Abbeville vs Maurice

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

Abbeville and Maurice 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 2,382 in Maurice). Maurice has the higher median household income ($84,107 vs $34,977 in Abbeville). Maurice has the higher median home value ($243,600 vs $99,900 in Abbeville).

Population, income & housing

	Abbeville	Maurice
Population	11,086	2,382
Median age	31.8 yrs	32.7 yrs
Median household income	$34,977	$84,107
Median home value	$99,900	$243,600
Median gross rent	$800	$1,079
Housing units	5,897	939
Homeownership rate	48.9%	86.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.6%	23.1%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Abbeville	Maurice
Population	12,236 → 11,086 (-9.4%)	1,711 → 2,382 (+39.2%)
Median household income	$38,900 → $34,977 (-10.1%)	$67,143 → $84,107 (+25.3%)
Median home value	$95,400 → $99,900 (+4.7%)	$210,100 → $243,600 (+15.9%)
Median gross rent	$682 → $800 (+17.3%)	$902 → $1,079 (+19.6%)

Abbeville

Population

12,23611,086

Median household income

$38,900$34,977

Median home value

$95,400$99,900

Median gross rent

$682$800

Maurice

Population

1,7112,382

Median household income

$67,143$84,107

Median home value

$210,100$243,600

Median gross rent

$902$1,079

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Abbeville	Maurice
Under 5	8.7%	8.1%
5 to 17	17.3%	22.0%
18 to 24	11.7%	5.7%
25 to 34	15.2%	18.2%
35 to 44	7.3%	14.4%
45 to 54	9.9%	5.4%
55 to 64	10.4%	11.0%
65 to 74	12.7%	6.2%
75 and over	6.9%	9.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Abbeville	Maurice
White (non-Hispanic)	42.2%	78.4%
Black or African American	43.3%	5.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	4.9%	5.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	5.3%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	4.3%	6.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Abbeville	Maurice
No high school diploma	23.3%	18.0%
High school graduate	43.0%	32.7%
Some college or associate's	24.1%	26.2%
Bachelor's degree	6.1%	18.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Abbeville	Maurice
Drove alone	72.3%	72.5%
Carpooled	9.2%	16.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	8.9%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.6%	8.6%
Other means	4.9%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Abbeville	Maurice
1-unit, detached	61.7%	76.1%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	9.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	10.4%	3.8%
20 or more units	3.9%	3.3%
Mobile home & other	12.1%	16.3%

Poverty & households

	Abbeville	Maurice
Poverty rate	33.4%	8.0%
Average household size	2.30	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	26	24
Median year structure built	1970	2008