Ida vs Mooringsport

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

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

Mooringsport has the higher population (633 vs 254 in Ida). Ida has the higher median household income ($50,625 vs $21,889 in Mooringsport). Ida has the higher median home value ($87,100 vs $76,100 in Mooringsport).

Population, income & housing

	Ida	Mooringsport
Population	254	633
Median age	55.3 yrs	51.2 yrs
Median household income	$50,625	$21,889
Median home value	$87,100	$76,100
Median gross rent	$725	$756
Housing units	144	454
Homeownership rate	80.8%	76.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.7%	15.8%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	6.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ida	Mooringsport
Population	256 → 254 (-0.8%)	593 → 633 (+6.7%)
Median household income	$33,438 → $50,625 (+51.4%)	$25,114 → $21,889 (-12.8%)
Median home value	$73,600 → $87,100 (+18.3%)	$76,100 → $76,100 (+0.0%)
Median gross rent	$644 → $725 (+12.6%)	$720 → $756 (+5.0%)

Ida

Population

256254

Median household income

$33,438$50,625

Median home value

$73,600$87,100

Median gross rent

$644$725

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)

	Ida	Mooringsport
Under 5	3.9%	4.6%
5 to 17	19.3%	13.3%
18 to 24	1.6%	7.0%
25 to 34	12.2%	10.3%
35 to 44	9.1%	8.8%
45 to 54	3.1%	8.8%
55 to 64	16.1%	12.3%
65 to 74	12.2%	9.8%
75 and over	22.4%	25.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ida	Mooringsport
White (non-Hispanic)	90.9%	63.5%
Black or African American	2.4%	28.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ida	Mooringsport
No high school diploma	16.8%	5.0%
High school graduate	47.1%	54.8%
Some college or associate's	21.5%	24.4%
Bachelor's degree	9.9%	10.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ida	Mooringsport
Drove alone	89.5%	87.9%
Carpooled	10.5%	3.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	5.2%
Other means	0.0%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ida	Mooringsport
1-unit, detached	86.1%	81.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.9%	11.0%

Poverty & households

	Ida	Mooringsport
Poverty rate	12.2%	32.4%
Average household size	2.12	1.85
Mean commute (minutes)	38	28
Median year structure built	1956	1973