Fifth Ward vs Simmesport

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

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

Simmesport has the higher population (1,455 vs 1,104 in Fifth Ward). Fifth Ward has the higher median household income ($49,788 vs $26,250 in Simmesport). Since 2019, Fifth Ward's population has grown faster (+36.5% vs -10.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Fifth Ward	Simmesport
Population	1,104	1,455
Median age	41.6 yrs	43.9 yrs
Median household income	$49,788	$26,250
Median home value	—	$60,100
Median gross rent	$875	$569
Housing units	506	709
Homeownership rate	59.8%	62.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.3%	4.3%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	9.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fifth Ward	Simmesport
Population	809 → 1,104 (+36.5%)	1,622 → 1,455 (-10.3%)
Median household income	$50,938 → $49,788 (-2.3%)	$17,120 → $26,250 (+53.3%)
Median home value	$77,100 → $138,000 (+79.0%)	$52,800 → $60,100 (+13.8%)
Median gross rent	$728 → $875 (+20.2%)	$427 → $569 (+33.3%)

Fifth Ward

Population

8091,104

Median household income

$50,938$49,788

Median home value

$77,100$138,000

Median gross rent

$728$875

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)

	Fifth Ward	Simmesport
Under 5	12.3%	3.4%
5 to 17	16.6%	20.8%
18 to 24	3.7%	10.0%
25 to 34	16.7%	8.1%
35 to 44	1.9%	7.8%
45 to 54	22.0%	12.1%
55 to 64	15.6%	16.7%
65 to 74	5.0%	13.9%
75 and over	6.3%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fifth Ward	Simmesport
White (non-Hispanic)	96.6%	46.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	40.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.6%	0.0%
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%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	10.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fifth Ward	Simmesport
No high school diploma	26.9%	27.9%
High school graduate	41.4%	49.4%
Some college or associate's	16.4%	18.4%
Bachelor's degree	12.8%	2.9%
Graduate or professional degree	2.6%	1.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fifth Ward	Simmesport
Drove alone	89.9%	79.2%
Carpooled	3.4%	9.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.4%	1.3%
Other means	3.4%	10.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fifth Ward	Simmesport
1-unit, detached	57.3%	63.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.2%	20.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	39.5%	15.5%

Poverty & households

	Fifth Ward	Simmesport
Poverty rate	5.9%	46.6%
Average household size	2.48	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	60	32
Median year structure built	1991	1977