Moreauville vs Simmesport

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

Moreauville 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 765 in Moreauville). Moreauville has the higher median household income ($37,500 vs $26,250 in Simmesport). Moreauville has the higher median home value ($137,800 vs $60,100 in Simmesport).

Population, income & housing

	Moreauville	Simmesport
Population	765	1,455
Median age	32.3 yrs	43.9 yrs
Median household income	$37,500	$26,250
Median home value	$137,800	$60,100
Median gross rent	$706	$569
Housing units	401	709
Homeownership rate	55.3%	62.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.7%	4.3%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	9.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Moreauville	Simmesport
Population	912 → 765 (-16.1%)	1,622 → 1,455 (-10.3%)
Median household income	$27,875 → $37,500 (+34.5%)	$17,120 → $26,250 (+53.3%)
Median home value	$122,700 → $137,800 (+12.3%)	$52,800 → $60,100 (+13.8%)
Median gross rent	$629 → $706 (+12.2%)	$427 → $569 (+33.3%)

Moreauville

Population

912765

Median household income

$27,875$37,500

Median home value

$122,700$137,800

Median gross rent

$629$706

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)

	Moreauville	Simmesport
Under 5	7.2%	3.4%
5 to 17	21.3%	20.8%
18 to 24	10.1%	10.0%
25 to 34	16.7%	8.1%
35 to 44	15.7%	7.8%
45 to 54	3.7%	12.1%
55 to 64	12.0%	16.7%
65 to 74	9.0%	13.9%
75 and over	4.3%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Moreauville	Simmesport
White (non-Hispanic)	69.7%	46.6%
Black or African American	24.8%	40.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.0%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.1%	10.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Moreauville	Simmesport
No high school diploma	26.0%	27.9%
High school graduate	28.3%	49.4%
Some college or associate's	37.0%	18.4%
Bachelor's degree	6.4%	2.9%
Graduate or professional degree	2.3%	1.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Moreauville	Simmesport
Drove alone	83.2%	79.2%
Carpooled	13.2%	9.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.0%	1.3%
Other means	0.0%	10.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Moreauville	Simmesport
1-unit, detached	64.1%	63.8%
1-unit, attached	5.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.5%	20.3%
5 to 19 units	3.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.0%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	17.2%	15.5%

Poverty & households

	Moreauville	Simmesport
Poverty rate	28.0%	46.6%
Average household size	2.38	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	37	32
Median year structure built	1978	1977