Gueydan vs Perry

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

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

Gueydan has the higher population (1,431 vs 1,014 in Perry). Perry has the higher median household income ($71,534 vs $29,223 in Gueydan). Perry has the higher median home value ($181,500 vs $82,100 in Gueydan).

Population, income & housing

	Gueydan	Perry
Population	1,431	1,014
Median age	44.8 yrs	34.1 yrs
Median household income	$29,223	$71,534
Median home value	$82,100	$181,500
Median gross rent	$656	—
Housing units	739	430
Homeownership rate	73.9%	85.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.6%	24.0%
Unemployment rate	17.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gueydan	Perry
Population	1,249 → 1,431 (+14.6%)	1,322 → 1,014 (-23.3%)
Median household income	$33,611 → $29,223 (-13.1%)	$80,739 → $71,534 (-11.4%)
Median home value	$85,300 → $82,100 (-3.8%)	$189,100 → $181,500 (-4.0%)
Median gross rent	$537 → $656 (+22.2%)	—

Gueydan

Population

1,2491,431

Median household income

$33,611$29,223

Median home value

$85,300$82,100

Median gross rent

$537$656

Perry

Population

1,3221,014

Median household income

$80,739$71,534

Median home value

$189,100$181,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gueydan	Perry
Under 5	5.7%	5.6%
5 to 17	15.0%	25.1%
18 to 24	9.6%	6.8%
25 to 34	10.6%	14.7%
35 to 44	9.2%	14.0%
45 to 54	7.0%	5.9%
55 to 64	14.0%	15.5%
65 to 74	14.5%	6.3%
75 and over	14.5%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gueydan	Perry
White (non-Hispanic)	86.6%	85.5%
Black or African American	10.8%	11.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	1.9%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gueydan	Perry
No high school diploma	16.7%	19.3%
High school graduate	53.0%	21.6%
Some college or associate's	18.6%	35.1%
Bachelor's degree	8.7%	24.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.9%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gueydan	Perry
Drove alone	87.2%	92.0%
Carpooled	4.0%	6.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	3.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.0%	1.5%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gueydan	Perry
1-unit, detached	80.2%	93.3%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	14.5%	6.7%

Poverty & households

	Gueydan	Perry
Poverty rate	35.3%	12.5%
Average household size	2.19	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	35	50
Median year structure built	1969	1978