0%
Black or African American	3.2%	24.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.6%
Asian	1.5%	2.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	7.7%	4.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Harahan	Westwego
No high school diploma	7.3%	22.1%
High school graduate	21.6%	36.9%
Some college or associate's	30.1%	24.0%
Bachelor's degree	29.0%	11.7%
Graduate or professional degree	12.0%	5.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Harahan	Westwego
Drove alone	82.6%	79.6%
Carpooled	5.6%	10.0%
Public transit	0.7%	2.4%
Walked	2.7%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.5%	5.0%
Other means	0.2%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Harahan	Westwego
1-unit, detached	80.4%	66.0%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	6.6%
2 to 4 units	9.8%	13.2%
5 to 19 units	7.2%	12.4%
20 or more units	1.6%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Harahan	Westwego
Poverty rate	8.4%	21.5%
Average household size	2.08	2.09
Mean commute (minutes)	22	22
Median year structure built	1973	1970