Evergreen vs Hessmer

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

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

Hessmer has the higher population (904 vs 237 in Evergreen). Hessmer has the higher median household income ($50,179 vs $32,000 in Evergreen). Hessmer has the higher median home value ($160,600 vs $114,700 in Evergreen).

Population, income & housing

	Evergreen	Hessmer
Population	237	904
Median age	58.3 yrs	41.7 yrs
Median household income	$32,000	$50,179
Median home value	$114,700	$160,600
Median gross rent	$325	$904
Housing units	141	436
Homeownership rate	74.6%	54.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.1%	10.7%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Evergreen	Hessmer
Population	324 → 237 (-26.9%)	892 → 904 (+1.3%)
Median household income	$28,295 → $32,000 (+13.1%)	$31,917 → $50,179 (+57.2%)
Median home value	$85,000 → $114,700 (+34.9%)	$153,300 → $160,600 (+4.8%)
Median gross rent	$400 → $325 (-18.8%)	$734 → $904 (+23.2%)

Evergreen

Population

324237

Median household income

$28,295$32,000

Median home value

$85,000$114,700

Median gross rent

$400$325

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)

	Evergreen	Hessmer
Under 5	0.4%	3.9%
5 to 17	20.7%	13.4%
18 to 24	4.2%	6.3%
25 to 34	4.6%	12.8%
35 to 44	3.4%	19.5%
45 to 54	13.9%	13.7%
55 to 64	21.1%	9.3%
65 to 74	16.9%	11.0%
75 and over	14.8%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Evergreen	Hessmer
White (non-Hispanic)	83.1%	71.1%
Black or African American	16.9%	10.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	14.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Evergreen	Hessmer
No high school diploma	16.9%	18.1%
High school graduate	33.3%	44.6%
Some college or associate's	35.6%	26.6%
Bachelor's degree	10.2%	9.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.0%	1.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Evergreen	Hessmer
Drove alone	81.8%	89.1%
Carpooled	9.1%	0.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.1%	9.4%
Other means	0.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Evergreen	Hessmer
1-unit, detached	72.3%	73.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	14.2%	9.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.0%
20 or more units	1.4%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	12.1%	9.4%

Poverty & households

	Evergreen	Hessmer
Poverty rate	19.8%	29.2%
Average household size	2.01	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	33	37
Median year structure built	1959	1977