Golden Meadow vs Mathews

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

Golden Meadow and Mathews 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 1,579 in Mathews). Mathews has the higher median household income ($83,405 vs $70,701 in Golden Meadow). Mathews has the higher median home value ($218,800 vs $140,300 in Golden Meadow).

Population, income & housing

	Golden Meadow	Mathews
Population	1,791	1,579
Median age	46.2 yrs	45.9 yrs
Median household income	$70,701	$83,405
Median home value	$140,300	$218,800
Median gross rent	$764	$1,057
Housing units	941	774
Homeownership rate	75.7%	84.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.9%	21.0%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Golden Meadow	Mathews
Population	1,964 → 1,791 (-8.8%)	2,551 → 1,579 (-38.1%)
Median household income	$50,086 → $70,701 (+41.2%)	$56,616 → $83,405 (+47.3%)
Median home value	$88,000 → $140,300 (+59.4%)	$198,100 → $218,800 (+10.4%)
Median gross rent	$602 → $764 (+26.9%)	$851 → $1,057 (+24.2%)

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

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)

	Golden Meadow	Mathews
Under 5	3.3%	4.4%
5 to 17	14.9%	10.8%
18 to 24	6.3%	8.4%
25 to 34	13.0%	15.1%
35 to 44	8.9%	10.0%
45 to 54	21.5%	14.6%
55 to 64	14.4%	21.7%
65 to 74	11.2%	13.5%
75 and over	6.5%	1.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Golden Meadow	Mathews
White (non-Hispanic)	86.1%	82.8%
Black or African American	1.2%	4.2%
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%	7.2%
Hispanic or Latino	7.2%	5.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Golden Meadow	Mathews
No high school diploma	16.6%	15.5%
High school graduate	53.1%	39.0%
Some college or associate's	18.3%	24.5%
Bachelor's degree	7.8%	12.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.1%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Golden Meadow	Mathews
Drove alone	78.1%	87.9%
Carpooled	15.2%	4.8%
Public transit	0.8%	0.0%
Walked	2.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.1%	3.6%
Other means	0.0%	3.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Golden Meadow	Mathews
1-unit, detached	85.5%	85.1%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	4.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.5%	12.4%

Poverty & households

	Golden Meadow	Mathews
Poverty rate	11.6%	11.8%
Average household size	2.55	2.12
Mean commute (minutes)	25	27
Median year structure built	1958	1979