Delcambre vs Gueydan

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

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

Delcambre has the higher population (2,400 vs 1,431 in Gueydan). Delcambre has the higher median household income ($57,639 vs $29,223 in Gueydan). Delcambre has the higher median home value ($126,600 vs $82,100 in Gueydan).

Population, income & housing

	Delcambre	Gueydan
Population	2,400	1,431
Median age	38.3 yrs	44.8 yrs
Median household income	$57,639	$29,223
Median home value	$126,600	$82,100
Median gross rent	$814	$656
Housing units	934	739
Homeownership rate	70.3%	73.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.8%	11.6%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	17.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Delcambre	Gueydan
Population	2,020 → 2,400 (+18.8%)	1,249 → 1,431 (+14.6%)
Median household income	$41,667 → $57,639 (+38.3%)	$33,611 → $29,223 (-13.1%)
Median home value	$81,800 → $126,600 (+54.8%)	$85,300 → $82,100 (-3.8%)
Median gross rent	$634 → $814 (+28.4%)	$537 → $656 (+22.2%)

Delcambre

Population

2,0202,400

Median household income

$41,667$57,639

Median home value

$81,800$126,600

Median gross rent

$634$814

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)

	Delcambre	Gueydan
Under 5	8.4%	5.7%
5 to 17	18.3%	15.0%
18 to 24	4.7%	9.6%
25 to 34	14.4%	10.6%
35 to 44	11.0%	9.2%
45 to 54	10.4%	7.0%
55 to 64	16.2%	14.0%
65 to 74	11.8%	14.5%
75 and over	4.9%	14.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Delcambre	Gueydan
White (non-Hispanic)	84.8%	86.6%
Black or African American	3.7%	10.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.0%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	8.0%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Delcambre	Gueydan
No high school diploma	15.3%	16.7%
High school graduate	45.5%	53.0%
Some college or associate's	22.4%	18.6%
Bachelor's degree	12.6%	8.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	2.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Delcambre	Gueydan
Drove alone	85.9%	87.2%
Carpooled	4.6%	4.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.4%	3.7%
Worked from home	5.2%	4.0%
Other means	1.2%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Delcambre	Gueydan
1-unit, detached	80.7%	80.2%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	3.4%	4.6%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.3%	14.5%

Poverty & households

	Delcambre	Gueydan
Poverty rate	16.2%	35.3%
Average household size	2.90	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	30	35
Median year structure built	1976	1969