Mer Rouge vs Oak Ridge

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

Mer Rouge and Oak Ridge 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 55 in Oak Ridge). Oak Ridge has the higher median home value ($175,000 vs $119,400 in Mer Rouge). Since 2019, Mer Rouge's population has grown faster (+17.0% vs -45.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Mer Rouge	Oak Ridge
Population	639	55
Median age	36.9 yrs	61.8 yrs
Median household income	$55,588	—
Median home value	$119,400	$175,000
Median gross rent	$596	—
Housing units	284	35
Homeownership rate	56.7%	84.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.8%	14.6%
Unemployment rate	8.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mer Rouge	Oak Ridge
Population	546 → 639 (+17.0%)	100 → 55 (-45.0%)
Median household income	$32,292 → $55,588 (+72.1%)	—
Median home value	$111,800 → $119,400 (+6.8%)	$156,300 → $175,000 (+12.0%)
Median gross rent	$492 → $596 (+21.1%)	—

Mer Rouge

Population

546639

Median household income

$32,292$55,588

Median home value

$111,800$119,400

Median gross rent

$492$596

Oak Ridge

Population

10055

Median home value

$156,300$175,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mer Rouge	Oak Ridge
Under 5	11.3%	0.0%
5 to 17	18.5%	12.7%
18 to 24	3.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	14.4%	0.0%
35 to 44	9.4%	20.0%
45 to 54	4.9%	0.0%
55 to 64	16.6%	20.0%
65 to 74	13.1%	23.6%
75 and over	8.9%	23.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mer Rouge	Oak Ridge
White (non-Hispanic)	54.1%	85.5%
Black or African American	42.9%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	12.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mer Rouge	Oak Ridge
No high school diploma	14.4%	25.0%
High school graduate	40.5%	39.6%
Some college or associate's	26.3%	20.8%
Bachelor's degree	15.3%	10.4%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	4.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mer Rouge	Oak Ridge
Drove alone	94.3%	91.3%
Carpooled	0.9%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.7%	8.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mer Rouge	Oak Ridge
1-unit, detached	71.1%	94.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.2%	5.7%

Poverty & households

	Mer Rouge	Oak Ridge
Poverty rate	41.9%	3.6%
Average household size	2.35	2.89
Mean commute (minutes)	21	50
Median year structure built	1970	1975