Inniswold vs Merrydale

A side-by-side comparison of Inniswold and Merrydale: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Merrydale has the higher population (9,149 vs 6,061 in Inniswold). Inniswold has the higher median household income ($101,149 vs $41,986 in Merrydale). Inniswold has the higher median home value ($323,300 vs $124,300 in Merrydale).

Population, income & housing

	Inniswold	Merrydale
Population	6,061	9,149
Median age	38.7 yrs	35.6 yrs
Median household income	$101,149	$41,986
Median home value	$323,300	$124,300
Median gross rent	$1,402	$1,187
Housing units	2,752	3,705
Homeownership rate	64.5%	76.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	56.7%	16.9%
Unemployment rate	8.4%	25.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Inniswold	Merrydale
Population	5,963 → 6,061 (+1.6%)	8,903 → 9,149 (+2.8%)
Median household income	$92,843 → $101,149 (+8.9%)	$36,916 → $41,986 (+13.7%)
Median home value	$270,600 → $323,300 (+19.5%)	$109,600 → $124,300 (+13.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,075 → $1,402 (+30.4%)	$915 → $1,187 (+29.7%)

Inniswold

Population

5,9636,061

Median household income

$92,843$101,149

Median home value

$270,600$323,300

Median gross rent

$1,075$1,402

Merrydale

Population

8,9039,149

Median household income

$36,916$41,986

Median home value

$109,600$124,300

Median gross rent

$915$1,187

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Inniswold	Merrydale
Under 5	6.3%	7.8%
5 to 17	22.8%	22.3%
18 to 24	10.3%	7.1%
25 to 34	5.7%	12.7%
35 to 44	15.7%	15.6%
45 to 54	14.3%	5.4%
55 to 64	11.8%	14.1%
65 to 74	8.0%	9.8%
75 and over	5.2%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Inniswold	Merrydale
White (non-Hispanic)	55.6%	0.6%
Black or African American	34.5%	97.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.2%
Two or more races	6.9%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Inniswold	Merrydale
No high school diploma	0.9%	13.3%
High school graduate	14.7%	31.9%
Some college or associate's	27.7%	37.9%
Bachelor's degree	34.6%	12.4%
Graduate or professional degree	22.1%	4.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Inniswold	Merrydale
Drove alone	79.2%	66.3%
Carpooled	15.1%	21.2%
Public transit	1.1%	0.7%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	4.6%	11.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Inniswold	Merrydale
1-unit, detached	59.2%	90.2%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	10.8%	0.5%
5 to 19 units	12.5%	2.8%
20 or more units	15.4%	2.6%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	3.6%

Poverty & households

	Inniswold	Merrydale
Poverty rate	10.3%	29.9%
Average household size	2.64	2.92
Mean commute (minutes)	22	23
Median year structure built	1995	1975