Oretta vs Singer

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

Oretta and Singer 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 225 in Singer). Since 2019, Oretta's population has grown faster (+84.6% vs -28.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Oretta	Singer
Population	565	225
Median age	34.3 yrs	29.6 yrs
Housing units	89	133
Homeownership rate	65.4%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	2.4%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oretta	Singer
Population	306 → 565 (+84.6%)	314 → 225 (-28.3%)

Oretta

Population

306565

Singer

Population

314225

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Oretta	Singer
Under 5	3.0%	6.7%
5 to 17	31.5%	25.3%
18 to 24	7.4%	12.0%
25 to 34	19.3%	9.8%
35 to 44	27.8%	29.3%
45 to 54	0.0%	0.0%
55 to 64	7.8%	6.7%
65 to 74	0.0%	10.2%
75 and over	3.2%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oretta	Singer
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	35.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	64.9%
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	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oretta	Singer
No high school diploma	37.8%	58.7%
High school graduate	32.0%	17.5%
Some college or associate's	27.7%	23.8%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.4%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oretta	Singer
Drove alone	70.9%	81.0%
Carpooled	29.1%	19.0%
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)

	Oretta	Singer
1-unit, detached	9.0%	76.7%
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	91.0%	23.3%

Poverty & households

	Oretta	Singer
Poverty rate	3.2%	64.9%
Average household size	10.87	5.92
Median year structure built	1987	2004