Morganza vs New Roads

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

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

New Roads has the higher population (4,457 vs 601 in Morganza). New Roads has the higher median household income ($48,017 vs $42,500 in Morganza). New Roads has the higher median home value ($155,400 vs $131,500 in Morganza).

Population, income & housing

	Morganza	New Roads
Population	601	4,457
Median age	38.4 yrs	41.6 yrs
Median household income	$42,500	$48,017
Median home value	$131,500	$155,400
Median gross rent	$917	$451
Housing units	403	2,153
Homeownership rate	81.4%	74.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.1%	16.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	7.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Morganza	New Roads
Population	839 → 601 (-28.4%)	4,570 → 4,457 (-2.5%)
Median household income	$36,389 → $42,500 (+16.8%)	$34,688 → $48,017 (+38.4%)
Median home value	$131,700 → $131,500 (-0.2%)	$131,400 → $155,400 (+18.3%)
Median gross rent	$778 → $917 (+17.9%)	$738 → $451 (-38.9%)

Morganza

Population

839601

Median household income

$36,389$42,500

Median home value

$131,700$131,500

Median gross rent

$778$917

New Roads

Population

4,5704,457

Median household income

$34,688$48,017

Median home value

$131,400$155,400

Median gross rent

$738$451

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Morganza	New Roads
Under 5	1.8%	7.6%
5 to 17	14.6%	18.8%
18 to 24	16.3%	4.5%
25 to 34	15.8%	12.5%
35 to 44	2.7%	12.0%
45 to 54	7.0%	6.9%
55 to 64	16.0%	14.5%
65 to 74	13.1%	13.8%
75 and over	12.6%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Morganza	New Roads
White (non-Hispanic)	57.7%	38.6%
Black or African American	27.6%	54.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.0%	5.9%
Hispanic or Latino	12.3%	0.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Morganza	New Roads
No high school diploma	7.7%	16.1%
High school graduate	51.0%	38.6%
Some college or associate's	23.3%	28.8%
Bachelor's degree	13.9%	11.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Morganza	New Roads
Drove alone	90.5%	88.6%
Carpooled	0.9%	4.4%
Public transit	6.4%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.2%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.3%
Other means	2.1%	2.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Morganza	New Roads
1-unit, detached	81.9%	77.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	9.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.4%
Mobile home & other	18.1%	3.0%

Poverty & households

	Morganza	New Roads
Poverty rate	16.1%	23.2%
Average household size	2.33	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	28	26
Median year structure built	1972	1980