Meraux vs Violet

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

Meraux and Violet 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 4,454 in Violet). Meraux has the higher median household income ($73,792 vs $48,897 in Violet). Meraux has the higher median home value ($205,600 vs $180,100 in Violet).

Population, income & housing

	Meraux	Violet
Population	7,492	4,454
Median age	39.4 yrs	36.4 yrs
Median household income	$73,792	$48,897
Median home value	$205,600	$180,100
Median gross rent	$864	$1,179
Housing units	2,631	1,952
Homeownership rate	89.1%	78.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.1%	12.1%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Meraux	Violet
Population	7,007 → 7,492 (+6.9%)	5,755 → 4,454 (-22.6%)
Median household income	$63,305 → $73,792 (+16.6%)	$36,792 → $48,897 (+32.9%)
Median home value	$169,700 → $205,600 (+21.2%)	$133,500 → $180,100 (+34.9%)
Median gross rent	$914 → $864 (-5.5%)	$922 → $1,179 (+27.9%)

Meraux

Population

7,0077,492

Median household income

$63,305$73,792

Median home value

$169,700$205,600

Median gross rent

$914$864

Violet

Population

5,7554,454

Median household income

$36,792$48,897

Median home value

$133,500$180,100

Median gross rent

$922$1,179

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Meraux	Violet
Under 5	7.3%	6.4%
5 to 17	18.6%	21.4%
18 to 24	8.2%	6.4%
25 to 34	9.4%	14.7%
35 to 44	18.6%	12.8%
45 to 54	12.2%	10.4%
55 to 64	15.0%	12.1%
65 to 74	6.7%	9.4%
75 and over	4.1%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Meraux	Violet
White (non-Hispanic)	74.1%	25.6%
Black or African American	8.1%	63.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.4%	0.0%
Asian	3.8%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	10.9%	9.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Meraux	Violet
No high school diploma	15.6%	24.8%
High school graduate	22.6%	31.9%
Some college or associate's	34.6%	31.2%
Bachelor's degree	21.2%	5.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Meraux	Violet
Drove alone	86.5%	78.7%
Carpooled	9.7%	4.4%
Public transit	0.0%	1.3%
Walked	0.0%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.4%
Worked from home	3.0%	12.8%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Meraux	Violet
1-unit, detached	89.7%	77.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	6.4%
2 to 4 units	2.0%	5.4%
5 to 19 units	1.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.6%	10.7%

Poverty & households

	Meraux	Violet
Poverty rate	21.0%	21.9%
Average household size	2.99	2.78
Mean commute (minutes)	29	32
Median year structure built	1988	1984