Chauvin vs Presquille

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

Chauvin and Presquille 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 1,885 in Presquille). Presquille has the higher median household income ($99,479 vs $50,976 in Chauvin). Presquille has the higher median home value ($258,500 vs $93,500 in Chauvin).

Population, income & housing

	Chauvin	Presquille
Population	2,531	1,885
Median age	33.1 yrs	32.3 yrs
Median household income	$50,976	$99,479
Median home value	$93,500	$258,500
Median gross rent	$1,044	—
Housing units	1,014	623
Homeownership rate	73.3%	87.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.9%	16.6%
Unemployment rate	11.9%	17.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chauvin	Presquille
Population	2,408 → 2,531 (+5.1%)	1,424 → 1,885 (+32.4%)
Median household income	$39,071 → $50,976 (+30.5%)	$88,274 → $99,479 (+12.7%)
Median home value	$84,400 → $93,500 (+10.8%)	$235,100 → $258,500 (+10.0%)
Median gross rent	$641 → $1,044 (+62.9%)	—

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

Presquille

Population

1,4241,885

Median household income

$88,274$99,479

Median home value

$235,100$258,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chauvin	Presquille
Under 5	0.6%	9.7%
5 to 17	24.7%	26.0%
18 to 24	15.8%	6.7%
25 to 34	12.5%	15.5%
35 to 44	9.6%	4.2%
45 to 54	7.0%	15.1%
55 to 64	12.5%	12.6%
65 to 74	8.1%	4.8%
75 and over	9.3%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chauvin	Presquille
White (non-Hispanic)	83.6%	84.6%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	6.7%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	11.7%
Two or more races	6.0%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	3.4%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chauvin	Presquille
No high school diploma	35.2%	15.3%
High school graduate	40.8%	46.8%
Some college or associate's	20.2%	21.3%
Bachelor's degree	3.1%	11.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.7%	5.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chauvin	Presquille
Drove alone	64.1%	98.6%
Carpooled	26.3%	1.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.1%	0.0%
Other means	2.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chauvin	Presquille
1-unit, detached	86.5%	100.0%
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%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Chauvin	Presquille
Poverty rate	18.8%	2.1%
Average household size	2.89	3.55
Mean commute (minutes)	28	21
Median year structure built	1968	1987