Morehouse Parish vs Plaquemines Parish

A side-by-side comparison of Morehouse Parish and Plaquemines Parish: population, income, housing, and more.

Morehouse Parish and Plaquemines Parish are counties in Louisiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Morehouse Parish has the higher population (24,967 vs 23,070 in Plaquemines Parish). Plaquemines Parish has the higher median household income ($82,874 vs $36,981 in Morehouse Parish). Plaquemines Parish has the higher median home value ($275,800 vs $108,700 in Morehouse Parish).

Population, income & housing

	Morehouse Parish	Plaquemines Parish
Population	24,967	23,070
Median age	40.3 yrs	36.8 yrs
Median household income	$36,981	$82,874
Median home value	$108,700	$275,800
Median gross rent	$795	$1,611
Housing units	11,895	9,625
Homeownership rate	66.6%	73.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.7%	19.8%
Unemployment rate	9.9%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Morehouse Parish	Plaquemines Parish
Population	25,610 → 24,967 (-2.5%)	23,338 → 23,070 (-1.1%)
Median household income	$32,929 → $36,981 (+12.3%)	$57,204 → $82,874 (+44.9%)
Median home value	$91,100 → $108,700 (+19.3%)	$190,600 → $275,800 (+44.7%)
Median gross rent	$562 → $795 (+41.5%)	$1,289 → $1,611 (+25.0%)

Morehouse Parish

Population

25,61024,967

Median household income

$32,929$36,981

Median home value

$91,100$108,700

Median gross rent

$562$795

Plaquemines Parish

Population

23,33823,070

Median household income

$57,204$82,874

Median home value

$190,600$275,800

Median gross rent

$1,289$1,611

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Morehouse Parish	Plaquemines Parish
Under 5	6.1%	6.3%
5 to 17	17.2%	18.7%
18 to 24	9.0%	8.1%
25 to 34	10.3%	14.0%
35 to 44	12.4%	12.3%
45 to 54	12.1%	14.2%
55 to 64	13.5%	12.4%
65 to 74	11.9%	9.0%
75 and over	7.4%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Morehouse Parish	Plaquemines Parish
White (non-Hispanic)	47.5%	60.2%
Black or African American	48.1%	20.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	1.1%
Asian	0.5%	4.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.7%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	9.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Morehouse Parish	Plaquemines Parish
No high school diploma	16.9%	14.4%
High school graduate	39.1%	32.9%
Some college or associate's	31.3%	32.9%
Bachelor's degree	8.3%	13.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	6.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Morehouse Parish	Plaquemines Parish
Drove alone	83.4%	82.8%
Carpooled	8.7%	10.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.8%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.6%	3.1%
Other means	0.5%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Morehouse Parish	Plaquemines Parish
1-unit, detached	73.5%	53.1%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	9.3%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	8.1%
5 to 19 units	0.9%	0.7%
20 or more units	1.6%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	19.7%	27.6%

Poverty & households

	Morehouse Parish	Plaquemines Parish
Poverty rate	30.7%	13.4%
Average household size	2.47	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	28	28
Median year structure built	1977	1998