Madisonville vs Sun

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

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

Madisonville has the higher population (971 vs 491 in Sun). Madisonville has the higher median home value ($391,800 vs $180,900 in Sun). Since 2019, Sun's population has grown faster (+17.2% vs +14.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Madisonville	Sun
Population	971	491
Median age	45.6 yrs	44.5 yrs
Median household income	$112,500	—
Median home value	$391,800	$180,900
Median gross rent	$1,102	$779
Housing units	457	236
Homeownership rate	90.9%	86.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	58.6%	32.0%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Madisonville	Sun
Population	849 → 971 (+14.4%)	419 → 491 (+17.2%)
Median household income	$81,576 → $112,500 (+37.9%)	$35,833 → $53,125 (+48.3%)
Median home value	$308,000 → $391,800 (+27.2%)	$87,900 → $180,900 (+105.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,042 → $1,102 (+5.8%)	$644 → $779 (+21.0%)

Madisonville

Population

849971

Median household income

$81,576$112,500

Median home value

$308,000$391,800

Median gross rent

$1,042$1,102

Sun

Population

419491

Median household income

$35,833$53,125

Median home value

$87,900$180,900

Median gross rent

$644$779

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Madisonville	Sun
Under 5	3.5%	2.9%
5 to 17	16.5%	11.6%
18 to 24	8.1%	17.5%
25 to 34	7.7%	9.8%
35 to 44	13.0%	13.2%
45 to 54	23.9%	15.1%
55 to 64	12.4%	12.6%
65 to 74	10.3%	8.4%
75 and over	4.6%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Madisonville	Sun
White (non-Hispanic)	91.1%	74.9%
Black or African American	5.6%	12.4%
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%	11.8%
Two or more races	0.3%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Madisonville	Sun
No high school diploma	1.3%	5.7%
High school graduate	14.9%	24.9%
Some college or associate's	25.2%	37.4%
Bachelor's degree	39.8%	25.1%
Graduate or professional degree	18.8%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Madisonville	Sun
Drove alone	76.6%	85.5%
Carpooled	10.8%	3.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.7%	8.3%
Other means	0.6%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Madisonville	Sun
1-unit, detached	97.2%	70.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	29.7%

Poverty & households

	Madisonville	Sun
Poverty rate	5.1%	5.5%
Average household size	2.45	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	27	40
Median year structure built	1993	1995