Merrydale vs Old Jefferson

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

Merrydale and Old Jefferson 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 7,790 in Old Jefferson). Old Jefferson has the higher median household income ($85,466 vs $41,986 in Merrydale). Old Jefferson has the higher median home value ($235,900 vs $124,300 in Merrydale).

Population, income & housing

	Merrydale	Old Jefferson
Population	9,149	7,790
Median age	35.6 yrs	37.4 yrs
Median household income	$41,986	$85,466
Median home value	$124,300	$235,900
Median gross rent	$1,187	$1,174
Housing units	3,705	3,777
Homeownership rate	76.8%	74.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.9%	56.4%
Unemployment rate	25.2%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Merrydale	Old Jefferson
Population	8,903 → 9,149 (+2.8%)	7,659 → 7,790 (+1.7%)
Median household income	$36,916 → $41,986 (+13.7%)	$70,323 → $85,466 (+21.5%)
Median home value	$109,600 → $124,300 (+13.4%)	$197,300 → $235,900 (+19.6%)
Median gross rent	$915 → $1,187 (+29.7%)	$1,256 → $1,174 (-6.5%)

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

Old Jefferson

Population

7,6597,790

Median household income

$70,323$85,466

Median home value

$197,300$235,900

Median gross rent

$1,256$1,174

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Merrydale	Old Jefferson
Under 5	7.8%	5.2%
5 to 17	22.3%	16.0%
18 to 24	7.1%	8.8%
25 to 34	12.7%	14.6%
35 to 44	15.6%	12.7%
45 to 54	5.4%	11.7%
55 to 64	14.1%	6.4%
65 to 74	9.8%	20.4%
75 and over	5.3%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Merrydale	Old Jefferson
White (non-Hispanic)	0.6%	65.0%
Black or African American	97.3%	19.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	3.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.2%	5.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	6.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Merrydale	Old Jefferson
No high school diploma	13.3%	9.1%
High school graduate	31.9%	15.2%
Some college or associate's	37.9%	19.4%
Bachelor's degree	12.4%	44.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.5%	11.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Merrydale	Old Jefferson
Drove alone	66.3%	87.6%
Carpooled	21.2%	4.4%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.0%	7.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Merrydale	Old Jefferson
1-unit, detached	90.2%	75.4%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	0.5%	11.9%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	7.1%
20 or more units	2.6%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	3.6%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Merrydale	Old Jefferson
Poverty rate	29.9%	8.9%
Average household size	2.92	2.06
Mean commute (minutes)	23	25
Median year structure built	1975	1989