Fifth Ward vs Marksville

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

Fifth Ward 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 1,104 in Fifth Ward). Fifth Ward has the higher median household income ($49,788 vs $35,750 in Marksville). Since 2019, Fifth Ward's population has grown faster (+36.5% vs -8.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Fifth Ward	Marksville
Population	1,104	4,964
Median age	41.6 yrs	33.4 yrs
Median household income	$49,788	$35,750
Median home value	—	$159,500
Median gross rent	$875	$725
Housing units	506	2,253
Homeownership rate	59.8%	54.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.3%	16.2%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fifth Ward	Marksville
Population	809 → 1,104 (+36.5%)	5,432 → 4,964 (-8.6%)
Median household income	$50,938 → $49,788 (-2.3%)	$25,653 → $35,750 (+39.4%)
Median home value	$77,100 → $138,000 (+79.0%)	$102,600 → $159,500 (+55.5%)
Median gross rent	$728 → $875 (+20.2%)	$629 → $725 (+15.3%)

Fifth Ward

Population

8091,104

Median household income

$50,938$49,788

Median home value

$77,100$138,000

Median gross rent

$728$875

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)

	Fifth Ward	Marksville
Under 5	12.3%	9.6%
5 to 17	16.6%	18.6%
18 to 24	3.7%	6.0%
25 to 34	16.7%	20.9%
35 to 44	1.9%	10.8%
45 to 54	22.0%	9.1%
55 to 64	15.6%	12.0%
65 to 74	5.0%	5.8%
75 and over	6.3%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fifth Ward	Marksville
White (non-Hispanic)	96.6%	45.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	40.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.6%	0.5%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	12.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fifth Ward	Marksville
No high school diploma	26.9%	24.4%
High school graduate	41.4%	29.4%
Some college or associate's	16.4%	30.0%
Bachelor's degree	12.8%	10.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.6%	6.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fifth Ward	Marksville
Drove alone	89.9%	85.2%
Carpooled	3.4%	5.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	5.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.4%	2.8%
Other means	3.4%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fifth Ward	Marksville
1-unit, detached	57.3%	64.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	3.2%	21.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	39.5%	10.2%

Poverty & households

	Fifth Ward	Marksville
Poverty rate	5.9%	33.3%
Average household size	2.48	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	60	35
Median year structure built	1991	1979