Blanchard vs Mooringsport

A side-by-side comparison of Blanchard and Mooringsport: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Blanchard has the higher population (3,452 vs 633 in Mooringsport). Blanchard has the higher median household income ($80,142 vs $21,889 in Mooringsport). Blanchard has the higher median home value ($212,500 vs $76,100 in Mooringsport).

Population, income & housing

	Blanchard	Mooringsport
Population	3,452	633
Median age	36.3 yrs	51.2 yrs
Median household income	$80,142	$21,889
Median home value	$212,500	$76,100
Median gross rent	$844	$756
Housing units	1,267	454
Homeownership rate	79.8%	76.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.2%	15.8%
Unemployment rate	9.1%	6.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blanchard	Mooringsport
Population	3,112 → 3,452 (+10.9%)	593 → 633 (+6.7%)
Median household income	$75,912 → $80,142 (+5.6%)	$25,114 → $21,889 (-12.8%)
Median home value	$165,400 → $212,500 (+28.5%)	$76,100 → $76,100 (+0.0%)
Median gross rent	$994 → $844 (-15.1%)	$720 → $756 (+5.0%)

Blanchard

Population

3,1123,452

Median household income

$75,912$80,142

Median home value

$165,400$212,500

Median gross rent

$994$844

Mooringsport

Population

593633

Median household income

$25,114$21,889

Median home value

$76,100$76,100

Median gross rent

$720$756

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blanchard	Mooringsport
Under 5	4.5%	4.6%
5 to 17	20.5%	13.3%
18 to 24	6.6%	7.0%
25 to 34	16.5%	10.3%
35 to 44	9.9%	8.8%
45 to 54	15.4%	8.8%
55 to 64	12.5%	12.3%
65 to 74	8.3%	9.8%
75 and over	5.8%	25.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blanchard	Mooringsport
White (non-Hispanic)	74.6%	63.5%
Black or African American	20.4%	28.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blanchard	Mooringsport
No high school diploma	12.0%	5.0%
High school graduate	29.8%	54.8%
Some college or associate's	34.1%	24.4%
Bachelor's degree	17.7%	10.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.4%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blanchard	Mooringsport
Drove alone	84.8%	87.9%
Carpooled	6.4%	3.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.3%	5.2%
Other means	3.8%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blanchard	Mooringsport
1-unit, detached	82.0%	81.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.7%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.4%
20 or more units	2.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.1%	11.0%

Poverty & households

	Blanchard	Mooringsport
Poverty rate	10.9%	32.4%
Average household size	2.90	1.85
Mean commute (minutes)	23	28
Median year structure built	1996	1973