Cottonport vs Hessmer

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

Cottonport and Hessmer 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 904 in Hessmer). Hessmer has the higher median household income ($50,179 vs $33,538 in Cottonport). Hessmer has the higher median home value ($160,600 vs $88,900 in Cottonport).

Population, income & housing

	Cottonport	Hessmer
Population	1,777	904
Median age	24.8 yrs	41.7 yrs
Median household income	$33,538	$50,179
Median home value	$88,900	$160,600
Median gross rent	$683	$904
Housing units	820	436
Homeownership rate	70.0%	54.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.0%	10.7%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cottonport	Hessmer
Population	1,760 → 1,777 (+1.0%)	892 → 904 (+1.3%)
Median household income	$18,986 → $33,538 (+76.6%)	$31,917 → $50,179 (+57.2%)
Median home value	$98,000 → $88,900 (-9.3%)	$153,300 → $160,600 (+4.8%)
Median gross rent	$624 → $683 (+9.5%)	$734 → $904 (+23.2%)

Cottonport

Population

1,7601,777

Median household income

$18,986$33,538

Median home value

$98,000$88,900

Median gross rent

$624$683

Hessmer

Population

892904

Median household income

$31,917$50,179

Median home value

$153,300$160,600

Median gross rent

$734$904

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cottonport	Hessmer
Under 5	13.1%	3.9%
5 to 17	24.3%	13.4%
18 to 24	13.1%	6.3%
25 to 34	7.7%	12.8%
35 to 44	13.8%	19.5%
45 to 54	9.6%	13.7%
55 to 64	7.8%	9.3%
65 to 74	4.3%	11.0%
75 and over	6.4%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cottonport	Hessmer
White (non-Hispanic)	32.1%	71.1%
Black or African American	50.4%	10.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	0.7%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.0%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	9.6%	14.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cottonport	Hessmer
No high school diploma	34.7%	18.1%
High school graduate	22.6%	44.6%
Some college or associate's	32.7%	26.6%
Bachelor's degree	3.0%	9.1%
Graduate or professional degree	7.0%	1.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cottonport	Hessmer
Drove alone	84.0%	89.1%
Carpooled	10.5%	0.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.7%	9.4%
Other means	3.4%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cottonport	Hessmer
1-unit, detached	77.2%	73.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.6%	9.4%
5 to 19 units	3.7%	6.0%
20 or more units	0.7%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	10.9%	9.4%

Poverty & households

	Cottonport	Hessmer
Poverty rate	30.5%	29.2%
Average household size	2.86	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	27	37
Median year structure built	1982	1977