Norwood vs Slaughter

A side-by-side comparison of Norwood and Slaughter: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Slaughter has the higher population (1,264 vs 250 in Norwood). Slaughter has the higher median household income ($80,417 vs $43,370 in Norwood). Slaughter has the higher median home value ($234,300 vs $233,100 in Norwood).

Population, income & housing

	Norwood	Slaughter
Population	250	1,264
Median age	59.2 yrs	42.1 yrs
Median household income	$43,370	$80,417
Median home value	$233,100	$234,300
Median gross rent	$1,098	$1,254
Housing units	155	484
Homeownership rate	85.2%	83.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.4%	21.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Norwood	Slaughter
Population	251 → 250 (-0.4%)	980 → 1,264 (+29.0%)
Median household income	$61,250 → $43,370 (-29.2%)	$64,938 → $80,417 (+23.8%)
Median home value	$162,500 → $233,100 (+43.4%)	$153,900 → $234,300 (+52.2%)
Median gross rent	$450 → $1,098 (+144.0%)	$1,023 → $1,254 (+22.6%)

Norwood

Population

251250

Median household income

$61,250$43,370

Median home value

$162,500$233,100

Median gross rent

$450$1,098

Slaughter

Population

9801,264

Median household income

$64,938$80,417

Median home value

$153,900$234,300

Median gross rent

$1,023$1,254

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Norwood	Slaughter
Under 5	3.2%	9.6%
5 to 17	11.2%	12.4%
18 to 24	7.6%	9.3%
25 to 34	3.6%	11.6%
35 to 44	6.0%	9.9%
45 to 54	16.4%	10.2%
55 to 64	28.0%	14.4%
65 to 74	9.2%	11.2%
75 and over	14.8%	11.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Norwood	Slaughter
White (non-Hispanic)	78.4%	82.7%
Black or African American	19.2%	2.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	2.5%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.4%	7.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	4.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Norwood	Slaughter
No high school diploma	8.7%	6.5%
High school graduate	46.2%	49.0%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	23.4%
Bachelor's degree	8.2%	15.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Norwood	Slaughter
Drove alone	88.6%	92.7%
Carpooled	8.6%	2.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.9%	2.3%
Other means	0.0%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Norwood	Slaughter
1-unit, detached	91.6%	88.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.3%
5 to 19 units	3.2%	0.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.2%	6.8%

Poverty & households

	Norwood	Slaughter
Poverty rate	37.6%	12.7%
Average household size	1.95	2.86
Mean commute (minutes)	42	41
Median year structure built	1971	1990