Chauvin vs Montegut

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

Chauvin and Montegut 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 1,264 in Montegut). Chauvin has the higher median household income ($50,976 vs $32,500 in Montegut). Montegut has the higher median home value ($105,000 vs $93,500 in Chauvin).

Population, income & housing

	Chauvin	Montegut
Population	2,531	1,264
Median age	33.1 yrs	51.0 yrs
Median household income	$50,976	$32,500
Median home value	$93,500	$105,000
Median gross rent	$1,044	$857
Housing units	1,014	484
Homeownership rate	73.3%	81.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.9%	6.0%
Unemployment rate	11.9%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chauvin	Montegut
Population	2,408 → 2,531 (+5.1%)	2,133 → 1,264 (-40.7%)
Median household income	$39,071 → $50,976 (+30.5%)	$33,947 → $32,500 (-4.3%)
Median home value	$84,400 → $93,500 (+10.8%)	$80,000 → $105,000 (+31.3%)
Median gross rent	$641 → $1,044 (+62.9%)	$738 → $857 (+16.1%)

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

Montegut

Population

2,1331,264

Median household income

$33,947$32,500

Median home value

$80,000$105,000

Median gross rent

$738$857

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chauvin	Montegut
Under 5	0.6%	5.1%
5 to 17	24.7%	15.0%
18 to 24	15.8%	3.8%
25 to 34	12.5%	9.1%
35 to 44	9.6%	9.9%
45 to 54	7.0%	16.5%
55 to 64	12.5%	22.9%
65 to 74	8.1%	15.0%
75 and over	9.3%	2.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chauvin	Montegut
White (non-Hispanic)	83.6%	80.3%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	6.7%	15.1%
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%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	3.4%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chauvin	Montegut
No high school diploma	35.2%	42.8%
High school graduate	40.8%	35.7%
Some college or associate's	20.2%	15.5%
Bachelor's degree	3.1%	2.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.7%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chauvin	Montegut
Drove alone	64.1%	65.2%
Carpooled	26.3%	5.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	18.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.1%	2.7%
Other means	2.6%	9.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chauvin	Montegut
1-unit, detached	86.5%	75.4%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	0.4%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.2%	20.9%

Poverty & households

	Chauvin	Montegut
Poverty rate	18.8%	40.3%
Average household size	2.89	2.72
Mean commute (minutes)	28	26
Median year structure built	1968	1959