Golden Meadow vs Lafourche Crossing

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

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

Lafourche Crossing has the higher population (2,439 vs 1,791 in Golden Meadow). Lafourche Crossing has the higher median household income ($78,173 vs $70,701 in Golden Meadow). Lafourche Crossing has the higher median home value ($257,600 vs $140,300 in Golden Meadow).

Population, income & housing

	Golden Meadow	Lafourche Crossing
Population	1,791	2,439
Median age	46.2 yrs	42.2 yrs
Median household income	$70,701	$78,173
Median home value	$140,300	$257,600
Median gross rent	$764	$1,573
Housing units	941	897
Homeownership rate	75.7%	80.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.9%	28.4%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	1.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Golden Meadow	Lafourche Crossing
Population	1,964 → 1,791 (-8.8%)	2,142 → 2,439 (+13.9%)
Median household income	$50,086 → $70,701 (+41.2%)	$92,188 → $78,173 (-15.2%)
Median home value	$88,000 → $140,300 (+59.4%)	$242,900 → $257,600 (+6.1%)
Median gross rent	$602 → $764 (+26.9%)	$856 → $1,573 (+83.8%)

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

Lafourche Crossing

Population

2,1422,439

Median household income

$92,188$78,173

Median home value

$242,900$257,600

Median gross rent

$856$1,573

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Golden Meadow	Lafourche Crossing
Under 5	3.3%	3.9%
5 to 17	14.9%	22.8%
18 to 24	6.3%	11.5%
25 to 34	13.0%	6.2%
35 to 44	8.9%	16.4%
45 to 54	21.5%	7.2%
55 to 64	14.4%	11.9%
65 to 74	11.2%	11.8%
75 and over	6.5%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Golden Meadow	Lafourche Crossing
White (non-Hispanic)	86.1%	76.8%
Black or African American	1.2%	20.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.4%	0.1%
Hispanic or Latino	7.2%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Golden Meadow	Lafourche Crossing
No high school diploma	16.6%	7.6%
High school graduate	53.1%	37.2%
Some college or associate's	18.3%	26.8%
Bachelor's degree	7.8%	22.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.1%	6.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Golden Meadow	Lafourche Crossing
Drove alone	78.1%	82.7%
Carpooled	15.2%	13.2%
Public transit	0.8%	0.0%
Walked	2.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.1%	1.7%
Other means	0.0%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Golden Meadow	Lafourche Crossing
1-unit, detached	85.5%	91.0%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.5%	9.0%

Poverty & households

	Golden Meadow	Lafourche Crossing
Poverty rate	11.6%	26.8%
Average household size	2.55	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	25	26
Median year structure built	1958	1993