Erath vs Gueydan

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

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

Erath has the higher population (1,865 vs 1,431 in Gueydan). Erath has the higher median household income ($45,526 vs $29,223 in Gueydan). Erath has the higher median home value ($133,700 vs $82,100 in Gueydan).

Population, income & housing

	Erath	Gueydan
Population	1,865	1,431
Median age	39.6 yrs	44.8 yrs
Median household income	$45,526	$29,223
Median home value	$133,700	$82,100
Median gross rent	$835	$656
Housing units	863	739
Homeownership rate	65.5%	73.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.6%	11.6%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	17.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Erath	Gueydan
Population	2,326 → 1,865 (-19.8%)	1,249 → 1,431 (+14.6%)
Median household income	$38,295 → $45,526 (+18.9%)	$33,611 → $29,223 (-13.1%)
Median home value	$79,900 → $133,700 (+67.3%)	$85,300 → $82,100 (-3.8%)
Median gross rent	$600 → $835 (+39.2%)	$537 → $656 (+22.2%)

Erath

Population

2,3261,865

Median household income

$38,295$45,526

Median home value

$79,900$133,700

Median gross rent

$600$835

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)

	Erath	Gueydan
Under 5	5.1%	5.7%
5 to 17	20.3%	15.0%
18 to 24	6.3%	9.6%
25 to 34	14.3%	10.6%
35 to 44	10.1%	9.2%
45 to 54	14.8%	7.0%
55 to 64	8.9%	14.0%
65 to 74	14.0%	14.5%
75 and over	6.1%	14.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Erath	Gueydan
White (non-Hispanic)	85.6%	86.6%
Black or African American	6.6%	10.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.0%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	5.5%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Erath	Gueydan
No high school diploma	10.3%	16.7%
High school graduate	48.1%	53.0%
Some college or associate's	19.0%	18.6%
Bachelor's degree	14.8%	8.7%
Graduate or professional degree	7.9%	2.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Erath	Gueydan
Drove alone	85.3%	87.2%
Carpooled	5.8%	4.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	3.7%
Worked from home	6.2%	4.0%
Other means	2.6%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Erath	Gueydan
1-unit, detached	74.0%	80.2%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	8.7%	4.6%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	14.0%	14.5%

Poverty & households

	Erath	Gueydan
Poverty rate	16.7%	35.3%
Average household size	2.34	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	24	35
Median year structure built	1967	1969