Meraux vs Poydras

A side-by-side comparison of Meraux and Poydras: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Meraux has the higher population (7,492 vs 2,395 in Poydras). Meraux has the higher median household income ($73,792 vs $53,506 in Poydras). Meraux has the higher median home value ($205,600 vs $121,100 in Poydras).

Population, income & housing

	Meraux	Poydras
Population	7,492	2,395
Median age	39.4 yrs	36.2 yrs
Median household income	$73,792	$53,506
Median home value	$205,600	$121,100
Median gross rent	$864	$1,169
Housing units	2,631	1,129
Homeownership rate	89.1%	79.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.1%	12.7%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Meraux	Poydras
Population	7,007 → 7,492 (+6.9%)	2,790 → 2,395 (-14.2%)
Median household income	$63,305 → $73,792 (+16.6%)	$33,540 → $53,506 (+59.5%)
Median home value	$169,700 → $205,600 (+21.2%)	$94,900 → $121,100 (+27.6%)
Median gross rent	$914 → $864 (-5.5%)	$1,063 → $1,169 (+10.0%)

Meraux

Population

7,0077,492

Median household income

$63,305$73,792

Median home value

$169,700$205,600

Median gross rent

$914$864

Poydras

Population

2,7902,395

Median household income

$33,540$53,506

Median home value

$94,900$121,100

Median gross rent

$1,063$1,169

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Meraux	Poydras
Under 5	7.3%	4.2%
5 to 17	18.6%	15.7%
18 to 24	8.2%	5.7%
25 to 34	9.4%	23.3%
35 to 44	18.6%	14.3%
45 to 54	12.2%	13.4%
55 to 64	15.0%	14.2%
65 to 74	6.7%	5.7%
75 and over	4.1%	3.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Meraux	Poydras
White (non-Hispanic)	74.1%	52.7%
Black or African American	8.1%	7.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.4%	1.6%
Asian	3.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	10.4%
Hispanic or Latino	10.9%	28.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Meraux	Poydras
No high school diploma	15.6%	31.4%
High school graduate	22.6%	29.4%
Some college or associate's	34.6%	26.4%
Bachelor's degree	21.2%	7.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Meraux	Poydras
Drove alone	86.5%	77.1%
Carpooled	9.7%	11.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	5.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.0%	3.0%
Other means	0.9%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Meraux	Poydras
1-unit, detached	89.7%	82.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.6%	17.4%

Poverty & households

	Meraux	Poydras
Poverty rate	21.0%	23.6%
Average household size	2.99	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	29	33
Median year structure built	1988	1980