Gueydan vs Maurice

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

Gueydan 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 1,431 in Gueydan). Maurice has the higher median household income ($84,107 vs $29,223 in Gueydan). Maurice has the higher median home value ($243,600 vs $82,100 in Gueydan).

Population, income & housing

	Gueydan	Maurice
Population	1,431	2,382
Median age	44.8 yrs	32.7 yrs
Median household income	$29,223	$84,107
Median home value	$82,100	$243,600
Median gross rent	$656	$1,079
Housing units	739	939
Homeownership rate	73.9%	86.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.6%	23.1%
Unemployment rate	17.3%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gueydan	Maurice
Population	1,249 → 1,431 (+14.6%)	1,711 → 2,382 (+39.2%)
Median household income	$33,611 → $29,223 (-13.1%)	$67,143 → $84,107 (+25.3%)
Median home value	$85,300 → $82,100 (-3.8%)	$210,100 → $243,600 (+15.9%)
Median gross rent	$537 → $656 (+22.2%)	$902 → $1,079 (+19.6%)

Gueydan

Population

1,2491,431

Median household income

$33,611$29,223

Median home value

$85,300$82,100

Median gross rent

$537$656

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)

	Gueydan	Maurice
Under 5	5.7%	8.1%
5 to 17	15.0%	22.0%
18 to 24	9.6%	5.7%
25 to 34	10.6%	18.2%
35 to 44	9.2%	14.4%
45 to 54	7.0%	5.4%
55 to 64	14.0%	11.0%
65 to 74	14.5%	6.2%
75 and over	14.5%	9.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gueydan	Maurice
White (non-Hispanic)	86.6%	78.4%
Black or African American	10.8%	5.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	5.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	1.9%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	6.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gueydan	Maurice
No high school diploma	16.7%	18.0%
High school graduate	53.0%	32.7%
Some college or associate's	18.6%	26.2%
Bachelor's degree	8.7%	18.3%
Graduate or professional degree	2.9%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gueydan	Maurice
Drove alone	87.2%	72.5%
Carpooled	4.0%	16.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.8%
Bicycle	3.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.0%	8.6%
Other means	1.1%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gueydan	Maurice
1-unit, detached	80.2%	76.1%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	4.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.3%
Mobile home & other	14.5%	16.3%

Poverty & households

	Gueydan	Maurice
Poverty rate	35.3%	8.0%
Average household size	2.19	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	35	24
Median year structure built	1969	2008