Fordoche vs Morganza

A side-by-side comparison of Fordoche and Morganza: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Fordoche has the higher population (1,010 vs 601 in Morganza). Fordoche has the higher median household income ($62,788 vs $42,500 in Morganza). Fordoche has the higher median home value ($199,700 vs $131,500 in Morganza).

Population, income & housing

	Fordoche	Morganza
Population	1,010	601
Median age	45.2 yrs	38.4 yrs
Median household income	$62,788	$42,500
Median home value	$199,700	$131,500
Median gross rent	$677	$917
Housing units	505	403
Homeownership rate	82.2%	81.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.8%	18.1%
Unemployment rate	8.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fordoche	Morganza
Population	1,074 → 1,010 (-6.0%)	839 → 601 (-28.4%)
Median household income	$47,292 → $62,788 (+32.8%)	$36,389 → $42,500 (+16.8%)
Median home value	$116,400 → $199,700 (+71.6%)	$131,700 → $131,500 (-0.2%)
Median gross rent	$821 → $677 (-17.5%)	$778 → $917 (+17.9%)

Fordoche

Population

1,0741,010

Median household income

$47,292$62,788

Median home value

$116,400$199,700

Median gross rent

$821$677

Morganza

Population

839601

Median household income

$36,389$42,500

Median home value

$131,700$131,500

Median gross rent

$778$917

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fordoche	Morganza
Under 5	5.4%	1.8%
5 to 17	21.4%	14.6%
18 to 24	1.3%	16.3%
25 to 34	7.9%	15.8%
35 to 44	13.7%	2.7%
45 to 54	11.8%	7.0%
55 to 64	14.4%	16.0%
65 to 74	11.4%	13.1%
75 and over	12.8%	12.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fordoche	Morganza
White (non-Hispanic)	62.4%	57.7%
Black or African American	24.0%	27.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	11.8%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	12.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fordoche	Morganza
No high school diploma	26.4%	7.7%
High school graduate	42.8%	51.0%
Some college or associate's	21.9%	23.3%
Bachelor's degree	8.8%	13.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	4.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fordoche	Morganza
Drove alone	73.9%	90.5%
Carpooled	1.1%	0.9%
Public transit	0.0%	6.4%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.8%	0.0%
Other means	19.3%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fordoche	Morganza
1-unit, detached	90.1%	81.9%
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	9.9%	18.1%

Poverty & households

	Fordoche	Morganza
Poverty rate	15.3%	16.1%
Average household size	2.43	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	31	28
Median year structure built	1977	1972