Ferriday vs Monterey

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

Ferriday and Monterey 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 285 in Monterey). Since 2019, Ferriday's population has grown faster (-5.6% vs -40.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Ferriday	Monterey
Population	3,126	285
Median age	31.0 yrs	27.8 yrs
Median household income	$27,167	—
Median home value	$86,600	—
Median gross rent	$786	—
Housing units	1,590	175
Homeownership rate	61.2%	80.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.1%	12.5%
Unemployment rate	23.4%	11.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ferriday	Monterey
Population	3,312 → 3,126 (-5.6%)	481 → 285 (-40.7%)
Median household income	$24,867 → $27,167 (+9.2%)	$35,375 → $39,625 (+12.0%)
Median home value	$48,100 → $86,600 (+80.0%)	$80,800 → $145,800 (+80.4%)
Median gross rent	$619 → $786 (+27.0%)	—

Ferriday

Population

3,3123,126

Median household income

$24,867$27,167

Median home value

$48,100$86,600

Median gross rent

$619$786

Monterey

Population

481285

Median household income

$35,375$39,625

Median home value

$80,800$145,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ferriday	Monterey
Under 5	7.6%	17.9%
5 to 17	26.7%	12.6%
18 to 24	4.1%	10.5%
25 to 34	16.4%	18.2%
35 to 44	11.2%	0.0%
45 to 54	9.0%	13.7%
55 to 64	12.3%	10.9%
65 to 74	10.8%	14.7%
75 and over	1.9%	1.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ferriday	Monterey
White (non-Hispanic)	27.0%	91.2%
Black or African American	72.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	8.8%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ferriday	Monterey
No high school diploma	22.9%	29.2%
High school graduate	39.4%	25.6%
Some college or associate's	18.6%	32.7%
Bachelor's degree	12.8%	12.5%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ferriday	Monterey
Drove alone	87.8%	64.1%
Carpooled	0.7%	35.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.3%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ferriday	Monterey
1-unit, detached	78.7%	37.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.2%	62.3%

Poverty & households

	Ferriday	Monterey
Poverty rate	59.9%	56.1%
Average household size	2.97	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	25	—
Median year structure built	1966	1994