Belcher vs Rodessa

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

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

Belcher has the higher population (261 vs 160 in Rodessa). Belcher has the higher median household income ($80,500 vs $35,417 in Rodessa). Belcher has the higher median home value ($170,300 vs $66,000 in Rodessa).

Population, income & housing

	Belcher	Rodessa
Population	261	160
Median age	41.8 yrs	47.8 yrs
Median household income	$80,500	$35,417
Median home value	$170,300	$66,000
Median gross rent	$1,078	—
Housing units	104	97
Homeownership rate	81.4%	73.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.8%	4.3%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	31.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belcher	Rodessa
Population	278 → 261 (-6.1%)	146 → 160 (+9.6%)
Median household income	$41,071 → $80,500 (+96.0%)	$32,083 → $35,417 (+10.4%)
Median home value	$137,500 → $170,300 (+23.9%)	$60,500 → $66,000 (+9.1%)
Median gross rent	$763 → $1,078 (+41.3%)	—

Belcher

Population

278261

Median household income

$41,071$80,500

Median home value

$137,500$170,300

Median gross rent

$763$1,078

Rodessa

Population

146160

Median household income

$32,083$35,417

Median home value

$60,500$66,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belcher	Rodessa
Under 5	6.9%	8.1%
5 to 17	18.4%	20.0%
18 to 24	5.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	10.3%	3.1%
35 to 44	11.5%	13.8%
45 to 54	8.0%	17.5%
55 to 64	16.5%	15.6%
65 to 74	8.8%	10.0%
75 and over	14.6%	11.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belcher	Rodessa
White (non-Hispanic)	82.0%	60.0%
Black or African American	14.6%	40.0%
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	2.7%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belcher	Rodessa
No high school diploma	4.4%	25.2%
High school graduate	30.2%	48.7%
Some college or associate's	39.6%	21.7%
Bachelor's degree	18.1%	1.7%
Graduate or professional degree	7.7%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belcher	Rodessa
Drove alone	86.8%	93.5%
Carpooled	5.7%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.8%	0.0%
Other means	1.9%	4.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belcher	Rodessa
1-unit, detached	69.2%	52.6%
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%	47.4%

Poverty & households

	Belcher	Rodessa
Poverty rate	10.5%	35.0%
Average household size	2.56	1.95
Mean commute (minutes)	30	41
Median year structure built	1971	1979