Garyville vs Laplace

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

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

Laplace has the higher population (28,480 vs 2,216 in Garyville). Garyville has the higher median household income ($86,958 vs $68,028 in Laplace). Laplace has the higher median home value ($188,900 vs $144,400 in Garyville).

Population, income & housing

	Garyville	Laplace
Population	2,216	28,480
Median age	42.6 yrs	37.5 yrs
Median household income	$86,958	$68,028
Median home value	$144,400	$188,900
Median gross rent	—	$1,097
Housing units	876	11,834
Homeownership rate	90.6%	79.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.9%	20.2%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	7.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Garyville	Laplace
Population	2,155 → 2,216 (+2.8%)	29,108 → 28,480 (-2.2%)
Median household income	$63,386 → $86,958 (+37.2%)	$63,253 → $68,028 (+7.5%)
Median home value	$113,100 → $144,400 (+27.7%)	$161,000 → $188,900 (+17.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$982 → $1,097 (+11.7%)

Garyville

Population

2,1552,216

Median household income

$63,386$86,958

Median home value

$113,100$144,400

Laplace

Population

29,10828,480

Median household income

$63,253$68,028

Median home value

$161,000$188,900

Median gross rent

$982$1,097

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Garyville	Laplace
Under 5	2.8%	6.9%
5 to 17	18.1%	19.3%
18 to 24	3.2%	8.0%
25 to 34	10.1%	13.5%
35 to 44	20.3%	11.1%
45 to 54	14.5%	11.7%
55 to 64	13.8%	15.3%
65 to 74	11.6%	9.0%
75 and over	5.6%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Garyville	Laplace
White (non-Hispanic)	42.9%	32.9%
Black or African American	53.5%	51.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.8%
Two or more races	3.7%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	9.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Garyville	Laplace
No high school diploma	28.7%	11.7%
High school graduate	43.7%	38.3%
Some college or associate's	19.8%	29.8%
Bachelor's degree	3.3%	12.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	7.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Garyville	Laplace
Drove alone	91.7%	81.6%
Carpooled	4.7%	9.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	3.6%	6.8%
Other means	0.0%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Garyville	Laplace
1-unit, detached	85.0%	82.9%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	14.4%	6.8%

Poverty & households

	Garyville	Laplace
Poverty rate	15.8%	12.5%
Average household size	3.01	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	25	31
Median year structure built	1975	1983