Choctaw vs Golden Meadow

A side-by-side comparison of Choctaw and Golden Meadow: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Golden Meadow has the higher population (1,791 vs 433 in Choctaw). Choctaw has the higher median household income ($77,813 vs $70,701 in Golden Meadow). Golden Meadow has the higher median home value ($140,300 vs $56,900 in Choctaw).

Population, income & housing

	Choctaw	Golden Meadow
Population	433	1,791
Median age	49.1 yrs	46.2 yrs
Median household income	$77,813	$70,701
Median home value	$56,900	$140,300
Median gross rent	—	$764
Housing units	225	941
Homeownership rate	85.7%	75.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.8%	11.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Choctaw	Golden Meadow
Population	1,060 → 433 (-59.2%)	1,964 → 1,791 (-8.8%)
Median household income	$47,500 → $77,813 (+63.8%)	$50,086 → $70,701 (+41.2%)
Median home value	$102,700 → $56,900 (-44.6%)	$88,000 → $140,300 (+59.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$602 → $764 (+26.9%)

Choctaw

Population

1,060433

Median household income

$47,500$77,813

Median home value

$102,700$56,900

Golden Meadow

Population

1,9641,791

Median household income

$50,086$70,701

Median home value

$88,000$140,300

Median gross rent

$602$764

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Choctaw	Golden Meadow
Under 5	5.1%	3.3%
5 to 17	5.8%	14.9%
18 to 24	5.1%	6.3%
25 to 34	10.9%	13.0%
35 to 44	14.1%	8.9%
45 to 54	13.6%	21.5%
55 to 64	16.6%	14.4%
65 to 74	9.0%	11.2%
75 and over	19.9%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Choctaw	Golden Meadow
White (non-Hispanic)	96.1%	86.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.9%	7.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Choctaw	Golden Meadow
No high school diploma	39.6%	16.6%
High school graduate	34.9%	53.1%
Some college or associate's	16.8%	18.3%
Bachelor's degree	6.3%	7.8%
Graduate or professional degree	2.5%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Choctaw	Golden Meadow
Drove alone	64.3%	78.1%
Carpooled	23.2%	15.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.8%
Walked	12.4%	2.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	3.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Choctaw	Golden Meadow
1-unit, detached	71.1%	85.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	28.9%	6.5%

Poverty & households

	Choctaw	Golden Meadow
Poverty rate	12.7%	11.6%
Average household size	2.38	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	29	25
Median year structure built	1991	1958