Mansfield vs South Mansfield

A side-by-side comparison of Mansfield and South Mansfield: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Mansfield has the higher population (4,653 vs 500 in South Mansfield). Mansfield has the higher median household income ($33,726 vs $15,592 in South Mansfield). Since 2019, South Mansfield's population has grown faster (+43.7% vs -1.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Mansfield	South Mansfield
Population	4,653	500
Median age	41.6 yrs	35.6 yrs
Median household income	$33,726	$15,592
Median home value	$91,900	—
Median gross rent	$707	$357
Housing units	2,086	256
Homeownership rate	55.9%	16.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	1.9%	7.8%
Unemployment rate	12.6%	37.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mansfield	South Mansfield
Population	4,736 → 4,653 (-1.8%)	348 → 500 (+43.7%)
Median household income	$25,426 → $33,726 (+32.6%)	$16,518 → $15,592 (-5.6%)
Median home value	$80,200 → $91,900 (+14.6%)	$75,300 → $84,600 (+12.4%)
Median gross rent	$495 → $707 (+42.8%)	$341 → $357 (+4.7%)

Mansfield

Population

4,7364,653

Median household income

$25,426$33,726

Median home value

$80,200$91,900

Median gross rent

$495$707

South Mansfield

Population

348500

Median household income

$16,518$15,592

Median home value

$75,300$84,600

Median gross rent

$341$357

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mansfield	South Mansfield
Under 5	1.7%	1.6%
5 to 17	17.8%	24.6%
18 to 24	8.8%	4.8%
25 to 34	11.0%	12.6%
35 to 44	18.5%	18.6%
45 to 54	14.7%	6.4%
55 to 64	9.1%	5.4%
65 to 74	9.1%	10.4%
75 and over	9.2%	15.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mansfield	South Mansfield
White (non-Hispanic)	15.0%	15.0%
Black or African American	83.3%	81.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.2%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mansfield	South Mansfield
No high school diploma	26.1%	15.9%
High school graduate	43.8%	61.7%
Some college or associate's	28.1%	14.5%
Bachelor's degree	1.7%	6.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.2%	1.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mansfield	South Mansfield
Drove alone	84.6%	92.3%
Carpooled	5.2%	1.3%
Public transit	1.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.7%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.2%	3.8%
Other means	2.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mansfield	South Mansfield
1-unit, detached	68.6%	24.6%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	19.4%	35.5%
5 to 19 units	1.6%	12.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.1%
Mobile home & other	9.6%	21.1%

Poverty & households

	Mansfield	South Mansfield
Poverty rate	28.5%	69.2%
Average household size	2.58	2.12
Mean commute (minutes)	21	18
Median year structure built	1975	1977