Mooringsport vs Rodessa

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

Mooringsport and Rodessa 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 160 in Rodessa). Rodessa has the higher median household income ($35,417 vs $21,889 in Mooringsport). Mooringsport has the higher median home value ($76,100 vs $66,000 in Rodessa).

Population, income & housing

	Mooringsport	Rodessa
Population	633	160
Median age	51.2 yrs	47.8 yrs
Median household income	$21,889	$35,417
Median home value	$76,100	$66,000
Median gross rent	$756	—
Housing units	454	97
Homeownership rate	76.1%	73.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.8%	4.3%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	31.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mooringsport	Rodessa
Population	593 → 633 (+6.7%)	146 → 160 (+9.6%)
Median household income	$25,114 → $21,889 (-12.8%)	$32,083 → $35,417 (+10.4%)
Median home value	$76,100 → $76,100 (+0.0%)	$60,500 → $66,000 (+9.1%)
Median gross rent	$720 → $756 (+5.0%)	—

Mooringsport

Population

593633

Median household income

$25,114$21,889

Median home value

$76,100$76,100

Median gross rent

$720$756

Rodessa

Population

146160

Median household income

$32,083$35,417

Median home value

$60,500$66,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mooringsport	Rodessa
Under 5	4.6%	8.1%
5 to 17	13.3%	20.0%
18 to 24	7.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	10.3%	3.1%
35 to 44	8.8%	13.8%
45 to 54	8.8%	17.5%
55 to 64	12.3%	15.6%
65 to 74	9.8%	10.0%
75 and over	25.1%	11.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mooringsport	Rodessa
White (non-Hispanic)	63.5%	60.0%
Black or African American	28.4%	40.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.7%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mooringsport	Rodessa
No high school diploma	5.0%	25.2%
High school graduate	54.8%	48.7%
Some college or associate's	24.4%	21.7%
Bachelor's degree	10.9%	1.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mooringsport	Rodessa
Drove alone	87.9%	93.5%
Carpooled	3.5%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.2%	0.0%
Other means	1.7%	4.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mooringsport	Rodessa
1-unit, detached	81.9%	52.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.0%	47.4%

Poverty & households

	Mooringsport	Rodessa
Poverty rate	32.4%	35.0%
Average household size	1.85	1.95
Mean commute (minutes)	28	41
Median year structure built	1973	1979