Harvey vs Terrytown

A side-by-side comparison of Harvey and Terrytown: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Terrytown has the higher population (25,844 vs 21,710 in Harvey). Terrytown has the higher median household income ($56,944 vs $43,524 in Harvey). Terrytown has the higher median home value ($212,000 vs $189,700 in Harvey).

Population, income & housing

	Harvey	Terrytown
Population	21,710	25,844
Median age	37.4 yrs	34.6 yrs
Median household income	$43,524	$56,944
Median home value	$189,700	$212,000
Median gross rent	$1,196	$1,065
Housing units	9,391	9,794
Homeownership rate	51.5%	48.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.7%	25.5%
Unemployment rate	8.2%	7.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Harvey	Terrytown
Population	21,054 → 21,710 (+3.1%)	24,953 → 25,844 (+3.6%)
Median household income	$41,559 → $43,524 (+4.7%)	$46,638 → $56,944 (+22.1%)
Median home value	$139,300 → $189,700 (+36.2%)	$162,700 → $212,000 (+30.3%)
Median gross rent	$997 → $1,196 (+20.0%)	$953 → $1,065 (+11.8%)

Harvey

Population

21,05421,710

Median household income

$41,559$43,524

Median home value

$139,300$189,700

Median gross rent

$997$1,196

Terrytown

Population

24,95325,844

Median household income

$46,638$56,944

Median home value

$162,700$212,000

Median gross rent

$953$1,065

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Harvey	Terrytown
Under 5	6.7%	11.1%
5 to 17	19.1%	19.0%
18 to 24	5.3%	7.1%
25 to 34	15.6%	13.5%
35 to 44	11.5%	14.8%
45 to 54	12.7%	11.5%
55 to 64	13.3%	11.4%
65 to 74	10.0%	6.3%
75 and over	5.9%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Harvey	Terrytown
White (non-Hispanic)	28.0%	26.2%
Black or African American	43.8%	32.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.5%
Asian	8.7%	3.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.4%
Two or more races	1.6%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	17.8%	34.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Harvey	Terrytown
No high school diploma	15.5%	16.5%
High school graduate	36.6%	30.2%
Some college or associate's	29.2%	27.7%
Bachelor's degree	13.4%	18.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	6.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Harvey	Terrytown
Drove alone	81.7%	71.5%
Carpooled	9.0%	18.1%
Public transit	2.9%	1.7%
Walked	1.8%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.5%
Worked from home	3.2%	6.9%
Other means	1.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Harvey	Terrytown
1-unit, detached	59.6%	51.3%
1-unit, attached	3.9%	4.6%
2 to 4 units	16.6%	19.9%
5 to 19 units	14.3%	17.2%
20 or more units	4.5%	5.1%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Harvey	Terrytown
Poverty rate	27.3%	18.5%
Average household size	2.50	2.82
Mean commute (minutes)	31	26
Median year structure built	1974	1977