Chauvin vs Gray

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

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

Gray has the higher population (5,524 vs 2,531 in Chauvin). Gray has the higher median household income ($57,472 vs $50,976 in Chauvin). Gray has the higher median home value ($155,200 vs $93,500 in Chauvin).

Population, income & housing

	Chauvin	Gray
Population	2,531	5,524
Median age	33.1 yrs	39.8 yrs
Median household income	$50,976	$57,472
Median home value	$93,500	$155,200
Median gross rent	$1,044	$1,118
Housing units	1,014	2,329
Homeownership rate	73.3%	85.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.9%	14.1%
Unemployment rate	11.9%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chauvin	Gray
Population	2,408 → 2,531 (+5.1%)	5,944 → 5,524 (-7.1%)
Median household income	$39,071 → $50,976 (+30.5%)	$48,773 → $57,472 (+17.8%)
Median home value	$84,400 → $93,500 (+10.8%)	$150,200 → $155,200 (+3.3%)
Median gross rent	$641 → $1,044 (+62.9%)	$917 → $1,118 (+21.9%)

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

Gray

Population

5,9445,524

Median household income

$48,773$57,472

Median home value

$150,200$155,200

Median gross rent

$917$1,118

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chauvin	Gray
Under 5	0.6%	5.6%
5 to 17	24.7%	17.1%
18 to 24	15.8%	8.7%
25 to 34	12.5%	15.4%
35 to 44	9.6%	7.4%
45 to 54	7.0%	16.6%
55 to 64	12.5%	13.5%
65 to 74	8.1%	10.2%
75 and over	9.3%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chauvin	Gray
White (non-Hispanic)	83.6%	51.3%
Black or African American	0.3%	40.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	6.7%	2.4%
Asian	0.0%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.0%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.4%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chauvin	Gray
No high school diploma	35.2%	25.5%
High school graduate	40.8%	36.5%
Some college or associate's	20.2%	23.8%
Bachelor's degree	3.1%	8.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.7%	6.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chauvin	Gray
Drove alone	64.1%	82.8%
Carpooled	26.3%	9.6%
Public transit	0.0%	1.3%
Walked	0.9%	2.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.1%	3.5%
Other means	2.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chauvin	Gray
1-unit, detached	86.5%	67.8%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	0.4%	0.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.2%	30.2%

Poverty & households

	Chauvin	Gray
Poverty rate	18.8%	11.3%
Average household size	2.89	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	28	24
Median year structure built	1968	1987