Hosston vs Oil City

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

Hosston 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 334 in Hosston). Hosston has the higher median household income ($67,500 vs $17,381 in Oil City). Hosston has the higher median home value ($84,000 vs $55,600 in Oil City).

Population, income & housing

	Hosston	Oil City
Population	334	941
Median age	52.5 yrs	28.5 yrs
Median household income	$67,500	$17,381
Median home value	$84,000	$55,600
Housing units	172	533
Homeownership rate	87.0%	29.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.6%	1.6%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	13.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hosston	Oil City
Population	316 → 334 (+5.7%)	998 → 941 (-5.7%)
Median household income	$46,458 → $67,500 (+45.3%)	$24,459 → $17,381 (-28.9%)
Median home value	$103,600 → $84,000 (-18.9%)	$92,100 → $55,600 (-39.6%)
Median gross rent	$922 → $381 (-58.7%)	$432 → $475 (+10.0%)

Hosston

Population

316334

Median household income

$46,458$67,500

Median home value

$103,600$84,000

Median gross rent

$922$381

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)

	Hosston	Oil City
Under 5	3.3%	11.8%
5 to 17	5.4%	14.0%
18 to 24	9.3%	15.8%
25 to 34	6.9%	13.9%
35 to 44	11.1%	5.5%
45 to 54	16.8%	7.8%
55 to 64	32.0%	18.4%
65 to 74	9.0%	7.5%
75 and over	6.3%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hosston	Oil City
White (non-Hispanic)	72.5%	33.9%
Black or African American	26.0%	45.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	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	0.0%	18.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hosston	Oil City
No high school diploma	29.6%	21.3%
High school graduate	43.1%	34.2%
Some college or associate's	20.8%	42.8%
Bachelor's degree	3.3%	0.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	1.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hosston	Oil City
Drove alone	84.1%	56.2%
Carpooled	10.0%	6.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	22.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.9%	4.2%
Other means	2.9%	11.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hosston	Oil City
1-unit, detached	61.0%	40.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	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	39.0%	31.7%

Poverty & households

	Hosston	Oil City
Poverty rate	13.2%	58.4%
Average household size	2.17	2.02
Mean commute (minutes)	37	21
Median year structure built	1975	1977