Grambling vs Simsboro

A side-by-side comparison of Grambling and Simsboro: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Grambling has the higher population (5,302 vs 831 in Simsboro). Simsboro has the higher median household income ($36,370 vs $17,670 in Grambling). Grambling has the higher median home value ($176,000 vs $79,500 in Simsboro).

Population, income & housing

	Grambling	Simsboro
Population	5,302	831
Median age	21.1 yrs	44.3 yrs
Median household income	$17,670	$36,370
Median home value	$176,000	$79,500
Median gross rent	$518	$962
Housing units	2,050	468
Homeownership rate	33.6%	62.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.9%	10.7%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grambling	Simsboro
Population	5,185 → 5,302 (+2.3%)	969 → 831 (-14.2%)
Median household income	$22,398 → $17,670 (-21.1%)	$50,000 → $36,370 (-27.3%)
Median home value	$114,800 → $176,000 (+53.3%)	$78,300 → $79,500 (+1.5%)
Median gross rent	$712 → $518 (-27.2%)	$649 → $962 (+48.2%)

Grambling

Population

5,1855,302

Median household income

$22,398$17,670

Median home value

$114,800$176,000

Median gross rent

$712$518

Simsboro

Population

969831

Median household income

$50,000$36,370

Median home value

$78,300$79,500

Median gross rent

$649$962

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Grambling	Simsboro
Under 5	2.9%	5.4%
5 to 17	19.1%	13.4%
18 to 24	38.8%	11.7%
25 to 34	10.7%	5.7%
35 to 44	9.3%	14.8%
45 to 54	3.7%	6.5%
55 to 64	4.8%	21.5%
65 to 74	4.5%	17.7%
75 and over	6.2%	3.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grambling	Simsboro
White (non-Hispanic)	7.3%	69.4%
Black or African American	84.1%	18.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	6.1%
Two or more races	3.5%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	4.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grambling	Simsboro
No high school diploma	10.0%	14.4%
High school graduate	32.6%	47.2%
Some college or associate's	25.4%	27.7%
Bachelor's degree	13.3%	9.3%
Graduate or professional degree	18.6%	1.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grambling	Simsboro
Drove alone	58.6%	92.1%
Carpooled	8.6%	5.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.1%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	25.2%	1.1%
Other means	2.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grambling	Simsboro
1-unit, detached	54.5%	47.4%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	28.6%	3.4%
5 to 19 units	9.5%	3.4%
20 or more units	2.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.3%	45.7%

Poverty & households

	Grambling	Simsboro
Poverty rate	58.5%	25.8%
Average household size	2.36	2.02
Mean commute (minutes)	20	30
Median year structure built	1976	1978