Mooringsport vs Oil City

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

Mooringsport 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 633 in Mooringsport). Mooringsport has the higher median household income ($21,889 vs $17,381 in Oil City). Mooringsport has the higher median home value ($76,100 vs $55,600 in Oil City).

Population, income & housing

	Mooringsport	Oil City
Population	633	941
Median age	51.2 yrs	28.5 yrs
Median household income	$21,889	$17,381
Median home value	$76,100	$55,600
Median gross rent	$756	—
Housing units	454	533
Homeownership rate	76.1%	29.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.8%	1.6%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	13.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mooringsport	Oil City
Population	593 → 633 (+6.7%)	998 → 941 (-5.7%)
Median household income	$25,114 → $21,889 (-12.8%)	$24,459 → $17,381 (-28.9%)
Median home value	$76,100 → $76,100 (+0.0%)	$92,100 → $55,600 (-39.6%)
Median gross rent	$720 → $756 (+5.0%)	$432 → $475 (+10.0%)

Mooringsport

Population

593633

Median household income

$25,114$21,889

Median home value

$76,100$76,100

Median gross rent

$720$756

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)

	Mooringsport	Oil City
Under 5	4.6%	11.8%
5 to 17	13.3%	14.0%
18 to 24	7.0%	15.8%
25 to 34	10.3%	13.9%
35 to 44	8.8%	5.5%
45 to 54	8.8%	7.8%
55 to 64	12.3%	18.4%
65 to 74	9.8%	7.5%
75 and over	25.1%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mooringsport	Oil City
White (non-Hispanic)	63.5%	33.9%
Black or African American	28.4%	45.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	4.7%	18.8%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mooringsport	Oil City
No high school diploma	5.0%	21.3%
High school graduate	54.8%	34.2%
Some college or associate's	24.4%	42.8%
Bachelor's degree	10.9%	0.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	1.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mooringsport	Oil City
Drove alone	87.9%	56.2%
Carpooled	3.5%	6.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	22.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.2%	4.2%
Other means	1.7%	11.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mooringsport	Oil City
1-unit, detached	81.9%	40.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	2.6%	3.0%
5 to 19 units	4.4%	21.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	11.0%	31.7%

Poverty & households

	Mooringsport	Oil City
Poverty rate	32.4%	58.4%
Average household size	1.85	2.02
Mean commute (minutes)	28	21
Median year structure built	1973	1977