Lafourche Crossing vs Mathews

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

Lafourche Crossing and Mathews 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 1,579 in Mathews). Mathews has the higher median household income ($83,405 vs $78,173 in Lafourche Crossing). Lafourche Crossing has the higher median home value ($257,600 vs $218,800 in Mathews).

Population, income & housing

	Lafourche Crossing	Mathews
Population	2,439	1,579
Median age	42.2 yrs	45.9 yrs
Median household income	$78,173	$83,405
Median home value	$257,600	$218,800
Median gross rent	$1,573	$1,057
Housing units	897	774
Homeownership rate	80.8%	84.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.4%	21.0%
Unemployment rate	1.1%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lafourche Crossing	Mathews
Population	2,142 → 2,439 (+13.9%)	2,551 → 1,579 (-38.1%)
Median household income	$92,188 → $78,173 (-15.2%)	$56,616 → $83,405 (+47.3%)
Median home value	$242,900 → $257,600 (+6.1%)	$198,100 → $218,800 (+10.4%)
Median gross rent	$856 → $1,573 (+83.8%)	$851 → $1,057 (+24.2%)

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

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)

	Lafourche Crossing	Mathews
Under 5	3.9%	4.4%
5 to 17	22.8%	10.8%
18 to 24	11.5%	8.4%
25 to 34	6.2%	15.1%
35 to 44	16.4%	10.0%
45 to 54	7.2%	14.6%
55 to 64	11.9%	21.7%
65 to 74	11.8%	13.5%
75 and over	8.3%	1.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lafourche Crossing	Mathews
White (non-Hispanic)	76.8%	82.8%
Black or African American	20.5%	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	0.1%	7.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	5.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lafourche Crossing	Mathews
No high school diploma	7.6%	15.5%
High school graduate	37.2%	39.0%
Some college or associate's	26.8%	24.5%
Bachelor's degree	22.1%	12.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lafourche Crossing	Mathews
Drove alone	82.7%	87.9%
Carpooled	13.2%	4.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.7%	3.6%
Other means	2.5%	3.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lafourche Crossing	Mathews
1-unit, detached	91.0%	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	9.0%	12.4%

Poverty & households

	Lafourche Crossing	Mathews
Poverty rate	26.8%	11.8%
Average household size	2.74	2.12
Mean commute (minutes)	26	27
Median year structure built	1993	1979