Merrydale vs Shenandoah

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

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

Shenandoah has the higher population (18,259 vs 9,149 in Merrydale). Shenandoah has the higher median household income ($107,544 vs $41,986 in Merrydale). Shenandoah has the higher median home value ($319,300 vs $124,300 in Merrydale).

Population, income & housing

	Merrydale	Shenandoah
Population	9,149	18,259
Median age	35.6 yrs	40.1 yrs
Median household income	$41,986	$107,544
Median home value	$124,300	$319,300
Median gross rent	$1,187	$1,216
Housing units	3,705	7,421
Homeownership rate	76.8%	75.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.9%	50.7%
Unemployment rate	25.2%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Merrydale	Shenandoah
Population	8,903 → 9,149 (+2.8%)	20,252 → 18,259 (-9.8%)
Median household income	$36,916 → $41,986 (+13.7%)	$92,432 → $107,544 (+16.3%)
Median home value	$109,600 → $124,300 (+13.4%)	$261,900 → $319,300 (+21.9%)
Median gross rent	$915 → $1,187 (+29.7%)	$1,104 → $1,216 (+10.1%)

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

Shenandoah

Population

20,25218,259

Median household income

$92,432$107,544

Median home value

$261,900$319,300

Median gross rent

$1,104$1,216

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Merrydale	Shenandoah
Under 5	7.8%	6.4%
5 to 17	22.3%	18.8%
18 to 24	7.1%	5.9%
25 to 34	12.7%	12.8%
35 to 44	15.6%	11.7%
45 to 54	5.4%	10.7%
55 to 64	14.1%	14.5%
65 to 74	9.8%	13.2%
75 and over	5.3%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Merrydale	Shenandoah
White (non-Hispanic)	0.6%	63.5%
Black or African American	97.3%	20.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	2.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.2%	10.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Merrydale	Shenandoah
No high school diploma	13.3%	2.1%
High school graduate	31.9%	17.2%
Some college or associate's	37.9%	30.0%
Bachelor's degree	12.4%	33.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.5%	17.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Merrydale	Shenandoah
Drove alone	66.3%	78.1%
Carpooled	21.2%	5.5%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.1%
Worked from home	11.0%	15.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Merrydale	Shenandoah
1-unit, detached	90.2%	76.8%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	0.5%	10.2%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	9.1%
20 or more units	2.6%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	3.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Merrydale	Shenandoah
Poverty rate	29.9%	7.7%
Average household size	2.92	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	23	27
Median year structure built	1975	1989