Choctaw vs Mathews

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

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

Mathews has the higher population (1,579 vs 433 in Choctaw). Mathews has the higher median household income ($83,405 vs $77,813 in Choctaw). Mathews has the higher median home value ($218,800 vs $56,900 in Choctaw).

Population, income & housing

	Choctaw	Mathews
Population	433	1,579
Median age	49.1 yrs	45.9 yrs
Median household income	$77,813	$83,405
Median home value	$56,900	$218,800
Median gross rent	—	$1,057
Housing units	225	774
Homeownership rate	85.7%	84.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.8%	21.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Choctaw	Mathews
Population	1,060 → 433 (-59.2%)	2,551 → 1,579 (-38.1%)
Median household income	$47,500 → $77,813 (+63.8%)	$56,616 → $83,405 (+47.3%)
Median home value	$102,700 → $56,900 (-44.6%)	$198,100 → $218,800 (+10.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$851 → $1,057 (+24.2%)

Choctaw

Population

1,060433

Median household income

$47,500$77,813

Median home value

$102,700$56,900

Mathews

Population

2,5511,579

Median household income

$56,616$83,405

Median home value

$198,100$218,800

Median gross rent

$851$1,057

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Choctaw	Mathews
Under 5	5.1%	4.4%
5 to 17	5.8%	10.8%
18 to 24	5.1%	8.4%
25 to 34	10.9%	15.1%
35 to 44	14.1%	10.0%
45 to 54	13.6%	14.6%
55 to 64	16.6%	21.7%
65 to 74	9.0%	13.5%
75 and over	19.9%	1.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Choctaw	Mathews
White (non-Hispanic)	96.1%	82.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	4.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	7.2%
Hispanic or Latino	3.9%	5.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Choctaw	Mathews
No high school diploma	39.6%	15.5%
High school graduate	34.9%	39.0%
Some college or associate's	16.8%	24.5%
Bachelor's degree	6.3%	12.9%
Graduate or professional degree	2.5%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Choctaw	Mathews
Drove alone	64.3%	87.9%
Carpooled	23.2%	4.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	12.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	3.6%
Other means	0.0%	3.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Choctaw	Mathews
1-unit, detached	71.1%	85.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	28.9%	12.4%

Poverty & households

	Choctaw	Mathews
Poverty rate	12.7%	11.8%
Average household size	2.38	2.12
Mean commute (minutes)	29	27
Median year structure built	1991	1979