Winnsboro vs Wisner

A side-by-side comparison of Winnsboro and Wisner: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Winnsboro has the higher population (4,777 vs 1,020 in Wisner). Wisner has the higher median household income ($34,145 vs $31,635 in Winnsboro). Wisner has the higher median home value ($125,000 vs $96,000 in Winnsboro).

Population, income & housing

	Winnsboro	Wisner
Population	4,777	1,020
Median age	34.1 yrs	45.9 yrs
Median household income	$31,635	$34,145
Median home value	$96,000	$125,000
Median gross rent	$740	$670
Housing units	2,077	448
Homeownership rate	42.9%	66.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.2%	15.8%
Unemployment rate	13.8%	11.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Winnsboro	Wisner
Population	4,640 → 4,777 (+3.0%)	820 → 1,020 (+24.4%)
Median household income	$19,688 → $31,635 (+60.7%)	$23,194 → $34,145 (+47.2%)
Median home value	$83,600 → $96,000 (+14.8%)	$96,900 → $125,000 (+29.0%)
Median gross rent	$616 → $740 (+20.1%)	$420 → $670 (+59.5%)

Winnsboro

Population

4,6404,777

Median household income

$19,688$31,635

Median home value

$83,600$96,000

Median gross rent

$616$740

Wisner

Population

8201,020

Median household income

$23,194$34,145

Median home value

$96,900$125,000

Median gross rent

$420$670

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Winnsboro	Wisner
Under 5	7.4%	6.3%
5 to 17	25.4%	21.4%
18 to 24	8.9%	5.5%
25 to 34	12.1%	7.9%
35 to 44	16.3%	6.1%
45 to 54	7.1%	15.8%
55 to 64	6.8%	15.3%
65 to 74	12.0%	13.0%
75 and over	4.0%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Winnsboro	Wisner
White (non-Hispanic)	39.2%	52.0%
Black or African American	52.4%	47.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.7%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Winnsboro	Wisner
No high school diploma	35.1%	16.1%
High school graduate	36.3%	40.3%
Some college or associate's	15.4%	27.7%
Bachelor's degree	9.4%	7.8%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Winnsboro	Wisner
Drove alone	57.1%	92.4%
Carpooled	14.1%	2.2%
Public transit	0.0%	3.6%
Walked	0.4%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.9%	0.0%
Other means	11.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Winnsboro	Wisner
1-unit, detached	87.2%	76.1%
1-unit, attached	3.5%	5.8%
2 to 4 units	8.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.9%	5.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	10.9%

Poverty & households

	Winnsboro	Wisner
Poverty rate	45.1%	37.8%
Average household size	2.79	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	17	20
Median year structure built	1970	1969