Garyville vs Reserve

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

Garyville 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 2,216 in Garyville). Garyville has the higher median household income ($86,958 vs $60,509 in Reserve). Reserve has the higher median home value ($160,400 vs $144,400 in Garyville).

Population, income & housing

	Garyville	Reserve
Population	2,216	7,471
Median age	42.6 yrs	40.4 yrs
Median household income	$86,958	$60,509
Median home value	$144,400	$160,400
Median gross rent	—	$1,201
Housing units	876	3,620
Homeownership rate	90.6%	74.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.9%	11.0%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	15.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Garyville	Reserve
Population	2,155 → 2,216 (+2.8%)	8,611 → 7,471 (-13.2%)
Median household income	$63,386 → $86,958 (+37.2%)	$42,120 → $60,509 (+43.7%)
Median home value	$113,100 → $144,400 (+27.7%)	$121,500 → $160,400 (+32.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$670 → $1,201 (+79.3%)

Garyville

Population

2,1552,216

Median household income

$63,386$86,958

Median home value

$113,100$144,400

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)

	Garyville	Reserve
Under 5	2.8%	3.1%
5 to 17	18.1%	16.2%
18 to 24	3.2%	14.5%
25 to 34	10.1%	11.6%
35 to 44	20.3%	13.6%
45 to 54	14.5%	16.0%
55 to 64	13.8%	10.1%
65 to 74	11.6%	10.6%
75 and over	5.6%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Garyville	Reserve
White (non-Hispanic)	42.9%	23.3%
Black or African American	53.5%	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	3.7%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	9.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Garyville	Reserve
No high school diploma	28.7%	15.9%
High school graduate	43.7%	52.6%
Some college or associate's	19.8%	20.5%
Bachelor's degree	3.3%	8.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Garyville	Reserve
Drove alone	91.7%	91.5%
Carpooled	4.7%	4.0%
Public transit	0.0%	1.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.6%	0.9%
Other means	0.0%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Garyville	Reserve
1-unit, detached	85.0%	74.5%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	14.4%	16.2%

Poverty & households

	Garyville	Reserve
Poverty rate	15.8%	13.5%
Average household size	3.01	2.80
Mean commute (minutes)	25	24
Median year structure built	1975	1977