Erwinville vs Port Allen

A side-by-side comparison of Erwinville and Port Allen: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Port Allen has the higher population (4,928 vs 2,575 in Erwinville). Erwinville has the higher median home value ($183,400 vs $167,700 in Port Allen). Since 2019, Erwinville's population has grown faster (+18.1% vs -0.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Erwinville	Port Allen
Population	2,575	4,928
Median age	28.4 yrs	44.7 yrs
Median household income	—	$59,380
Median home value	$183,400	$167,700
Median gross rent	—	$1,046
Housing units	938	2,526
Homeownership rate	83.3%	64.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.7%	15.3%
Unemployment rate	35.3%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Erwinville	Port Allen
Population	2,180 → 2,575 (+18.1%)	4,958 → 4,928 (-0.6%)
Median household income	$63,750 → $71,250 (+11.8%)	$55,426 → $59,380 (+7.1%)
Median home value	$157,600 → $183,400 (+16.4%)	$135,100 → $167,700 (+24.1%)
Median gross rent	$859 → $661 (-23.1%)	$934 → $1,046 (+12.0%)

Erwinville

Population

2,1802,575

Median household income

$63,750$71,250

Median home value

$157,600$183,400

Median gross rent

$859$661

Port Allen

Population

4,9584,928

Median household income

$55,426$59,380

Median home value

$135,100$167,700

Median gross rent

$934$1,046

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Erwinville	Port Allen
Under 5	4.0%	2.9%
5 to 17	28.5%	11.0%
18 to 24	8.9%	5.8%
25 to 34	19.9%	10.2%
35 to 44	6.2%	20.8%
45 to 54	4.9%	15.0%
55 to 64	12.9%	16.2%
65 to 74	8.6%	8.7%
75 and over	6.1%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Erwinville	Port Allen
White (non-Hispanic)	37.0%	42.5%
Black or African American	61.8%	55.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.0%	0.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.2%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Erwinville	Port Allen
No high school diploma	25.8%	6.1%
High school graduate	38.7%	43.6%
Some college or associate's	22.8%	35.1%
Bachelor's degree	2.7%	11.4%
Graduate or professional degree	10.0%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Erwinville	Port Allen
Drove alone	85.4%	74.4%
Carpooled	11.4%	13.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.1%	9.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Erwinville	Port Allen
1-unit, detached	58.7%	77.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.2%
Mobile home & other	41.3%	10.0%

Poverty & households

	Erwinville	Port Allen
Poverty rate	58.1%	19.1%
Average household size	3.85	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	30	23
Median year structure built	1987	1962