Collinston vs Mer Rouge

A side-by-side comparison of Collinston and Mer Rouge: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Mer Rouge has the higher population (639 vs 234 in Collinston). Mer Rouge has the higher median household income ($55,588 vs $23,125 in Collinston). Since 2019, Mer Rouge's population has grown faster (+17.0% vs -2.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Collinston	Mer Rouge
Population	234	639
Median age	57.5 yrs	36.9 yrs
Median household income	$23,125	$55,588
Median home value	—	$119,400
Median gross rent	$275	$596
Housing units	169	284
Homeownership rate	62.0%	56.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.3%	18.8%
Unemployment rate	26.0%	8.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Collinston	Mer Rouge
Population	239 → 234 (-2.1%)	546 → 639 (+17.0%)
Median household income	$18,375 → $23,125 (+25.9%)	$32,292 → $55,588 (+72.1%)
Median home value	$29,300 → $28,000 (-4.4%)	$111,800 → $119,400 (+6.8%)
Median gross rent	$354 → $275 (-22.3%)	$492 → $596 (+21.1%)

Collinston

Population

239234

Median household income

$18,375$23,125

Median home value

$29,300$28,000

Median gross rent

$354$275

Mer Rouge

Population

546639

Median household income

$32,292$55,588

Median home value

$111,800$119,400

Median gross rent

$492$596

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Collinston	Mer Rouge
Under 5	0.0%	11.3%
5 to 17	5.1%	18.5%
18 to 24	4.3%	3.0%
25 to 34	8.5%	14.4%
35 to 44	12.0%	9.4%
45 to 54	16.2%	4.9%
55 to 64	18.4%	16.6%
65 to 74	31.2%	13.1%
75 and over	4.3%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Collinston	Mer Rouge
White (non-Hispanic)	45.3%	54.1%
Black or African American	45.7%	42.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.7%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	4.3%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Collinston	Mer Rouge
No high school diploma	15.6%	14.4%
High school graduate	43.4%	40.5%
Some college or associate's	29.7%	26.3%
Bachelor's degree	7.5%	15.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	3.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Collinston	Mer Rouge
Drove alone	81.3%	94.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.6%	4.7%
Other means	2.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Collinston	Mer Rouge
1-unit, detached	55.6%	71.1%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	8.1%
5 to 19 units	4.7%	5.3%
20 or more units	13.0%	5.3%
Mobile home & other	25.4%	10.2%

Poverty & households

	Collinston	Mer Rouge
Poverty rate	32.5%	41.9%
Average household size	1.81	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	20	21
Median year structure built	1977	1970