DeRidder vs Longville

A side-by-side comparison of DeRidder and Longville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

DeRidder has the higher population (9,812 vs 491 in Longville). DeRidder has the higher median household income ($58,596 vs $29,483 in Longville). Since 2019, Longville's population has grown faster (+88.1% vs -9.7%).

Population, income & housing

	DeRidder	Longville
Population	9,812	491
Median age	37.7 yrs	56.7 yrs
Median household income	$58,596	$29,483
Median home value	$160,800	—
Median gross rent	$929	—
Housing units	4,656	258
Homeownership rate	64.8%	93.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.8%	17.0%
Unemployment rate	10.8%	45.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	DeRidder	Longville
Population	10,861 → 9,812 (-9.7%)	261 → 491 (+88.1%)
Median household income	$45,536 → $58,596 (+28.7%)	$20,257 → $29,483 (+45.5%)
Median home value	$144,500 → $160,800 (+11.3%)	—
Median gross rent	$737 → $929 (+26.1%)	—

DeRidder

Population

10,8619,812

Median household income

$45,536$58,596

Median home value

$144,500$160,800

Median gross rent

$737$929

Longville

Population

261491

Median household income

$20,257$29,483

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	DeRidder	Longville
Under 5	6.5%	3.1%
5 to 17	16.3%	9.6%
18 to 24	7.6%	6.1%
25 to 34	16.2%	4.5%
35 to 44	10.8%	11.4%
45 to 54	12.0%	14.3%
55 to 64	12.6%	10.2%
65 to 74	10.7%	14.5%
75 and over	7.2%	26.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	DeRidder	Longville
White (non-Hispanic)	51.4%	94.7%
Black or African American	29.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	9.2%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	5.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	DeRidder	Longville
No high school diploma	11.5%	19.0%
High school graduate	33.5%	33.1%
Some college or associate's	32.2%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	14.0%	15.3%
Graduate or professional degree	8.8%	1.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	DeRidder	Longville
Drove alone	81.8%	100.0%
Carpooled	11.1%	0.0%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.9%	0.0%
Other means	2.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	DeRidder	Longville
1-unit, detached	76.8%	46.9%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.1%	53.1%

Poverty & households

	DeRidder	Longville
Poverty rate	16.2%	7.3%
Average household size	2.32	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	23	—
Median year structure built	1975	2013