Chauvin vs Houma

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

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

Houma has the higher population (32,760 vs 2,531 in Chauvin). Houma has the higher median household income ($54,637 vs $50,976 in Chauvin). Houma has the higher median home value ($207,900 vs $93,500 in Chauvin).

Population, income & housing

	Chauvin	Houma
Population	2,531	32,760
Median age	33.1 yrs	35.1 yrs
Median household income	$50,976	$54,637
Median home value	$93,500	$207,900
Median gross rent	$1,044	$1,011
Housing units	1,014	15,193
Homeownership rate	73.3%	69.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.9%	23.0%
Unemployment rate	11.9%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chauvin	Houma
Population	2,408 → 2,531 (+5.1%)	33,334 → 32,760 (-1.7%)
Median household income	$39,071 → $50,976 (+30.5%)	$42,949 → $54,637 (+27.2%)
Median home value	$84,400 → $93,500 (+10.8%)	$157,600 → $207,900 (+31.9%)
Median gross rent	$641 → $1,044 (+62.9%)	$778 → $1,011 (+29.9%)

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

Houma

Population

33,33432,760

Median household income

$42,949$54,637

Median home value

$157,600$207,900

Median gross rent

$778$1,011

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chauvin	Houma
Under 5	0.6%	10.4%
5 to 17	24.7%	17.1%
18 to 24	15.8%	7.5%
25 to 34	12.5%	14.9%
35 to 44	9.6%	11.0%
45 to 54	7.0%	10.3%
55 to 64	12.5%	11.8%
65 to 74	8.1%	10.1%
75 and over	9.3%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chauvin	Houma
White (non-Hispanic)	83.6%	64.2%
Black or African American	0.3%	20.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	6.7%	2.6%
Asian	0.0%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.0%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	3.4%	8.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chauvin	Houma
No high school diploma	35.2%	13.1%
High school graduate	40.8%	35.9%
Some college or associate's	20.2%	28.0%
Bachelor's degree	3.1%	15.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.7%	7.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chauvin	Houma
Drove alone	64.1%	79.3%
Carpooled	26.3%	11.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	0.9%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.1%	3.3%
Other means	2.6%	4.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chauvin	Houma
1-unit, detached	86.5%	83.0%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	0.4%	4.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.1%
Mobile home & other	10.2%	3.1%

Poverty & households

	Chauvin	Houma
Poverty rate	18.8%	17.3%
Average household size	2.89	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	28	20
Median year structure built	1968	1973