Oil City vs Vivian

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

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

Vivian has the higher population (3,020 vs 941 in Oil City). Vivian has the higher median household income ($22,675 vs $17,381 in Oil City). Vivian has the higher median home value ($55,700 vs $55,600 in Oil City).

Population, income & housing

	Oil City	Vivian
Population	941	3,020
Median age	28.5 yrs	32.1 yrs
Median household income	$17,381	$22,675
Median home value	$55,600	$55,700
Median gross rent	—	$706
Housing units	533	1,563
Homeownership rate	29.2%	72.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	1.6%	5.4%
Unemployment rate	13.2%	13.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oil City	Vivian
Population	998 → 941 (-5.7%)	3,563 → 3,020 (-15.2%)
Median household income	$24,459 → $17,381 (-28.9%)	$30,069 → $22,675 (-24.6%)
Median home value	$92,100 → $55,600 (-39.6%)	$72,700 → $55,700 (-23.4%)
Median gross rent	$432 → $475 (+10.0%)	$537 → $706 (+31.5%)

Oil City

Population

998941

Median household income

$24,459$17,381

Median home value

$92,100$55,600

Median gross rent

$432$475

Vivian

Population

3,5633,020

Median household income

$30,069$22,675

Median home value

$72,700$55,700

Median gross rent

$537$706

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Oil City	Vivian
Under 5	11.8%	8.4%
5 to 17	14.0%	18.8%
18 to 24	15.8%	12.0%
25 to 34	13.9%	15.2%
35 to 44	5.5%	8.5%
45 to 54	7.8%	6.1%
55 to 64	18.4%	15.4%
65 to 74	7.5%	9.6%
75 and over	5.2%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oil City	Vivian
White (non-Hispanic)	33.9%	54.3%
Black or African American	45.1%	43.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	18.8%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oil City	Vivian
No high school diploma	21.3%	15.5%
High school graduate	34.2%	34.0%
Some college or associate's	42.8%	45.0%
Bachelor's degree	0.5%	5.4%
Graduate or professional degree	1.1%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oil City	Vivian
Drove alone	56.2%	83.0%
Carpooled	6.3%	14.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	22.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.2%	1.9%
Other means	11.2%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oil City	Vivian
1-unit, detached	40.9%	67.1%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	3.0%	2.9%
5 to 19 units	21.2%	6.8%
20 or more units	1.5%	2.2%
Mobile home & other	31.7%	20.8%

Poverty & households

	Oil City	Vivian
Poverty rate	58.4%	46.8%
Average household size	2.02	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	21	33
Median year structure built	1977	1969