Longville vs Merryville

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

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

Merryville has the higher population (956 vs 491 in Longville). Longville has the higher median household income ($29,483 vs $26,554 in Merryville). Since 2019, Longville's population has grown faster (+88.1% vs -20.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Longville	Merryville
Population	491	956
Median age	56.7 yrs	39.0 yrs
Median household income	$29,483	$26,554
Median home value	—	$106,500
Median gross rent	—	$562
Housing units	258	564
Homeownership rate	93.5%	58.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.0%	9.5%
Unemployment rate	45.0%	11.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Longville	Merryville
Population	261 → 491 (+88.1%)	1,196 → 956 (-20.1%)
Median household income	$20,257 → $29,483 (+45.5%)	$22,500 → $26,554 (+18.0%)
Median home value	—	$63,300 → $106,500 (+68.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$366 → $562 (+53.6%)

Longville

Population

261491

Median household income

$20,257$29,483

Merryville

Population

1,196956

Median household income

$22,500$26,554

Median home value

$63,300$106,500

Median gross rent

$366$562

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Longville	Merryville
Under 5	3.1%	6.5%
5 to 17	9.6%	16.1%
18 to 24	6.1%	9.3%
25 to 34	4.5%	15.9%
35 to 44	11.4%	9.7%
45 to 54	14.3%	12.8%
55 to 64	10.2%	11.8%
65 to 74	14.5%	12.2%
75 and over	26.5%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Longville	Merryville
White (non-Hispanic)	94.7%	79.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	13.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.6%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.3%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Longville	Merryville
No high school diploma	19.0%	29.8%
High school graduate	33.1%	49.0%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	11.7%
Bachelor's degree	15.3%	8.1%
Graduate or professional degree	1.8%	1.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Longville	Merryville
Drove alone	100.0%	81.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	11.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	3.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Longville	Merryville
1-unit, detached	46.9%	59.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	11.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.0%
Mobile home & other	53.1%	25.9%

Poverty & households

	Longville	Merryville
Poverty rate	7.3%	34.2%
Average household size	2.27	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	—	30
Median year structure built	2013	1980