Cottonport vs Marksville

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

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

Marksville has the higher population (4,964 vs 1,777 in Cottonport). Marksville has the higher median household income ($35,750 vs $33,538 in Cottonport). Marksville has the higher median home value ($159,500 vs $88,900 in Cottonport).

Population, income & housing

	Cottonport	Marksville
Population	1,777	4,964
Median age	24.8 yrs	33.4 yrs
Median household income	$33,538	$35,750
Median home value	$88,900	$159,500
Median gross rent	$683	$725
Housing units	820	2,253
Homeownership rate	70.0%	54.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.0%	16.2%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cottonport	Marksville
Population	1,760 → 1,777 (+1.0%)	5,432 → 4,964 (-8.6%)
Median household income	$18,986 → $33,538 (+76.6%)	$25,653 → $35,750 (+39.4%)
Median home value	$98,000 → $88,900 (-9.3%)	$102,600 → $159,500 (+55.5%)
Median gross rent	$624 → $683 (+9.5%)	$629 → $725 (+15.3%)

Cottonport

Population

1,7601,777

Median household income

$18,986$33,538

Median home value

$98,000$88,900

Median gross rent

$624$683

Marksville

Population

5,4324,964

Median household income

$25,653$35,750

Median home value

$102,600$159,500

Median gross rent

$629$725

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cottonport	Marksville
Under 5	13.1%	9.6%
5 to 17	24.3%	18.6%
18 to 24	13.1%	6.0%
25 to 34	7.7%	20.9%
35 to 44	13.8%	10.8%
45 to 54	9.6%	9.1%
55 to 64	7.8%	12.0%
65 to 74	4.3%	5.8%
75 and over	6.4%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cottonport	Marksville
White (non-Hispanic)	32.1%	45.0%
Black or African American	50.4%	40.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.5%
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%	12.6%
Hispanic or Latino	9.6%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cottonport	Marksville
No high school diploma	34.7%	24.4%
High school graduate	22.6%	29.4%
Some college or associate's	32.7%	30.0%
Bachelor's degree	3.0%	10.0%
Graduate or professional degree	7.0%	6.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cottonport	Marksville
Drove alone	84.0%	85.2%
Carpooled	10.5%	5.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	5.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.7%	2.8%
Other means	3.4%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cottonport	Marksville
1-unit, detached	77.2%	64.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	7.6%	21.1%
5 to 19 units	3.7%	2.8%
20 or more units	0.7%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	10.9%	10.2%

Poverty & households

	Cottonport	Marksville
Poverty rate	30.5%	33.3%
Average household size	2.86	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	27	35
Median year structure built	1982	1979