Hessmer vs Moreauville

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

Hessmer and Moreauville 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 765 in Moreauville). Hessmer has the higher median household income ($50,179 vs $37,500 in Moreauville). Hessmer has the higher median home value ($160,600 vs $137,800 in Moreauville).

Population, income & housing

	Hessmer	Moreauville
Population	904	765
Median age	41.7 yrs	32.3 yrs
Median household income	$50,179	$37,500
Median home value	$160,600	$137,800
Median gross rent	$904	$706
Housing units	436	401
Homeownership rate	54.3%	55.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.7%	8.7%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hessmer	Moreauville
Population	892 → 904 (+1.3%)	912 → 765 (-16.1%)
Median household income	$31,917 → $50,179 (+57.2%)	$27,875 → $37,500 (+34.5%)
Median home value	$153,300 → $160,600 (+4.8%)	$122,700 → $137,800 (+12.3%)
Median gross rent	$734 → $904 (+23.2%)	$629 → $706 (+12.2%)

Hessmer

Population

892904

Median household income

$31,917$50,179

Median home value

$153,300$160,600

Median gross rent

$734$904

Moreauville

Population

912765

Median household income

$27,875$37,500

Median home value

$122,700$137,800

Median gross rent

$629$706

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hessmer	Moreauville
Under 5	3.9%	7.2%
5 to 17	13.4%	21.3%
18 to 24	6.3%	10.1%
25 to 34	12.8%	16.7%
35 to 44	19.5%	15.7%
45 to 54	13.7%	3.7%
55 to 64	9.3%	12.0%
65 to 74	11.0%	9.0%
75 and over	10.2%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hessmer	Moreauville
White (non-Hispanic)	71.1%	69.7%
Black or African American	10.8%	24.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.3%
Asian	0.8%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.0%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	14.0%	0.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hessmer	Moreauville
No high school diploma	18.1%	26.0%
High school graduate	44.6%	28.3%
Some college or associate's	26.6%	37.0%
Bachelor's degree	9.1%	6.4%
Graduate or professional degree	1.6%	2.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hessmer	Moreauville
Drove alone	89.1%	83.2%
Carpooled	0.3%	13.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.4%	2.0%
Other means	1.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hessmer	Moreauville
1-unit, detached	73.9%	64.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	5.2%
2 to 4 units	9.4%	9.5%
5 to 19 units	6.0%	3.0%
20 or more units	1.4%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	9.4%	17.2%

Poverty & households

	Hessmer	Moreauville
Poverty rate	29.2%	28.0%
Average household size	2.24	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	37	37
Median year structure built	1977	1978