Cottonport vs Simmesport

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

Cottonport and Simmesport 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 1,455 in Simmesport). Cottonport has the higher median household income ($33,538 vs $26,250 in Simmesport). Cottonport has the higher median home value ($88,900 vs $60,100 in Simmesport).

Population, income & housing

	Cottonport	Simmesport
Population	1,777	1,455
Median age	24.8 yrs	43.9 yrs
Median household income	$33,538	$26,250
Median home value	$88,900	$60,100
Median gross rent	$683	$569
Housing units	820	709
Homeownership rate	70.0%	62.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.0%	4.3%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	9.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cottonport	Simmesport
Population	1,760 → 1,777 (+1.0%)	1,622 → 1,455 (-10.3%)
Median household income	$18,986 → $33,538 (+76.6%)	$17,120 → $26,250 (+53.3%)
Median home value	$98,000 → $88,900 (-9.3%)	$52,800 → $60,100 (+13.8%)
Median gross rent	$624 → $683 (+9.5%)	$427 → $569 (+33.3%)

Cottonport

Population

1,7601,777

Median household income

$18,986$33,538

Median home value

$98,000$88,900

Median gross rent

$624$683

Simmesport

Population

1,6221,455

Median household income

$17,120$26,250

Median home value

$52,800$60,100

Median gross rent

$427$569

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cottonport	Simmesport
Under 5	13.1%	3.4%
5 to 17	24.3%	20.8%
18 to 24	13.1%	10.0%
25 to 34	7.7%	8.1%
35 to 44	13.8%	7.8%
45 to 54	9.6%	12.1%
55 to 64	7.8%	16.7%
65 to 74	4.3%	13.9%
75 and over	6.4%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cottonport	Simmesport
White (non-Hispanic)	32.1%	46.6%
Black or African American	50.4%	40.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
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%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	9.6%	10.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cottonport	Simmesport
No high school diploma	34.7%	27.9%
High school graduate	22.6%	49.4%
Some college or associate's	32.7%	18.4%
Bachelor's degree	3.0%	2.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.0%	1.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cottonport	Simmesport
Drove alone	84.0%	79.2%
Carpooled	10.5%	9.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.7%	1.3%
Other means	3.4%	10.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cottonport	Simmesport
1-unit, detached	77.2%	63.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.6%	20.3%
5 to 19 units	3.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.7%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	10.9%	15.5%

Poverty & households

	Cottonport	Simmesport
Poverty rate	30.5%	46.6%
Average household size	2.86	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	27	32
Median year structure built	1982	1977