Ossun vs Youngsville

A side-by-side comparison of Ossun and Youngsville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Youngsville has the higher population (16,664 vs 1,940 in Ossun). Youngsville has the higher median household income ($113,164 vs $40,283 in Ossun). Since 2019, Youngsville's population has grown faster (+24.3% vs -2.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Ossun	Youngsville
Population	1,940	16,664
Median age	37.1 yrs	34.2 yrs
Median household income	$40,283	$113,164
Median home value	—	$263,200
Median gross rent	$1,050	$1,318
Housing units	814	5,854
Homeownership rate	80.1%	89.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.7%	37.3%
Unemployment rate	9.0%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ossun	Youngsville
Population	1,993 → 1,940 (-2.7%)	13,407 → 16,664 (+24.3%)
Median household income	$59,178 → $40,283 (-31.9%)	$89,038 → $113,164 (+27.1%)
Median home value	$115,500 → $95,000 (-17.7%)	$222,800 → $263,200 (+18.1%)
Median gross rent	$725 → $1,050 (+44.8%)	$1,150 → $1,318 (+14.6%)

Ossun

Population

1,9931,940

Median household income

$59,178$40,283

Median home value

$115,500$95,000

Median gross rent

$725$1,050

Youngsville

Population

13,40716,664

Median household income

$89,038$113,164

Median home value

$222,800$263,200

Median gross rent

$1,150$1,318

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ossun	Youngsville
Under 5	6.5%	7.4%
5 to 17	10.4%	26.2%
18 to 24	17.1%	3.1%
25 to 34	14.9%	16.1%
35 to 44	15.1%	18.8%
45 to 54	18.4%	10.5%
55 to 64	5.8%	7.3%
65 to 74	9.2%	6.8%
75 and over	2.7%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ossun	Youngsville
White (non-Hispanic)	39.9%	84.1%
Black or African American	40.9%	11.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	16.6%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ossun	Youngsville
No high school diploma	29.2%	4.5%
High school graduate	38.1%	18.4%
Some college or associate's	17.0%	39.9%
Bachelor's degree	13.0%	26.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2.7%	10.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ossun	Youngsville
Drove alone	51.8%	83.8%
Carpooled	22.8%	2.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	23.1%	10.4%
Other means	2.2%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ossun	Youngsville
1-unit, detached	51.0%	86.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.5%	0.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	47.5%	13.7%

Poverty & households

	Ossun	Youngsville
Poverty rate	8.9%	9.8%
Average household size	2.41	3.03
Mean commute (minutes)	24	25
Median year structure built	1991	2011