Dorseyville vs Maringouin

A side-by-side comparison of Dorseyville and Maringouin: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Maringouin has the higher population (737 vs 180 in Dorseyville). Since 2019, Dorseyville's population has grown faster (+205.1% vs -25.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Dorseyville	Maringouin
Population	180	737
Median age	38.3 yrs	56.3 yrs
Median household income	—	$37,067
Median gross rent	—	$740
Housing units	45	455
Homeownership rate	42.2%	67.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	2.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	7.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dorseyville	Maringouin
Population	59 → 180 (+205.1%)	985 → 737 (-25.2%)
Median household income	—	$40,701 → $37,067 (-8.9%)
Median home value	—	$70,200 → $81,100 (+15.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$444 → $740 (+66.7%)

Dorseyville

Population

59180

Maringouin

Population

985737

Median household income

$40,701$37,067

Median home value

$70,200$81,100

Median gross rent

$444$740

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dorseyville	Maringouin
Under 5	0.0%	2.7%
5 to 17	0.0%	10.4%
18 to 24	43.9%	8.8%
25 to 34	0.0%	5.0%
35 to 44	33.3%	6.8%
45 to 54	12.2%	14.7%
55 to 64	10.6%	22.4%
65 to 74	0.0%	18.7%
75 and over	0.0%	10.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dorseyville	Maringouin
White (non-Hispanic)	0.0%	7.6%
Black or African American	100.0%	89.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dorseyville	Maringouin
No high school diploma	18.8%	12.5%
High school graduate	21.8%	51.3%
Some college or associate's	59.4%	33.4%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	0.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	2.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dorseyville	Maringouin
Drove alone	100.0%	72.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	17.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	9.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dorseyville	Maringouin
1-unit, detached	0.0%	83.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	100.0%	5.5%

Poverty & households

	Dorseyville	Maringouin
Poverty rate	0.0%	29.9%
Average household size	4.00	1.98
Mean commute (minutes)	—	42
Median year structure built	—	1973