Edgard vs Reserve

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

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

Reserve has the higher population (7,471 vs 1,521 in Edgard). Edgard has the higher median household income ($66,966 vs $60,509 in Reserve). Edgard has the higher median home value ($173,000 vs $160,400 in Reserve).

Population, income & housing

	Edgard	Reserve
Population	1,521	7,471
Median age	57.0 yrs	40.4 yrs
Median household income	$66,966	$60,509
Median home value	$173,000	$160,400
Median gross rent	—	$1,201
Housing units	815	3,620
Homeownership rate	98.7%	74.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.3%	11.0%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	15.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Edgard	Reserve
Population	1,785 → 1,521 (-14.8%)	8,611 → 7,471 (-13.2%)
Median household income	$35,573 → $66,966 (+88.2%)	$42,120 → $60,509 (+43.7%)
Median home value	$97,700 → $173,000 (+77.1%)	$121,500 → $160,400 (+32.0%)
Median gross rent	$719 → $718 (-0.1%)	$670 → $1,201 (+79.3%)

Edgard

Population

1,7851,521

Median household income

$35,573$66,966

Median home value

$97,700$173,000

Median gross rent

$719$718

Reserve

Population

8,6117,471

Median household income

$42,120$60,509

Median home value

$121,500$160,400

Median gross rent

$670$1,201

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Edgard	Reserve
Under 5	2.5%	3.1%
5 to 17	13.5%	16.2%
18 to 24	6.8%	14.5%
25 to 34	7.1%	11.6%
35 to 44	9.6%	13.6%
45 to 54	5.6%	16.0%
55 to 64	24.2%	10.1%
65 to 74	16.4%	10.6%
75 and over	14.3%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Edgard	Reserve
White (non-Hispanic)	10.5%	23.3%
Black or African American	89.5%	64.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	9.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Edgard	Reserve
No high school diploma	9.6%	15.9%
High school graduate	21.6%	52.6%
Some college or associate's	32.5%	20.5%
Bachelor's degree	24.2%	8.4%
Graduate or professional degree	12.1%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Edgard	Reserve
Drove alone	89.4%	91.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	4.0%
Public transit	0.0%	1.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.6%	0.9%
Other means	0.0%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Edgard	Reserve
1-unit, detached	83.7%	74.5%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	11.0%	7.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.0%	16.2%

Poverty & households

	Edgard	Reserve
Poverty rate	12.4%	13.5%
Average household size	2.49	2.80
Mean commute (minutes)	33	24
Median year structure built	1984	1977