Donaldsonville vs Sorrento

A side-by-side comparison of Donaldsonville and Sorrento: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Donaldsonville has the higher population (6,792 vs 2,136 in Sorrento). Sorrento has the higher median household income ($106,250 vs $24,160 in Donaldsonville). Sorrento has the higher median home value ($218,800 vs $175,500 in Donaldsonville).

Population, income & housing

	Donaldsonville	Sorrento
Population	6,792	2,136
Median age	30.8 yrs	37.6 yrs
Median household income	$24,160	$106,250
Median home value	$175,500	$218,800
Median gross rent	$838	$1,260
Housing units	2,824	753
Homeownership rate	54.1%	90.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.4%	11.5%
Unemployment rate	12.6%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Donaldsonville	Sorrento
Population	8,237 → 6,792 (-17.5%)	1,681 → 2,136 (+27.1%)
Median household income	$25,551 → $24,160 (-5.4%)	$61,207 → $106,250 (+73.6%)
Median home value	$113,000 → $175,500 (+55.3%)	$165,700 → $218,800 (+32.0%)
Median gross rent	$626 → $838 (+33.9%)	$847 → $1,260 (+48.8%)

Donaldsonville

Population

8,2376,792

Median household income

$25,551$24,160

Median home value

$113,000$175,500

Median gross rent

$626$838

Sorrento

Population

1,6812,136

Median household income

$61,207$106,250

Median home value

$165,700$218,800

Median gross rent

$847$1,260

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Donaldsonville	Sorrento
Under 5	14.4%	5.3%
5 to 17	19.8%	16.0%
18 to 24	8.2%	12.0%
25 to 34	11.7%	11.0%
35 to 44	11.0%	15.7%
45 to 54	7.6%	10.2%
55 to 64	9.0%	14.8%
65 to 74	10.3%	8.6%
75 and over	8.2%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Donaldsonville	Sorrento
White (non-Hispanic)	13.8%	78.3%
Black or African American	84.2%	16.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.4%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.1%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Donaldsonville	Sorrento
No high school diploma	12.2%	4.3%
High school graduate	46.6%	46.5%
Some college or associate's	29.8%	37.7%
Bachelor's degree	7.8%	6.8%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Donaldsonville	Sorrento
Drove alone	72.0%	81.6%
Carpooled	21.8%	13.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.2%	3.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Donaldsonville	Sorrento
1-unit, detached	58.3%	83.4%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	12.8%	1.3%
5 to 19 units	12.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	14.0%	13.7%

Poverty & households

	Donaldsonville	Sorrento
Poverty rate	42.9%	5.7%
Average household size	2.68	3.02
Mean commute (minutes)	27	23
Median year structure built	1982	1997