Merrydale vs Village St. George

A side-by-side comparison of Merrydale and Village St. George: population, income, housing, and more.

Merrydale and Village St. George 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 8,880 in Village St. George). Village St. George has the higher median household income ($94,191 vs $41,986 in Merrydale). Village St. George has the higher median home value ($248,600 vs $124,300 in Merrydale).

Population, income & housing

	Merrydale	Village St. George
Population	9,149	8,880
Median age	35.6 yrs	36.8 yrs
Median household income	$41,986	$94,191
Median home value	$124,300	$248,600
Median gross rent	$1,187	$1,416
Housing units	3,705	3,282
Homeownership rate	76.8%	73.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.9%	42.2%
Unemployment rate	25.2%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Merrydale	Village St. George
Population	8,903 → 9,149 (+2.8%)	7,334 → 8,880 (+21.1%)
Median household income	$36,916 → $41,986 (+13.7%)	$88,324 → $94,191 (+6.6%)
Median home value	$109,600 → $124,300 (+13.4%)	$231,600 → $248,600 (+7.3%)
Median gross rent	$915 → $1,187 (+29.7%)	$1,294 → $1,416 (+9.4%)

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

Village St. George

Population

7,3348,880

Median household income

$88,324$94,191

Median home value

$231,600$248,600

Median gross rent

$1,294$1,416

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Merrydale	Village St. George
Under 5	7.8%	6.4%
5 to 17	22.3%	16.8%
18 to 24	7.1%	14.6%
25 to 34	12.7%	9.3%
35 to 44	15.6%	14.5%
45 to 54	5.4%	13.9%
55 to 64	14.1%	10.5%
65 to 74	9.8%	9.2%
75 and over	5.3%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Merrydale	Village St. George
White (non-Hispanic)	0.6%	48.2%
Black or African American	97.3%	35.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	4.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	2.3%
Two or more races	0.2%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	6.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Merrydale	Village St. George
No high school diploma	13.3%	7.4%
High school graduate	31.9%	22.9%
Some college or associate's	37.9%	27.5%
Bachelor's degree	12.4%	27.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.5%	15.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Merrydale	Village St. George
Drove alone	66.3%	80.1%
Carpooled	21.2%	8.0%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.0%	12.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Merrydale	Village St. George
1-unit, detached	90.2%	88.2%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	0.5%	2.9%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	6.2%
20 or more units	2.6%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	3.6%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Merrydale	Village St. George
Poverty rate	29.9%	3.8%
Average household size	2.92	3.07
Mean commute (minutes)	23	25
Median year structure built	1975	1985