Catahoula vs St. Martinville

A side-by-side comparison of Catahoula and St. Martinville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

St. Martinville has the higher population (5,367 vs 412 in Catahoula). Catahoula has the higher median household income ($41,750 vs $33,132 in St. Martinville). Catahoula has the higher median home value ($135,700 vs $91,700 in St. Martinville).

Population, income & housing

	Catahoula	St. Martinville
Population	412	5,367
Median age	56.8 yrs	48.2 yrs
Median household income	$41,750	$33,132
Median home value	$135,700	$91,700
Median gross rent	—	$770
Housing units	193	3,323
Homeownership rate	100.0%	54.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.3%	14.9%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	14.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Catahoula	St. Martinville
Population	1,054 → 412 (-60.9%)	5,945 → 5,367 (-9.7%)
Median household income	$52,417 → $41,750 (-20.4%)	$25,520 → $33,132 (+29.8%)
Median home value	$114,800 → $135,700 (+18.2%)	$125,600 → $91,700 (-27.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$602 → $770 (+27.9%)

Catahoula

Population

1,054412

Median household income

$52,417$41,750

Median home value

$114,800$135,700

St. Martinville

Population

5,9455,367

Median household income

$25,520$33,132

Median home value

$125,600$91,700

Median gross rent

$602$770

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Catahoula	St. Martinville
Under 5	0.0%	4.6%
5 to 17	5.6%	10.0%
18 to 24	15.3%	8.9%
25 to 34	0.0%	14.7%
35 to 44	5.1%	9.2%
45 to 54	15.0%	12.8%
55 to 64	18.9%	14.1%
65 to 74	20.9%	12.4%
75 and over	19.2%	13.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Catahoula	St. Martinville
White (non-Hispanic)	94.9%	40.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	54.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	5.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.9%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Catahoula	St. Martinville
No high school diploma	19.3%	19.9%
High school graduate	46.0%	45.5%
Some college or associate's	15.3%	19.6%
Bachelor's degree	18.1%	9.2%
Graduate or professional degree	1.2%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Catahoula	St. Martinville
Drove alone	79.9%	88.1%
Carpooled	3.1%	2.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	10.3%	7.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.7%	1.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Catahoula	St. Martinville
1-unit, detached	77.2%	76.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	11.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	22.8%	7.3%

Poverty & households

	Catahoula	St. Martinville
Poverty rate	18.9%	24.3%
Average household size	2.40	1.93
Mean commute (minutes)	43	24
Median year structure built	1974	1967