Ferriday vs Vidalia

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

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

Vidalia has the higher population (3,938 vs 3,126 in Ferriday). Vidalia has the higher median household income ($45,958 vs $27,167 in Ferriday). Vidalia has the higher median home value ($141,300 vs $86,600 in Ferriday).

Population, income & housing

	Ferriday	Vidalia
Population	3,126	3,938
Median age	31.0 yrs	41.3 yrs
Median household income	$27,167	$45,958
Median home value	$86,600	$141,300
Median gross rent	$786	$1,106
Housing units	1,590	2,034
Homeownership rate	61.2%	70.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.1%	21.0%
Unemployment rate	23.4%	11.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ferriday	Vidalia
Population	3,312 → 3,126 (-5.6%)	3,968 → 3,938 (-0.8%)
Median household income	$24,867 → $27,167 (+9.2%)	$38,140 → $45,958 (+20.5%)
Median home value	$48,100 → $86,600 (+80.0%)	$101,500 → $141,300 (+39.2%)
Median gross rent	$619 → $786 (+27.0%)	$1,063 → $1,106 (+4.0%)

Ferriday

Population

3,3123,126

Median household income

$24,867$27,167

Median home value

$48,100$86,600

Median gross rent

$619$786

Vidalia

Population

3,9683,938

Median household income

$38,140$45,958

Median home value

$101,500$141,300

Median gross rent

$1,063$1,106

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ferriday	Vidalia
Under 5	7.6%	4.5%
5 to 17	26.7%	19.9%
18 to 24	4.1%	4.6%
25 to 34	16.4%	15.7%
35 to 44	11.2%	9.8%
45 to 54	9.0%	11.1%
55 to 64	12.3%	10.4%
65 to 74	10.8%	13.5%
75 and over	1.9%	10.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ferriday	Vidalia
White (non-Hispanic)	27.0%	76.7%
Black or African American	72.5%	21.5%
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%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ferriday	Vidalia
No high school diploma	22.9%	11.4%
High school graduate	39.4%	31.3%
Some college or associate's	18.6%	36.3%
Bachelor's degree	12.8%	10.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	10.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ferriday	Vidalia
Drove alone	87.8%	91.5%
Carpooled	0.7%	2.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.2%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.3%	1.5%
Other means	0.0%	3.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ferriday	Vidalia
1-unit, detached	78.7%	95.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	5.0%	0.5%
5 to 19 units	4.8%	0.9%
20 or more units	1.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.2%	2.8%

Poverty & households

	Ferriday	Vidalia
Poverty rate	59.9%	22.1%
Average household size	2.97	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	25	21
Median year structure built	1966	1966