Henderson vs St. Martinville

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

Henderson 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 1,640 in Henderson). Henderson has the higher median household income ($42,700 vs $33,132 in St. Martinville). St. Martinville has the higher median home value ($91,700 vs $82,100 in Henderson).

Population, income & housing

	Henderson	St. Martinville
Population	1,640	5,367
Median age	35.7 yrs	48.2 yrs
Median household income	$42,700	$33,132
Median home value	$82,100	$91,700
Median gross rent	$720	$770
Housing units	756	3,323
Homeownership rate	76.9%	54.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	2.9%	14.9%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	14.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Henderson	St. Martinville
Population	1,990 → 1,640 (-17.6%)	5,945 → 5,367 (-9.7%)
Median household income	$32,973 → $42,700 (+29.5%)	$25,520 → $33,132 (+29.8%)
Median home value	$63,400 → $82,100 (+29.5%)	$125,600 → $91,700 (-27.0%)
Median gross rent	$668 → $720 (+7.8%)	$602 → $770 (+27.9%)

Henderson

Population

1,9901,640

Median household income

$32,973$42,700

Median home value

$63,400$82,100

Median gross rent

$668$720

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)

	Henderson	St. Martinville
Under 5	7.7%	4.6%
5 to 17	18.1%	10.0%
18 to 24	5.1%	8.9%
25 to 34	17.8%	14.7%
35 to 44	11.2%	9.2%
45 to 54	11.3%	12.8%
55 to 64	11.7%	14.1%
65 to 74	11.7%	12.4%
75 and over	5.5%	13.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Henderson	St. Martinville
White (non-Hispanic)	57.4%	40.9%
Black or African American	6.3%	54.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	10.9%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.9%
Two or more races	4.0%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	21.3%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Henderson	St. Martinville
No high school diploma	34.8%	19.9%
High school graduate	38.4%	45.5%
Some college or associate's	23.9%	19.6%
Bachelor's degree	1.9%	9.2%
Graduate or professional degree	1.1%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Henderson	St. Martinville
Drove alone	85.0%	88.1%
Carpooled	7.8%	2.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	0.0%	7.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.2%	1.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Henderson	St. Martinville
1-unit, detached	52.5%	76.3%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	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	42.9%	7.3%

Poverty & households

	Henderson	St. Martinville
Poverty rate	16.3%	24.3%
Average household size	2.79	1.93
Mean commute (minutes)	26	24
Median year structure built	1981	1967