New Roads vs Ventress

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

New Roads and Ventress 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 1,325 in Ventress). Ventress has the higher median household income ($70,144 vs $48,017 in New Roads). Since 2019, Ventress's population has grown faster (+53.4% vs -2.5%).

Population, income & housing

	New Roads	Ventress
Population	4,457	1,325
Median age	41.6 yrs	48.4 yrs
Median household income	$48,017	$70,144
Median home value	$155,400	—
Median gross rent	$451	—
Housing units	2,153	679
Homeownership rate	74.2%	75.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.5%	16.5%
Unemployment rate	7.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	New Roads	Ventress
Population	4,570 → 4,457 (-2.5%)	864 → 1,325 (+53.4%)
Median household income	$34,688 → $48,017 (+38.4%)	$37,917 → $70,144 (+85.0%)
Median home value	$131,400 → $155,400 (+18.3%)	$151,600 → $103,900 (-31.5%)
Median gross rent	$738 → $451 (-38.9%)	$797 → $1,341 (+68.3%)

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

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)

	New Roads	Ventress
Under 5	7.6%	5.7%
5 to 17	18.8%	5.8%
18 to 24	4.5%	12.4%
25 to 34	12.5%	4.9%
35 to 44	12.0%	17.3%
45 to 54	6.9%	28.2%
55 to 64	14.5%	10.2%
65 to 74	13.8%	11.8%
75 and over	9.3%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	New Roads	Ventress
White (non-Hispanic)	38.6%	88.9%
Black or African American	54.4%	4.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.9%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.1%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	New Roads	Ventress
No high school diploma	16.1%	28.2%
High school graduate	38.6%	30.6%
Some college or associate's	28.8%	24.7%
Bachelor's degree	11.3%	12.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	New Roads	Ventress
Drove alone	88.6%	89.4%
Carpooled	4.4%	4.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.3%	4.4%
Other means	2.7%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	New Roads	Ventress
1-unit, detached	77.3%	40.1%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	6.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.0%	59.9%

Poverty & households

	New Roads	Ventress
Poverty rate	23.2%	6.9%
Average household size	2.70	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	26	33
Median year structure built	1980	1990