Haynesville vs Homer

A side-by-side comparison of Haynesville and Homer: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Homer has the higher population (2,694 vs 2,281 in Haynesville). Homer has the higher median household income ($21,396 vs $21,318 in Haynesville). Haynesville has the higher median home value ($75,000 vs $55,500 in Homer).

Population, income & housing

	Haynesville	Homer
Population	2,281	2,694
Median age	40.2 yrs	34.4 yrs
Median household income	$21,318	$21,396
Median home value	$75,000	$55,500
Median gross rent	$396	$687
Housing units	1,066	1,406
Homeownership rate	61.6%	48.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.2%	12.6%
Unemployment rate	12.3%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Haynesville	Homer
Population	2,575 → 2,281 (-11.4%)	2,911 → 2,694 (-7.5%)
Median household income	$24,525 → $21,318 (-13.1%)	$17,369 → $21,396 (+23.2%)
Median home value	$74,300 → $75,000 (+0.9%)	$55,600 → $55,500 (-0.2%)
Median gross rent	$499 → $396 (-20.6%)	$615 → $687 (+11.7%)

Haynesville

Population

2,5752,281

Median household income

$24,525$21,318

Median home value

$74,300$75,000

Median gross rent

$499$396

Homer

Population

2,9112,694

Median household income

$17,369$21,396

Median home value

$55,600$55,500

Median gross rent

$615$687

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Haynesville	Homer
Under 5	12.5%	5.8%
5 to 17	14.6%	23.4%
18 to 24	8.9%	12.6%
25 to 34	10.9%	9.0%
35 to 44	7.4%	16.7%
45 to 54	8.7%	7.9%
55 to 64	13.1%	10.3%
65 to 74	12.1%	8.6%
75 and over	11.7%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Haynesville	Homer
White (non-Hispanic)	25.1%	19.6%
Black or African American	72.2%	72.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	6.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Haynesville	Homer
No high school diploma	29.7%	22.5%
High school graduate	41.2%	43.4%
Some college or associate's	24.9%	21.4%
Bachelor's degree	4.2%	9.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	3.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Haynesville	Homer
Drove alone	97.1%	80.7%
Carpooled	1.1%	10.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	4.1%
Other means	1.8%	4.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Haynesville	Homer
1-unit, detached	71.6%	79.6%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	13.8%	7.8%
5 to 19 units	6.1%	7.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	7.7%	4.9%

Poverty & households

	Haynesville	Homer
Poverty rate	56.7%	42.6%
Average household size	2.60	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	31	24
Median year structure built	1968	1967