Madisonville vs Pearl River

A side-by-side comparison of Madisonville and Pearl River: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Pearl River has the higher population (2,614 vs 971 in Madisonville). Madisonville has the higher median household income ($112,500 vs $60,521 in Pearl River). Madisonville has the higher median home value ($391,800 vs $229,200 in Pearl River).

Population, income & housing

	Madisonville	Pearl River
Population	971	2,614
Median age	45.6 yrs	34.9 yrs
Median household income	$112,500	$60,521
Median home value	$391,800	$229,200
Median gross rent	$1,102	$1,056
Housing units	457	1,130
Homeownership rate	90.9%	76.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	58.6%	20.2%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Madisonville	Pearl River
Population	849 → 971 (+14.4%)	2,579 → 2,614 (+1.4%)
Median household income	$81,576 → $112,500 (+37.9%)	$56,061 → $60,521 (+8.0%)
Median home value	$308,000 → $391,800 (+27.2%)	$180,300 → $229,200 (+27.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,042 → $1,102 (+5.8%)	$966 → $1,056 (+9.3%)

Madisonville

Population

849971

Median household income

$81,576$112,500

Median home value

$308,000$391,800

Median gross rent

$1,042$1,102

Pearl River

Population

2,5792,614

Median household income

$56,061$60,521

Median home value

$180,300$229,200

Median gross rent

$966$1,056

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Madisonville	Pearl River
Under 5	3.5%	6.3%
5 to 17	16.5%	21.6%
18 to 24	8.1%	7.0%
25 to 34	7.7%	15.4%
35 to 44	13.0%	8.8%
45 to 54	23.9%	9.1%
55 to 64	12.4%	17.4%
65 to 74	10.3%	10.7%
75 and over	4.6%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Madisonville	Pearl River
White (non-Hispanic)	91.1%	89.9%
Black or African American	5.6%	2.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.3%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Madisonville	Pearl River
No high school diploma	1.3%	14.6%
High school graduate	14.9%	30.6%
Some college or associate's	25.2%	34.5%
Bachelor's degree	39.8%	13.1%
Graduate or professional degree	18.8%	7.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Madisonville	Pearl River
Drove alone	76.6%	73.9%
Carpooled	10.8%	19.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	0.5%
Bicycle	1.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.7%	4.7%
Other means	0.6%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Madisonville	Pearl River
1-unit, detached	97.2%	82.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	2.0%	0.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	16.9%

Poverty & households

	Madisonville	Pearl River
Poverty rate	5.1%	15.7%
Average household size	2.45	2.72
Mean commute (minutes)	27	33
Median year structure built	1993	1993