Erath vs Maurice

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

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

Maurice has the higher population (2,382 vs 1,865 in Erath). Maurice has the higher median household income ($84,107 vs $45,526 in Erath). Maurice has the higher median home value ($243,600 vs $133,700 in Erath).

Population, income & housing

	Erath	Maurice
Population	1,865	2,382
Median age	39.6 yrs	32.7 yrs
Median household income	$45,526	$84,107
Median home value	$133,700	$243,600
Median gross rent	$835	$1,079
Housing units	863	939
Homeownership rate	65.5%	86.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.6%	23.1%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Erath	Maurice
Population	2,326 → 1,865 (-19.8%)	1,711 → 2,382 (+39.2%)
Median household income	$38,295 → $45,526 (+18.9%)	$67,143 → $84,107 (+25.3%)
Median home value	$79,900 → $133,700 (+67.3%)	$210,100 → $243,600 (+15.9%)
Median gross rent	$600 → $835 (+39.2%)	$902 → $1,079 (+19.6%)

Erath

Population

2,3261,865

Median household income

$38,295$45,526

Median home value

$79,900$133,700

Median gross rent

$600$835

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)

	Erath	Maurice
Under 5	5.1%	8.1%
5 to 17	20.3%	22.0%
18 to 24	6.3%	5.7%
25 to 34	14.3%	18.2%
35 to 44	10.1%	14.4%
45 to 54	14.8%	5.4%
55 to 64	8.9%	11.0%
65 to 74	14.0%	6.2%
75 and over	6.1%	9.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Erath	Maurice
White (non-Hispanic)	85.6%	78.4%
Black or African American	6.6%	5.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	1.2%	5.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	1.0%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	5.5%	6.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Erath	Maurice
No high school diploma	10.3%	18.0%
High school graduate	48.1%	32.7%
Some college or associate's	19.0%	26.2%
Bachelor's degree	14.8%	18.3%
Graduate or professional degree	7.9%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Erath	Maurice
Drove alone	85.3%	72.5%
Carpooled	5.8%	16.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.2%	8.6%
Other means	2.6%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Erath	Maurice
1-unit, detached	74.0%	76.1%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	8.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	3.8%
20 or more units	0.3%	3.3%
Mobile home & other	14.0%	16.3%

Poverty & households

	Erath	Maurice
Poverty rate	16.7%	8.0%
Average household size	2.34	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	24	24
Median year structure built	1967	2008