Mermentau vs Morse

A side-by-side comparison of Mermentau and Morse: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Morse has the higher population (1,039 vs 570 in Mermentau). Mermentau has the higher median household income ($112,864 vs $50,417 in Morse). Morse has the higher median home value ($78,100 vs $55,900 in Mermentau).

Population, income & housing

	Mermentau	Morse
Population	570	1,039
Median age	68.6 yrs	28.5 yrs
Median household income	$112,864	$50,417
Median home value	$55,900	$78,100
Median gross rent	$490	$490
Housing units	351	424
Homeownership rate	81.3%	50.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.5%	5.5%
Unemployment rate	10.3%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mermentau	Morse
Population	671 → 570 (-15.1%)	1,059 → 1,039 (-1.9%)
Median household income	$34,583 → $112,864 (+226.4%)	$48,333 → $50,417 (+4.3%)
Median home value	$79,700 → $55,900 (-29.9%)	$71,300 → $78,100 (+9.5%)
Median gross rent	$275 → $490 (+78.2%)	$653 → $490 (-25.0%)

Mermentau

Population

671570

Median household income

$34,583$112,864

Median home value

$79,700$55,900

Median gross rent

$275$490

Morse

Population

1,0591,039

Median household income

$48,333$50,417

Median home value

$71,300$78,100

Median gross rent

$653$490

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mermentau	Morse
Under 5	0.0%	14.8%
5 to 17	5.3%	16.9%
18 to 24	5.8%	3.0%
25 to 34	8.8%	24.7%
35 to 44	4.2%	11.0%
45 to 54	14.0%	6.1%
55 to 64	8.9%	10.4%
65 to 74	45.1%	9.5%
75 and over	7.9%	3.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mermentau	Morse
White (non-Hispanic)	83.9%	97.9%
Black or African American	10.9%	0.6%
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%	1.2%
Two or more races	3.5%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mermentau	Morse
No high school diploma	20.3%	16.4%
High school graduate	24.9%	36.6%
Some college or associate's	18.3%	41.6%
Bachelor's degree	34.9%	4.1%
Graduate or professional degree	1.6%	1.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mermentau	Morse
Drove alone	100.0%	91.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	4.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	3.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mermentau	Morse
1-unit, detached	80.3%	47.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.8%	52.4%

Poverty & households

	Mermentau	Morse
Poverty rate	18.4%	22.0%
Average household size	1.80	2.96
Mean commute (minutes)	22	24
Median year structure built	1958	1992