Abbeville vs Gueydan

A side-by-side comparison of Abbeville and Gueydan: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Abbeville has the higher population (11,086 vs 1,431 in Gueydan). Abbeville has the higher median household income ($34,977 vs $29,223 in Gueydan). Abbeville has the higher median home value ($99,900 vs $82,100 in Gueydan).

Population, income & housing

	Abbeville	Gueydan
Population	11,086	1,431
Median age	31.8 yrs	44.8 yrs
Median household income	$34,977	$29,223
Median home value	$99,900	$82,100
Median gross rent	$800	$656
Housing units	5,897	739
Homeownership rate	48.9%	73.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.6%	11.6%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	17.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Abbeville	Gueydan
Population	12,236 → 11,086 (-9.4%)	1,249 → 1,431 (+14.6%)
Median household income	$38,900 → $34,977 (-10.1%)	$33,611 → $29,223 (-13.1%)
Median home value	$95,400 → $99,900 (+4.7%)	$85,300 → $82,100 (-3.8%)
Median gross rent	$682 → $800 (+17.3%)	$537 → $656 (+22.2%)

Abbeville

Population

12,23611,086

Median household income

$38,900$34,977

Median home value

$95,400$99,900

Median gross rent

$682$800

Gueydan

Population

1,2491,431

Median household income

$33,611$29,223

Median home value

$85,300$82,100

Median gross rent

$537$656

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Abbeville	Gueydan
Under 5	8.7%	5.7%
5 to 17	17.3%	15.0%
18 to 24	11.7%	9.6%
25 to 34	15.2%	10.6%
35 to 44	7.3%	9.2%
45 to 54	9.9%	7.0%
55 to 64	10.4%	14.0%
65 to 74	12.7%	14.5%
75 and over	6.9%	14.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Abbeville	Gueydan
White (non-Hispanic)	42.2%	86.6%
Black or African American	43.3%	10.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.3%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	4.3%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Abbeville	Gueydan
No high school diploma	23.3%	16.7%
High school graduate	43.0%	53.0%
Some college or associate's	24.1%	18.6%
Bachelor's degree	6.1%	8.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	2.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Abbeville	Gueydan
Drove alone	72.3%	87.2%
Carpooled	9.2%	4.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	8.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	3.7%
Worked from home	4.6%	4.0%
Other means	4.9%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Abbeville	Gueydan
1-unit, detached	61.7%	80.2%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	9.5%	4.6%
5 to 19 units	10.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.1%	14.5%

Poverty & households

	Abbeville	Gueydan
Poverty rate	33.4%	35.3%
Average household size	2.30	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	26	35
Median year structure built	1970	1969