Morganza vs Ventress

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

Morganza 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 601 in Morganza). Ventress has the higher median household income ($70,144 vs $42,500 in Morganza). Since 2019, Ventress's population has grown faster (+53.4% vs -28.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Morganza	Ventress
Population	601	1,325
Median age	38.4 yrs	48.4 yrs
Median household income	$42,500	$70,144
Median home value	$131,500	—
Median gross rent	$917	—
Housing units	403	679
Homeownership rate	81.4%	75.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.1%	16.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Morganza	Ventress
Population	839 → 601 (-28.4%)	864 → 1,325 (+53.4%)
Median household income	$36,389 → $42,500 (+16.8%)	$37,917 → $70,144 (+85.0%)
Median home value	$131,700 → $131,500 (-0.2%)	$151,600 → $103,900 (-31.5%)
Median gross rent	$778 → $917 (+17.9%)	$797 → $1,341 (+68.3%)

Morganza

Population

839601

Median household income

$36,389$42,500

Median home value

$131,700$131,500

Median gross rent

$778$917

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)

	Morganza	Ventress
Under 5	1.8%	5.7%
5 to 17	14.6%	5.8%
18 to 24	16.3%	12.4%
25 to 34	15.8%	4.9%
35 to 44	2.7%	17.3%
45 to 54	7.0%	28.2%
55 to 64	16.0%	10.2%
65 to 74	13.1%	11.8%
75 and over	12.6%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Morganza	Ventress
White (non-Hispanic)	57.7%	88.9%
Black or African American	27.6%	4.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.0%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	12.3%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Morganza	Ventress
No high school diploma	7.7%	28.2%
High school graduate	51.0%	30.6%
Some college or associate's	23.3%	24.7%
Bachelor's degree	13.9%	12.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Morganza	Ventress
Drove alone	90.5%	89.4%
Carpooled	0.9%	4.6%
Public transit	6.4%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	4.4%
Other means	2.1%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Morganza	Ventress
1-unit, detached	81.9%	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	18.1%	59.9%

Poverty & households

	Morganza	Ventress
Poverty rate	16.1%	6.9%
Average household size	2.33	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	28	33
Median year structure built	1972	1990