Mansura vs Simmesport

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

Mansura 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 1,254 in Mansura). Simmesport has the higher median household income ($26,250 vs $20,938 in Mansura). Mansura has the higher median home value ($103,600 vs $60,100 in Simmesport).

Population, income & housing

	Mansura	Simmesport
Population	1,254	1,455
Median age	48.8 yrs	43.9 yrs
Median household income	$20,938	$26,250
Median home value	$103,600	$60,100
Median gross rent	$659	$569
Housing units	614	709
Homeownership rate	43.3%	62.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.7%	4.3%
Unemployment rate	29.3%	9.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mansura	Simmesport
Population	1,477 → 1,254 (-15.1%)	1,622 → 1,455 (-10.3%)
Median household income	$17,316 → $20,938 (+20.9%)	$17,120 → $26,250 (+53.3%)
Median home value	$105,800 → $103,600 (-2.1%)	$52,800 → $60,100 (+13.8%)
Median gross rent	$458 → $659 (+43.9%)	$427 → $569 (+33.3%)

Mansura

Population

1,4771,254

Median household income

$17,316$20,938

Median home value

$105,800$103,600

Median gross rent

$458$659

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)

	Mansura	Simmesport
Under 5	5.0%	3.4%
5 to 17	14.0%	20.8%
18 to 24	12.2%	10.0%
25 to 34	5.0%	8.1%
35 to 44	12.8%	7.8%
45 to 54	9.3%	12.1%
55 to 64	14.5%	16.7%
65 to 74	14.5%	13.9%
75 and over	12.6%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mansura	Simmesport
White (non-Hispanic)	32.0%	46.6%
Black or African American	56.3%	40.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.1%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	10.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mansura	Simmesport
No high school diploma	31.0%	27.9%
High school graduate	35.7%	49.4%
Some college or associate's	25.6%	18.4%
Bachelor's degree	6.4%	2.9%
Graduate or professional degree	1.3%	1.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mansura	Simmesport
Drove alone	71.2%	79.2%
Carpooled	7.7%	9.3%
Public transit	3.8%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	1.3%
Other means	17.3%	10.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mansura	Simmesport
1-unit, detached	67.1%	63.8%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	16.1%	20.3%
5 to 19 units	5.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.4%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	5.7%	15.5%

Poverty & households

	Mansura	Simmesport
Poverty rate	49.1%	46.6%
Average household size	2.24	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	31	32
Median year structure built	1980	1977