Harvey vs Woodmere

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

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

Harvey has the higher population (21,710 vs 11,775 in Woodmere). Woodmere has the higher median household income ($73,615 vs $43,524 in Harvey). Harvey has the higher median home value ($189,700 vs $187,000 in Woodmere).

Population, income & housing

	Harvey	Woodmere
Population	21,710	11,775
Median age	37.4 yrs	36.9 yrs
Median household income	$43,524	$73,615
Median home value	$189,700	$187,000
Median gross rent	$1,196	$1,374
Housing units	9,391	4,299
Homeownership rate	51.5%	80.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.7%	15.0%
Unemployment rate	8.2%	8.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Harvey	Woodmere
Population	21,054 → 21,710 (+3.1%)	10,173 → 11,775 (+15.7%)
Median household income	$41,559 → $43,524 (+4.7%)	$54,363 → $73,615 (+35.4%)
Median home value	$139,300 → $189,700 (+36.2%)	$133,200 → $187,000 (+40.4%)
Median gross rent	$997 → $1,196 (+20.0%)	$1,088 → $1,374 (+26.3%)

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

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)

	Harvey	Woodmere
Under 5	6.7%	7.1%
5 to 17	19.1%	17.2%
18 to 24	5.3%	8.1%
25 to 34	15.6%	14.8%
35 to 44	11.5%	13.8%
45 to 54	12.7%	11.3%
55 to 64	13.3%	12.4%
65 to 74	10.0%	12.0%
75 and over	5.9%	3.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Harvey	Woodmere
White (non-Hispanic)	28.0%	6.0%
Black or African American	43.8%	80.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	8.7%	3.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	1.6%
Two or more races	1.6%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	17.8%	7.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Harvey	Woodmere
No high school diploma	15.5%	19.4%
High school graduate	36.6%	29.8%
Some college or associate's	29.2%	35.9%
Bachelor's degree	13.4%	8.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	6.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Harvey	Woodmere
Drove alone	81.7%	74.5%
Carpooled	9.0%	13.3%
Public transit	2.9%	0.9%
Walked	1.8%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.2%	5.7%
Other means	1.0%	5.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Harvey	Woodmere
1-unit, detached	59.6%	87.6%
1-unit, attached	3.9%	3.2%
2 to 4 units	16.6%	7.2%
5 to 19 units	14.3%	0.7%
20 or more units	4.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Harvey	Woodmere
Poverty rate	27.3%	12.8%
Average household size	2.50	2.96
Mean commute (minutes)	31	29
Median year structure built	1974	1982