Ferriday vs Minorca

A side-by-side comparison of Ferriday and Minorca: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Ferriday has the higher population (3,126 vs 1,615 in Minorca). Minorca has the higher median household income ($45,192 vs $27,167 in Ferriday). Ferriday has the higher median home value ($86,600 vs $53,600 in Minorca).

Population, income & housing

	Ferriday	Minorca
Population	3,126	1,615
Median age	31.0 yrs	39.5 yrs
Median household income	$27,167	$45,192
Median home value	$86,600	$53,600
Median gross rent	$786	$623
Housing units	1,590	925
Homeownership rate	61.2%	69.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.1%	3.6%
Unemployment rate	23.4%	8.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ferriday	Minorca
Population	3,312 → 3,126 (-5.6%)	1,691 → 1,615 (-4.5%)
Median household income	$24,867 → $27,167 (+9.2%)	$38,977 → $45,192 (+15.9%)
Median home value	$48,100 → $86,600 (+80.0%)	$77,000 → $53,600 (-30.4%)
Median gross rent	$619 → $786 (+27.0%)	$514 → $623 (+21.2%)

Ferriday

Population

3,3123,126

Median household income

$24,867$27,167

Median home value

$48,100$86,600

Median gross rent

$619$786

Minorca

Population

1,6911,615

Median household income

$38,977$45,192

Median home value

$77,000$53,600

Median gross rent

$514$623

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ferriday	Minorca
Under 5	7.6%	2.7%
5 to 17	26.7%	26.2%
18 to 24	4.1%	5.2%
25 to 34	16.4%	5.4%
35 to 44	11.2%	22.4%
45 to 54	9.0%	9.6%
55 to 64	12.3%	13.0%
65 to 74	10.8%	10.2%
75 and over	1.9%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ferriday	Minorca
White (non-Hispanic)	27.0%	71.0%
Black or African American	72.5%	25.2%
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	0.1%	0.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ferriday	Minorca
No high school diploma	22.9%	21.9%
High school graduate	39.4%	51.0%
Some college or associate's	18.6%	23.5%
Bachelor's degree	12.8%	2.2%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	1.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ferriday	Minorca
Drove alone	87.8%	89.2%
Carpooled	0.7%	3.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.3%	6.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ferriday	Minorca
1-unit, detached	78.7%	17.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.0%	7.9%
5 to 19 units	4.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.2%	74.3%

Poverty & households

	Ferriday	Minorca
Poverty rate	59.9%	35.9%
Average household size	2.97	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	25	17
Median year structure built	1966	1995