Belcher vs Oil City

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

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

Oil City has the higher population (941 vs 261 in Belcher). Belcher has the higher median household income ($80,500 vs $17,381 in Oil City). Belcher has the higher median home value ($170,300 vs $55,600 in Oil City).

Population, income & housing

	Belcher	Oil City
Population	261	941
Median age	41.8 yrs	28.5 yrs
Median household income	$80,500	$17,381
Median home value	$170,300	$55,600
Median gross rent	$1,078	—
Housing units	104	533
Homeownership rate	81.4%	29.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.8%	1.6%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	13.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belcher	Oil City
Population	278 → 261 (-6.1%)	998 → 941 (-5.7%)
Median household income	$41,071 → $80,500 (+96.0%)	$24,459 → $17,381 (-28.9%)
Median home value	$137,500 → $170,300 (+23.9%)	$92,100 → $55,600 (-39.6%)
Median gross rent	$763 → $1,078 (+41.3%)	$432 → $475 (+10.0%)

Belcher

Population

278261

Median household income

$41,071$80,500

Median home value

$137,500$170,300

Median gross rent

$763$1,078

Oil City

Population

998941

Median household income

$24,459$17,381

Median home value

$92,100$55,600

Median gross rent

$432$475

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belcher	Oil City
Under 5	6.9%	11.8%
5 to 17	18.4%	14.0%
18 to 24	5.0%	15.8%
25 to 34	10.3%	13.9%
35 to 44	11.5%	5.5%
45 to 54	8.0%	7.8%
55 to 64	16.5%	18.4%
65 to 74	8.8%	7.5%
75 and over	14.6%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belcher	Oil City
White (non-Hispanic)	82.0%	33.9%
Black or African American	14.6%	45.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	18.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belcher	Oil City
No high school diploma	4.4%	21.3%
High school graduate	30.2%	34.2%
Some college or associate's	39.6%	42.8%
Bachelor's degree	18.1%	0.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.7%	1.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belcher	Oil City
Drove alone	86.8%	56.2%
Carpooled	5.7%	6.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	22.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.8%	4.2%
Other means	1.9%	11.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belcher	Oil City
1-unit, detached	69.2%	40.9%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	21.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	27.9%	31.7%

Poverty & households

	Belcher	Oil City
Poverty rate	10.5%	58.4%
Average household size	2.56	2.02
Mean commute (minutes)	30	21
Median year structure built	1971	1977