Merrydale vs Oak Hills Place

A side-by-side comparison of Merrydale and Oak Hills Place: population, income, housing, and more.

Merrydale and Oak Hills Place 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 8,380 in Oak Hills Place). Oak Hills Place has the higher median household income ($97,466 vs $41,986 in Merrydale). Oak Hills Place has the higher median home value ($411,800 vs $124,300 in Merrydale).

Population, income & housing

	Merrydale	Oak Hills Place
Population	9,149	8,380
Median age	35.6 yrs	45.6 yrs
Median household income	$41,986	$97,466
Median home value	$124,300	$411,800
Median gross rent	$1,187	$1,444
Housing units	3,705	4,805
Homeownership rate	76.8%	71.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.9%	69.7%
Unemployment rate	25.2%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Merrydale	Oak Hills Place
Population	8,903 → 9,149 (+2.8%)	8,326 → 8,380 (+0.6%)
Median household income	$36,916 → $41,986 (+13.7%)	$85,959 → $97,466 (+13.4%)
Median home value	$109,600 → $124,300 (+13.4%)	$340,000 → $411,800 (+21.1%)
Median gross rent	$915 → $1,187 (+29.7%)	$1,281 → $1,444 (+12.7%)

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

Oak Hills Place

Population

8,3268,380

Median household income

$85,959$97,466

Median home value

$340,000$411,800

Median gross rent

$1,281$1,444

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Merrydale	Oak Hills Place
Under 5	7.8%	2.7%
5 to 17	22.3%	17.6%
18 to 24	7.1%	5.4%
25 to 34	12.7%	13.4%
35 to 44	15.6%	10.2%
45 to 54	5.4%	11.3%
55 to 64	14.1%	12.2%
65 to 74	9.8%	17.0%
75 and over	5.3%	10.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Merrydale	Oak Hills Place
White (non-Hispanic)	0.6%	75.3%
Black or African American	97.3%	13.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	3.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.2%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Merrydale	Oak Hills Place
No high school diploma	13.3%	0.7%
High school graduate	31.9%	7.5%
Some college or associate's	37.9%	22.1%
Bachelor's degree	12.4%	45.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.5%	24.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Merrydale	Oak Hills Place
Drove alone	66.3%	84.7%
Carpooled	21.2%	8.5%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.0%	6.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Merrydale	Oak Hills Place
1-unit, detached	90.2%	62.1%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	0.5%	1.7%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	6.9%
20 or more units	2.6%	27.7%
Mobile home & other	3.6%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Merrydale	Oak Hills Place
Poverty rate	29.9%	6.3%
Average household size	2.92	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	23	22
Median year structure built	1975	1998