Ida vs Oil City

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

Ida 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 254 in Ida). Ida has the higher median household income ($50,625 vs $17,381 in Oil City). Ida has the higher median home value ($87,100 vs $55,600 in Oil City).

Population, income & housing

	Ida	Oil City
Population	254	941
Median age	55.3 yrs	28.5 yrs
Median household income	$50,625	$17,381
Median home value	$87,100	$55,600
Median gross rent	$725	—
Housing units	144	533
Homeownership rate	80.8%	29.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.7%	1.6%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	13.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ida	Oil City
Population	256 → 254 (-0.8%)	998 → 941 (-5.7%)
Median household income	$33,438 → $50,625 (+51.4%)	$24,459 → $17,381 (-28.9%)
Median home value	$73,600 → $87,100 (+18.3%)	$92,100 → $55,600 (-39.6%)
Median gross rent	$644 → $725 (+12.6%)	$432 → $475 (+10.0%)

Ida

Population

256254

Median household income

$33,438$50,625

Median home value

$73,600$87,100

Median gross rent

$644$725

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)

	Ida	Oil City
Under 5	3.9%	11.8%
5 to 17	19.3%	14.0%
18 to 24	1.6%	15.8%
25 to 34	12.2%	13.9%
35 to 44	9.1%	5.5%
45 to 54	3.1%	7.8%
55 to 64	16.1%	18.4%
65 to 74	12.2%	7.5%
75 and over	22.4%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ida	Oil City
White (non-Hispanic)	90.9%	33.9%
Black or African American	2.4%	45.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	2.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	18.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ida	Oil City
No high school diploma	16.8%	21.3%
High school graduate	47.1%	34.2%
Some college or associate's	21.5%	42.8%
Bachelor's degree	9.9%	0.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	1.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ida	Oil City
Drove alone	89.5%	56.2%
Carpooled	10.5%	6.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	22.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	4.2%
Other means	0.0%	11.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ida	Oil City
1-unit, detached	86.1%	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	13.9%	31.7%

Poverty & households

	Ida	Oil City
Poverty rate	12.2%	58.4%
Average household size	2.12	2.02
Mean commute (minutes)	38	21
Median year structure built	1956	1977