Cottonport vs Fifth Ward

A side-by-side comparison of Cottonport and Fifth Ward: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Cottonport has the higher population (1,777 vs 1,104 in Fifth Ward). Fifth Ward has the higher median household income ($49,788 vs $33,538 in Cottonport). Since 2019, Fifth Ward's population has grown faster (+36.5% vs +1.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Cottonport	Fifth Ward
Population	1,777	1,104
Median age	24.8 yrs	41.6 yrs
Median household income	$33,538	$49,788
Median home value	$88,900	—
Median gross rent	$683	$875
Housing units	820	506
Homeownership rate	70.0%	59.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.0%	15.3%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cottonport	Fifth Ward
Population	1,760 → 1,777 (+1.0%)	809 → 1,104 (+36.5%)
Median household income	$18,986 → $33,538 (+76.6%)	$50,938 → $49,788 (-2.3%)
Median home value	$98,000 → $88,900 (-9.3%)	$77,100 → $138,000 (+79.0%)
Median gross rent	$624 → $683 (+9.5%)	$728 → $875 (+20.2%)

Cottonport

Population

1,7601,777

Median household income

$18,986$33,538

Median home value

$98,000$88,900

Median gross rent

$624$683

Fifth Ward

Population

8091,104

Median household income

$50,938$49,788

Median home value

$77,100$138,000

Median gross rent

$728$875

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cottonport	Fifth Ward
Under 5	13.1%	12.3%
5 to 17	24.3%	16.6%
18 to 24	13.1%	3.7%
25 to 34	7.7%	16.7%
35 to 44	13.8%	1.9%
45 to 54	9.6%	22.0%
55 to 64	7.8%	15.6%
65 to 74	4.3%	5.0%
75 and over	6.4%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cottonport	Fifth Ward
White (non-Hispanic)	32.1%	96.6%
Black or African American	50.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	1.6%
Asian	0.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.0%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	9.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cottonport	Fifth Ward
No high school diploma	34.7%	26.9%
High school graduate	22.6%	41.4%
Some college or associate's	32.7%	16.4%
Bachelor's degree	3.0%	12.8%
Graduate or professional degree	7.0%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cottonport	Fifth Ward
Drove alone	84.0%	89.9%
Carpooled	10.5%	3.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.7%	3.4%
Other means	3.4%	3.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cottonport	Fifth Ward
1-unit, detached	77.2%	57.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.6%	3.2%
5 to 19 units	3.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.9%	39.5%

Poverty & households

	Cottonport	Fifth Ward
Poverty rate	30.5%	5.9%
Average household size	2.86	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	27	60
Median year structure built	1982	1991