Edgard vs Garyville

A side-by-side comparison of Edgard and Garyville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Garyville has the higher population (2,216 vs 1,521 in Edgard). Garyville has the higher median household income ($86,958 vs $66,966 in Edgard). Edgard has the higher median home value ($173,000 vs $144,400 in Garyville).

Population, income & housing

	Edgard	Garyville
Population	1,521	2,216
Median age	57.0 yrs	42.6 yrs
Median household income	$66,966	$86,958
Median home value	$173,000	$144,400
Housing units	815	876
Homeownership rate	98.7%	90.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.3%	7.9%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Edgard	Garyville
Population	1,785 → 1,521 (-14.8%)	2,155 → 2,216 (+2.8%)
Median household income	$35,573 → $66,966 (+88.2%)	$63,386 → $86,958 (+37.2%)
Median home value	$97,700 → $173,000 (+77.1%)	$113,100 → $144,400 (+27.7%)
Median gross rent	$719 → $718 (-0.1%)	—

Edgard

Population

1,7851,521

Median household income

$35,573$66,966

Median home value

$97,700$173,000

Median gross rent

$719$718

Garyville

Population

2,1552,216

Median household income

$63,386$86,958

Median home value

$113,100$144,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Edgard	Garyville
Under 5	2.5%	2.8%
5 to 17	13.5%	18.1%
18 to 24	6.8%	3.2%
25 to 34	7.1%	10.1%
35 to 44	9.6%	20.3%
45 to 54	5.6%	14.5%
55 to 64	24.2%	13.8%
65 to 74	16.4%	11.6%
75 and over	14.3%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Edgard	Garyville
White (non-Hispanic)	10.5%	42.9%
Black or African American	89.5%	53.5%
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	0.0%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Edgard	Garyville
No high school diploma	9.6%	28.7%
High school graduate	21.6%	43.7%
Some college or associate's	32.5%	19.8%
Bachelor's degree	24.2%	3.3%
Graduate or professional degree	12.1%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Edgard	Garyville
Drove alone	89.4%	91.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	4.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.6%	3.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Edgard	Garyville
1-unit, detached	83.7%	85.0%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	11.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.0%	14.4%

Poverty & households

	Edgard	Garyville
Poverty rate	12.4%	15.8%
Average household size	2.49	3.01
Mean commute (minutes)	33	25
Median year structure built	1984	1975