Chauvin vs Dulac

A side-by-side comparison of Chauvin and Dulac: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Chauvin has the higher population (2,531 vs 574 in Dulac). Dulac has the higher median household income ($56,563 vs $50,976 in Chauvin). Chauvin has the higher median home value ($93,500 vs $89,700 in Dulac).

Population, income & housing

	Chauvin	Dulac
Population	2,531	574
Median age	33.1 yrs	52.9 yrs
Median household income	$50,976	$56,563
Median home value	$93,500	$89,700
Median gross rent	$1,044	$827
Housing units	1,014	554
Homeownership rate	73.3%	84.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.9%	3.2%
Unemployment rate	11.9%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chauvin	Dulac
Population	2,408 → 2,531 (+5.1%)	1,154 → 574 (-50.3%)
Median household income	$39,071 → $50,976 (+30.5%)	$35,977 → $56,563 (+57.2%)
Median home value	$84,400 → $93,500 (+10.8%)	$64,600 → $89,700 (+38.9%)
Median gross rent	$641 → $1,044 (+62.9%)	$766 → $827 (+8.0%)

Chauvin

Population

2,4082,531

Median household income

$39,071$50,976

Median home value

$84,400$93,500

Median gross rent

$641$1,044

Dulac

Population

1,154574

Median household income

$35,977$56,563

Median home value

$64,600$89,700

Median gross rent

$766$827

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chauvin	Dulac
Under 5	0.6%	0.7%
5 to 17	24.7%	11.3%
18 to 24	15.8%	1.2%
25 to 34	12.5%	12.5%
35 to 44	9.6%	12.0%
45 to 54	7.0%	21.3%
55 to 64	12.5%	8.0%
65 to 74	8.1%	16.0%
75 and over	9.3%	16.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chauvin	Dulac
White (non-Hispanic)	83.6%	75.8%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	6.7%	15.9%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.4%	7.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chauvin	Dulac
No high school diploma	35.2%	37.1%
High school graduate	40.8%	23.1%
Some college or associate's	20.2%	36.5%
Bachelor's degree	3.1%	3.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.7%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chauvin	Dulac
Drove alone	64.1%	83.9%
Carpooled	26.3%	10.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.1%	1.7%
Other means	2.6%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chauvin	Dulac
1-unit, detached	86.5%	88.6%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.2%	11.4%

Poverty & households

	Chauvin	Dulac
Poverty rate	18.8%	22.5%
Average household size	2.89	1.96
Mean commute (minutes)	28	34
Median year structure built	1968	1987