Belcher vs Hosston

A side-by-side comparison of Belcher and Hosston: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Hosston has the higher population (334 vs 261 in Belcher). Belcher has the higher median household income ($80,500 vs $67,500 in Hosston). Belcher has the higher median home value ($170,300 vs $84,000 in Hosston).

Population, income & housing

	Belcher	Hosston
Population	261	334
Median age	41.8 yrs	52.5 yrs
Median household income	$80,500	$67,500
Median home value	$170,300	$84,000
Median gross rent	$1,078	—
Housing units	104	172
Homeownership rate	81.4%	87.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.8%	6.6%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belcher	Hosston
Population	278 → 261 (-6.1%)	316 → 334 (+5.7%)
Median household income	$41,071 → $80,500 (+96.0%)	$46,458 → $67,500 (+45.3%)
Median home value	$137,500 → $170,300 (+23.9%)	$103,600 → $84,000 (-18.9%)
Median gross rent	$763 → $1,078 (+41.3%)	$922 → $381 (-58.7%)

Belcher

Population

278261

Median household income

$41,071$80,500

Median home value

$137,500$170,300

Median gross rent

$763$1,078

Hosston

Population

316334

Median household income

$46,458$67,500

Median home value

$103,600$84,000

Median gross rent

$922$381

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belcher	Hosston
Under 5	6.9%	3.3%
5 to 17	18.4%	5.4%
18 to 24	5.0%	9.3%
25 to 34	10.3%	6.9%
35 to 44	11.5%	11.1%
45 to 54	8.0%	16.8%
55 to 64	16.5%	32.0%
65 to 74	8.8%	9.0%
75 and over	14.6%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belcher	Hosston
White (non-Hispanic)	82.0%	72.5%
Black or African American	14.6%	26.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.6%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belcher	Hosston
No high school diploma	4.4%	29.6%
High school graduate	30.2%	43.1%
Some college or associate's	39.6%	20.8%
Bachelor's degree	18.1%	3.3%
Graduate or professional degree	7.7%	3.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belcher	Hosston
Drove alone	86.8%	84.1%
Carpooled	5.7%	10.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.8%	2.9%
Other means	1.9%	2.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belcher	Hosston
1-unit, detached	69.2%	61.0%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	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	27.9%	39.0%

Poverty & households

	Belcher	Hosston
Poverty rate	10.5%	13.2%
Average household size	2.56	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	30	37
Median year structure built	1971	1975