Houma vs Schriever

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

Houma and Schriever 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 6,052 in Schriever). Schriever has the higher median household income ($58,950 vs $54,637 in Houma). Houma has the higher median home value ($207,900 vs $176,200 in Schriever).

Population, income & housing

	Houma	Schriever
Population	32,760	6,052
Median age	35.1 yrs	34.1 yrs
Median household income	$54,637	$58,950
Median home value	$207,900	$176,200
Median gross rent	$1,011	$932
Housing units	15,193	2,888
Homeownership rate	69.4%	71.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.0%	20.7%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Houma	Schriever
Population	33,334 → 32,760 (-1.7%)	6,500 → 6,052 (-6.9%)
Median household income	$42,949 → $54,637 (+27.2%)	$35,528 → $58,950 (+65.9%)
Median home value	$157,600 → $207,900 (+31.9%)	$115,900 → $176,200 (+52.0%)
Median gross rent	$778 → $1,011 (+29.9%)	$961 → $932 (-3.0%)

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

Schriever

Population

6,5006,052

Median household income

$35,528$58,950

Median home value

$115,900$176,200

Median gross rent

$961$932

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Houma	Schriever
Under 5	10.4%	6.6%
5 to 17	17.1%	16.9%
18 to 24	7.5%	13.3%
25 to 34	14.9%	13.8%
35 to 44	11.0%	10.5%
45 to 54	10.3%	14.3%
55 to 64	11.8%	10.9%
65 to 74	10.1%	9.6%
75 and over	6.7%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Houma	Schriever
White (non-Hispanic)	64.2%	60.3%
Black or African American	20.3%	29.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.6%	0.5%
Asian	0.9%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	8.5%	4.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Houma	Schriever
No high school diploma	13.1%	11.5%
High school graduate	35.9%	46.9%
Some college or associate's	28.0%	20.9%
Bachelor's degree	15.1%	11.2%
Graduate or professional degree	7.9%	9.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Houma	Schriever
Drove alone	79.3%	81.7%
Carpooled	11.1%	11.3%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.3%	5.1%
Other means	4.8%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Houma	Schriever
1-unit, detached	83.0%	64.2%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.1%	14.6%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	1.2%
20 or more units	6.1%	0.2%
Mobile home & other	3.1%	19.7%

Poverty & households

	Houma	Schriever
Poverty rate	17.3%	17.9%
Average household size	2.40	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	20	29
Median year structure built	1973	1985