Fordoche vs Ventress

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

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

Ventress has the higher population (1,325 vs 1,010 in Fordoche). Ventress has the higher median household income ($70,144 vs $62,788 in Fordoche). Since 2019, Ventress's population has grown faster (+53.4% vs -6.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Fordoche	Ventress
Population	1,010	1,325
Median age	45.2 yrs	48.4 yrs
Median household income	$62,788	$70,144
Median home value	$199,700	—
Median gross rent	$677	—
Housing units	505	679
Homeownership rate	82.2%	75.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.8%	16.5%
Unemployment rate	8.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fordoche	Ventress
Population	1,074 → 1,010 (-6.0%)	864 → 1,325 (+53.4%)
Median household income	$47,292 → $62,788 (+32.8%)	$37,917 → $70,144 (+85.0%)
Median home value	$116,400 → $199,700 (+71.6%)	$151,600 → $103,900 (-31.5%)
Median gross rent	$821 → $677 (-17.5%)	$797 → $1,341 (+68.3%)

Fordoche

Population

1,0741,010

Median household income

$47,292$62,788

Median home value

$116,400$199,700

Median gross rent

$821$677

Ventress

Population

8641,325

Median household income

$37,917$70,144

Median home value

$151,600$103,900

Median gross rent

$797$1,341

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fordoche	Ventress
Under 5	5.4%	5.7%
5 to 17	21.4%	5.8%
18 to 24	1.3%	12.4%
25 to 34	7.9%	4.9%
35 to 44	13.7%	17.3%
45 to 54	11.8%	28.2%
55 to 64	14.4%	10.2%
65 to 74	11.4%	11.8%
75 and over	12.8%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fordoche	Ventress
White (non-Hispanic)	62.4%	88.9%
Black or African American	24.0%	4.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
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%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fordoche	Ventress
No high school diploma	26.4%	28.2%
High school graduate	42.8%	30.6%
Some college or associate's	21.9%	24.7%
Bachelor's degree	8.8%	12.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fordoche	Ventress
Drove alone	73.9%	89.4%
Carpooled	1.1%	4.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.8%	4.4%
Other means	19.3%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fordoche	Ventress
1-unit, detached	90.1%	40.1%
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	9.9%	59.9%

Poverty & households

	Fordoche	Ventress
Poverty rate	15.3%	6.9%
Average household size	2.43	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	31	33
Median year structure built	1977	1990