Harahan vs Woodmere

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

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

Woodmere has the higher population (11,775 vs 8,939 in Harahan). Harahan has the higher median household income ($78,222 vs $73,615 in Woodmere). Harahan has the higher median home value ($309,400 vs $187,000 in Woodmere).

Population, income & housing

	Harahan	Woodmere
Population	8,939	11,775
Median age	47.1 yrs	36.9 yrs
Median household income	$78,222	$73,615
Median home value	$309,400	$187,000
Median gross rent	$1,052	$1,374
Housing units	4,471	4,299
Homeownership rate	76.5%	80.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.0%	15.0%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	8.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Harahan	Woodmere
Population	9,304 → 8,939 (-3.9%)	10,173 → 11,775 (+15.7%)
Median household income	$66,741 → $78,222 (+17.2%)	$54,363 → $73,615 (+35.4%)
Median home value	$240,300 → $309,400 (+28.8%)	$133,200 → $187,000 (+40.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,063 → $1,052 (-1.0%)	$1,088 → $1,374 (+26.3%)

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

Woodmere

Population

10,17311,775

Median household income

$54,363$73,615

Median home value

$133,200$187,000

Median gross rent

$1,088$1,374

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Harahan	Woodmere
Under 5	3.4%	7.1%
5 to 17	11.9%	17.2%
18 to 24	7.7%	8.1%
25 to 34	11.5%	14.8%
35 to 44	13.9%	13.8%
45 to 54	11.0%	11.3%
55 to 64	15.9%	12.4%
65 to 74	13.9%	12.0%
75 and over	10.7%	3.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Harahan	Woodmere
White (non-Hispanic)	85.0%	6.0%
Black or African American	3.2%	80.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	1.5%	3.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	1.6%
Two or more races	1.8%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	7.7%	7.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Harahan	Woodmere
No high school diploma	7.3%	19.4%
High school graduate	21.6%	29.8%
Some college or associate's	30.1%	35.9%
Bachelor's degree	29.0%	8.7%
Graduate or professional degree	12.0%	6.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Harahan	Woodmere
Drove alone	82.6%	74.5%
Carpooled	5.6%	13.3%
Public transit	0.7%	0.9%
Walked	2.7%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.5%	5.7%
Other means	0.2%	5.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Harahan	Woodmere
1-unit, detached	80.4%	87.6%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	3.2%
2 to 4 units	9.8%	7.2%
5 to 19 units	7.2%	0.7%
20 or more units	1.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Harahan	Woodmere
Poverty rate	8.4%	12.8%
Average household size	2.08	2.96
Mean commute (minutes)	22	29
Median year structure built	1973	1982