Gueydan vs Kaplan

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

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

Kaplan has the higher population (4,271 vs 1,431 in Gueydan). Kaplan has the higher median household income ($36,578 vs $29,223 in Gueydan). Kaplan has the higher median home value ($153,800 vs $82,100 in Gueydan).

Population, income & housing

	Gueydan	Kaplan
Population	1,431	4,271
Median age	44.8 yrs	39.9 yrs
Median household income	$29,223	$36,578
Median home value	$82,100	$153,800
Median gross rent	$656	$782
Housing units	739	1,989
Homeownership rate	73.9%	60.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.6%	7.3%
Unemployment rate	17.3%	9.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gueydan	Kaplan
Population	1,249 → 1,431 (+14.6%)	4,522 → 4,271 (-5.6%)
Median household income	$33,611 → $29,223 (-13.1%)	$34,943 → $36,578 (+4.7%)
Median home value	$85,300 → $82,100 (-3.8%)	$90,300 → $153,800 (+70.3%)
Median gross rent	$537 → $656 (+22.2%)	$591 → $782 (+32.3%)

Gueydan

Population

1,2491,431

Median household income

$33,611$29,223

Median home value

$85,300$82,100

Median gross rent

$537$656

Kaplan

Population

4,5224,271

Median household income

$34,943$36,578

Median home value

$90,300$153,800

Median gross rent

$591$782

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gueydan	Kaplan
Under 5	5.7%	6.4%
5 to 17	15.0%	18.6%
18 to 24	9.6%	10.5%
25 to 34	10.6%	11.3%
35 to 44	9.2%	8.1%
45 to 54	7.0%	14.1%
55 to 64	14.0%	15.6%
65 to 74	14.5%	8.2%
75 and over	14.5%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gueydan	Kaplan
White (non-Hispanic)	86.6%	78.2%
Black or African American	10.8%	10.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	5.5%
Some other race	0.0%	1.2%
Two or more races	1.9%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gueydan	Kaplan
No high school diploma	16.7%	22.2%
High school graduate	53.0%	44.9%
Some college or associate's	18.6%	25.7%
Bachelor's degree	8.7%	6.2%
Graduate or professional degree	2.9%	1.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gueydan	Kaplan
Drove alone	87.2%	79.3%
Carpooled	4.0%	17.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.3%
Bicycle	3.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.0%	1.5%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gueydan	Kaplan
1-unit, detached	80.2%	83.9%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	4.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.3%
Mobile home & other	14.5%	5.3%

Poverty & households

	Gueydan	Kaplan
Poverty rate	35.3%	34.9%
Average household size	2.19	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	35	24
Median year structure built	1969	1973