Hessmer vs Mansura

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

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

Mansura has the higher population (1,254 vs 904 in Hessmer). Hessmer has the higher median household income ($50,179 vs $20,938 in Mansura). Hessmer has the higher median home value ($160,600 vs $103,600 in Mansura).

Population, income & housing

	Hessmer	Mansura
Population	904	1,254
Median age	41.7 yrs	48.8 yrs
Median household income	$50,179	$20,938
Median home value	$160,600	$103,600
Median gross rent	$904	$659
Housing units	436	614
Homeownership rate	54.3%	43.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.7%	7.7%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	29.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hessmer	Mansura
Population	892 → 904 (+1.3%)	1,477 → 1,254 (-15.1%)
Median household income	$31,917 → $50,179 (+57.2%)	$17,316 → $20,938 (+20.9%)
Median home value	$153,300 → $160,600 (+4.8%)	$105,800 → $103,600 (-2.1%)
Median gross rent	$734 → $904 (+23.2%)	$458 → $659 (+43.9%)

Hessmer

Population

892904

Median household income

$31,917$50,179

Median home value

$153,300$160,600

Median gross rent

$734$904

Mansura

Population

1,4771,254

Median household income

$17,316$20,938

Median home value

$105,800$103,600

Median gross rent

$458$659

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hessmer	Mansura
Under 5	3.9%	5.0%
5 to 17	13.4%	14.0%
18 to 24	6.3%	12.2%
25 to 34	12.8%	5.0%
35 to 44	19.5%	12.8%
45 to 54	13.7%	9.3%
55 to 64	9.3%	14.5%
65 to 74	11.0%	14.5%
75 and over	10.2%	12.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hessmer	Mansura
White (non-Hispanic)	71.1%	32.0%
Black or African American	10.8%	56.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.8%
Asian	0.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.0%
Two or more races	3.0%	7.1%
Hispanic or Latino	14.0%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hessmer	Mansura
No high school diploma	18.1%	31.0%
High school graduate	44.6%	35.7%
Some college or associate's	26.6%	25.6%
Bachelor's degree	9.1%	6.4%
Graduate or professional degree	1.6%	1.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hessmer	Mansura
Drove alone	89.1%	71.2%
Carpooled	0.3%	7.7%
Public transit	0.0%	3.8%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.4%	0.0%
Other means	1.3%	17.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hessmer	Mansura
1-unit, detached	73.9%	67.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	9.4%	16.1%
5 to 19 units	6.0%	5.2%
20 or more units	1.4%	5.4%
Mobile home & other	9.4%	5.7%

Poverty & households

	Hessmer	Mansura
Poverty rate	29.2%	49.1%
Average household size	2.24	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	37	31
Median year structure built	1977	1980