New Orleans Station vs Port Sulphur

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

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

New Orleans Station has the higher population (2,414 vs 1,529 in Port Sulphur). New Orleans Station has the higher median household income ($54,375 vs $54,342 in Port Sulphur). Since 2019, Port Sulphur's population has grown faster (-14.5% vs -16.3%).

Population, income & housing

	New Orleans Station	Port Sulphur
Population	2,414	1,529
Median age	25.6 yrs	34.2 yrs
Median household income	$54,375	$54,342
Median home value	—	$87,300
Median gross rent	$2,010	—
Housing units	1,017	554
Homeownership rate	0.0%	90.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.1%	10.8%
Unemployment rate	12.2%	13.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	New Orleans Station	Port Sulphur
Population	2,883 → 2,414 (-16.3%)	1,789 → 1,529 (-14.5%)
Median household income	$66,023 → $54,375 (-17.6%)	$29,688 → $54,342 (+83.0%)
Median home value	—	$75,600 → $87,300 (+15.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,491 → $2,010 (+34.8%)	—

New Orleans Station

Population

2,8832,414

Median household income

$66,023$54,375

Median gross rent

$1,491$2,010

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)

	New Orleans Station	Port Sulphur
Under 5	14.9%	7.1%
5 to 17	23.9%	20.6%
18 to 24	8.8%	13.7%
25 to 34	27.2%	10.4%
35 to 44	18.3%	5.2%
45 to 54	6.0%	20.5%
55 to 64	0.3%	10.4%
65 to 74	0.4%	5.2%
75 and over	0.2%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	New Orleans Station	Port Sulphur
White (non-Hispanic)	35.5%	15.2%
Black or African American	21.9%	57.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.9%
Asian	4.2%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	2.5%	20.7%
Hispanic or Latino	35.9%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	New Orleans Station	Port Sulphur
No high school diploma	6.1%	27.3%
High school graduate	30.1%	41.2%
Some college or associate's	50.7%	20.6%
Bachelor's degree	8.1%	1.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	9.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	New Orleans Station	Port Sulphur
Drove alone	77.6%	86.0%
Carpooled	3.2%	14.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	14.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.1%	0.0%
Other means	2.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	New Orleans Station	Port Sulphur
1-unit, detached	0.0%	6.1%
1-unit, attached	58.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	29.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	11.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	93.9%

Poverty & households

	New Orleans Station	Port Sulphur
Poverty rate	12.7%	10.7%
Average household size	2.98	3.33
Mean commute (minutes)	18	30
Median year structure built	1997	2005