Marrero vs River Ridge

A side-by-side comparison of Marrero and River Ridge: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Marrero has the higher population (31,866 vs 13,170 in River Ridge). River Ridge has the higher median household income ($84,464 vs $45,633 in Marrero). River Ridge has the higher median home value ($330,700 vs $173,200 in Marrero).

Population, income & housing

	Marrero	River Ridge
Population	31,866	13,170
Median age	41.1 yrs	46.7 yrs
Median household income	$45,633	$84,464
Median home value	$173,200	$330,700
Median gross rent	$997	$1,067
Housing units	13,858	6,224
Homeownership rate	67.1%	70.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.2%	37.8%
Unemployment rate	7.1%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Marrero	River Ridge
Population	30,894 → 31,866 (+3.1%)	13,337 → 13,170 (-1.3%)
Median household income	$44,866 → $45,633 (+1.7%)	$69,929 → $84,464 (+20.8%)
Median home value	$138,700 → $173,200 (+24.9%)	$265,300 → $330,700 (+24.7%)
Median gross rent	$915 → $997 (+9.0%)	$927 → $1,067 (+15.1%)

Marrero

Population

30,89431,866

Median household income

$44,866$45,633

Median home value

$138,700$173,200

Median gross rent

$915$997

River Ridge

Population

13,33713,170

Median household income

$69,929$84,464

Median home value

$265,300$330,700

Median gross rent

$927$1,067

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Marrero	River Ridge
Under 5	5.6%	5.6%
5 to 17	16.0%	14.0%
18 to 24	10.2%	5.9%
25 to 34	12.3%	9.5%
35 to 44	10.4%	13.2%
45 to 54	10.3%	11.4%
55 to 64	14.6%	17.0%
65 to 74	12.2%	14.0%
75 and over	8.4%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Marrero	River Ridge
White (non-Hispanic)	31.3%	76.9%
Black or African American	50.4%	9.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	6.3%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.2%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	8.0%	9.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Marrero	River Ridge
No high school diploma	22.1%	6.9%
High school graduate	33.0%	21.3%
Some college or associate's	32.7%	33.9%
Bachelor's degree	7.7%	25.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.5%	12.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Marrero	River Ridge
Drove alone	79.3%	73.5%
Carpooled	14.6%	11.1%
Public transit	1.2%	0.1%
Walked	1.1%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.2%	12.6%
Other means	0.6%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Marrero	River Ridge
1-unit, detached	77.9%	74.1%
1-unit, attached	4.0%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	8.5%	4.3%
5 to 19 units	3.3%	3.9%
20 or more units	4.1%	12.2%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	4.1%

Poverty & households

	Marrero	River Ridge
Poverty rate	22.2%	8.0%
Average household size	2.52	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	23	27
Median year structure built	1974	1971