Marksville vs Simmesport

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

Marksville and Simmesport 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 1,455 in Simmesport). Marksville has the higher median household income ($35,750 vs $26,250 in Simmesport). Marksville has the higher median home value ($159,500 vs $60,100 in Simmesport).

Population, income & housing

	Marksville	Simmesport
Population	4,964	1,455
Median age	33.4 yrs	43.9 yrs
Median household income	$35,750	$26,250
Median home value	$159,500	$60,100
Median gross rent	$725	$569
Housing units	2,253	709
Homeownership rate	54.3%	62.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.2%	4.3%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	9.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Marksville	Simmesport
Population	5,432 → 4,964 (-8.6%)	1,622 → 1,455 (-10.3%)
Median household income	$25,653 → $35,750 (+39.4%)	$17,120 → $26,250 (+53.3%)
Median home value	$102,600 → $159,500 (+55.5%)	$52,800 → $60,100 (+13.8%)
Median gross rent	$629 → $725 (+15.3%)	$427 → $569 (+33.3%)

Marksville

Population

5,4324,964

Median household income

$25,653$35,750

Median home value

$102,600$159,500

Median gross rent

$629$725

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)

	Marksville	Simmesport
Under 5	9.6%	3.4%
5 to 17	18.6%	20.8%
18 to 24	6.0%	10.0%
25 to 34	20.9%	8.1%
35 to 44	10.8%	7.8%
45 to 54	9.1%	12.1%
55 to 64	12.0%	16.7%
65 to 74	5.8%	13.9%
75 and over	7.4%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Marksville	Simmesport
White (non-Hispanic)	45.0%	46.6%
Black or African American	40.2%	40.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	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	12.6%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	10.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Marksville	Simmesport
No high school diploma	24.4%	27.9%
High school graduate	29.4%	49.4%
Some college or associate's	30.0%	18.4%
Bachelor's degree	10.0%	2.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	1.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Marksville	Simmesport
Drove alone	85.2%	79.2%
Carpooled	5.8%	9.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.8%	1.3%
Other means	0.9%	10.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Marksville	Simmesport
1-unit, detached	64.0%	63.8%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	21.1%	20.3%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.4%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	10.2%	15.5%

Poverty & households

	Marksville	Simmesport
Poverty rate	33.3%	46.6%
Average household size	2.38	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	35	32
Median year structure built	1979	1977