Empire vs Port Sulphur

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

Empire 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 1,218 in Empire). Port Sulphur has the higher median household income ($54,342 vs $45,018 in Empire). Port Sulphur has the higher median home value ($87,300 vs $84,700 in Empire).

Population, income & housing

	Empire	Port Sulphur
Population	1,218	1,529
Median age	27.7 yrs	34.2 yrs
Median household income	$45,018	$54,342
Median home value	$84,700	$87,300
Housing units	524	554
Homeownership rate	89.9%	90.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.7%	10.8%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	13.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Empire	Port Sulphur
Population	1,222 → 1,218 (-0.3%)	1,789 → 1,529 (-14.5%)
Median household income	$21,087 → $45,018 (+113.5%)	$29,688 → $54,342 (+83.0%)
Median home value	$74,300 → $84,700 (+14.0%)	$75,600 → $87,300 (+15.5%)
Median gross rent	$849 → $922 (+8.6%)	—

Empire

Population

1,2221,218

Median household income

$21,087$45,018

Median home value

$74,300$84,700

Median gross rent

$849$922

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)

	Empire	Port Sulphur
Under 5	7.1%	7.1%
5 to 17	29.7%	20.6%
18 to 24	11.2%	13.7%
25 to 34	9.1%	10.4%
35 to 44	8.5%	5.2%
45 to 54	4.4%	20.5%
55 to 64	19.1%	10.4%
65 to 74	8.5%	5.2%
75 and over	2.5%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Empire	Port Sulphur
White (non-Hispanic)	37.2%	15.2%
Black or African American	47.5%	57.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.9%
Asian	10.2%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.2%	0.7%
Two or more races	3.4%	20.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Empire	Port Sulphur
No high school diploma	28.2%	27.3%
High school graduate	28.9%	41.2%
Some college or associate's	34.2%	20.6%
Bachelor's degree	8.7%	1.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	9.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Empire	Port Sulphur
Drove alone	77.2%	86.0%
Carpooled	12.4%	14.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.0%	0.0%
Other means	4.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Empire	Port Sulphur
1-unit, detached	17.0%	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	83.0%	93.9%

Poverty & households

	Empire	Port Sulphur
Poverty rate	28.8%	10.7%
Average household size	2.85	3.33
Mean commute (minutes)	20	30
Median year structure built	2005	2005