Longville vs Oretta

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

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

Oretta has the higher population (565 vs 491 in Longville). Since 2019, Longville's population has grown faster (+88.1% vs +84.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Longville	Oretta
Population	491	565
Median age	56.7 yrs	34.3 yrs
Median household income	$29,483	—
Housing units	258	89
Homeownership rate	93.5%	65.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.0%	2.4%
Unemployment rate	45.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Longville	Oretta
Population	261 → 491 (+88.1%)	306 → 565 (+84.6%)
Median household income	$20,257 → $29,483 (+45.5%)	—

Longville

Population

261491

Median household income

$20,257$29,483

Oretta

Population

306565

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Longville	Oretta
Under 5	3.1%	3.0%
5 to 17	9.6%	31.5%
18 to 24	6.1%	7.4%
25 to 34	4.5%	19.3%
35 to 44	11.4%	27.8%
45 to 54	14.3%	0.0%
55 to 64	10.2%	7.8%
65 to 74	14.5%	0.0%
75 and over	26.5%	3.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Longville	Oretta
White (non-Hispanic)	94.7%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	5.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Longville	Oretta
No high school diploma	19.0%	37.8%
High school graduate	33.1%	32.0%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	27.7%
Bachelor's degree	15.3%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	1.8%	2.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Longville	Oretta
Drove alone	100.0%	70.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	29.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Longville	Oretta
1-unit, detached	46.9%	9.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	53.1%	91.0%

Poverty & households

	Longville	Oretta
Poverty rate	7.3%	3.2%
Average household size	2.27	10.87
Median year structure built	2013	1987