Boothville vs Port Sulphur

A side-by-side comparison of Boothville and Port Sulphur: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Port Sulphur has the higher population (1,529 vs 481 in Boothville). Port Sulphur has the higher median household income ($54,342 vs $24,700 in Boothville). Port Sulphur has the higher median home value ($87,300 vs $77,300 in Boothville).

Population, income & housing

	Boothville	Port Sulphur
Population	481	1,529
Median age	37.9 yrs	34.2 yrs
Median household income	$24,700	$54,342
Median home value	$77,300	$87,300
Housing units	284	554
Homeownership rate	84.2%	90.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	10.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	13.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boothville	Port Sulphur
Population	594 → 481 (-19.0%)	1,789 → 1,529 (-14.5%)
Median household income	$31,500 → $24,700 (-21.6%)	$29,688 → $54,342 (+83.0%)
Median home value	$74,000 → $77,300 (+4.5%)	$75,600 → $87,300 (+15.5%)

Boothville

Population

594481

Median household income

$31,500$24,700

Median home value

$74,000$77,300

Port Sulphur

Population

1,7891,529

Median household income

$29,688$54,342

Median home value

$75,600$87,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boothville	Port Sulphur
Under 5	4.6%	7.1%
5 to 17	10.6%	20.6%
18 to 24	13.9%	13.7%
25 to 34	17.3%	10.4%
35 to 44	10.0%	5.2%
45 to 54	27.2%	20.5%
55 to 64	6.9%	10.4%
65 to 74	1.5%	5.2%
75 and over	8.1%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boothville	Port Sulphur
White (non-Hispanic)	73.0%	15.2%
Black or African American	12.3%	57.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	4.4%	0.9%
Asian	0.0%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	10.4%	20.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boothville	Port Sulphur
No high school diploma	34.3%	27.3%
High school graduate	51.3%	41.2%
Some college or associate's	14.4%	20.6%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	1.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	9.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boothville	Port Sulphur
Drove alone	91.3%	86.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	14.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	5.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boothville	Port Sulphur
1-unit, detached	13.7%	6.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	86.3%	93.9%

Poverty & households

	Boothville	Port Sulphur
Poverty rate	33.1%	10.7%
Average household size	2.17	3.33
Mean commute (minutes)	62	30
Median year structure built	2006	2005