Alexandria vs Woodworth

A side-by-side comparison of Alexandria and Woodworth: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Alexandria has the higher population (44,566 vs 2,352 in Woodworth). Woodworth has the higher median household income ($78,214 vs $47,357 in Alexandria). Woodworth has the higher median home value ($298,400 vs $182,800 in Alexandria).

Population, income & housing

	Alexandria	Woodworth
Population	44,566	2,352
Median age	37.6 yrs	29.5 yrs
Median household income	$47,357	$78,214
Median home value	$182,800	$298,400
Median gross rent	$946	$886
Housing units	20,805	879
Homeownership rate	52.3%	75.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.2%	37.6%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alexandria	Woodworth
Population	47,012 → 44,566 (-5.2%)	1,557 → 2,352 (+51.1%)
Median household income	$43,497 → $47,357 (+8.9%)	$68,333 → $78,214 (+14.5%)
Median home value	$148,900 → $182,800 (+22.8%)	$201,300 → $298,400 (+48.2%)
Median gross rent	$831 → $946 (+13.8%)	$689 → $886 (+28.6%)

Alexandria

Population

47,01244,566

Median household income

$43,497$47,357

Median home value

$148,900$182,800

Median gross rent

$831$946

Woodworth

Population

1,5572,352

Median household income

$68,333$78,214

Median home value

$201,300$298,400

Median gross rent

$689$886

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alexandria	Woodworth
Under 5	6.2%	8.9%
5 to 17	17.6%	23.4%
18 to 24	8.7%	11.9%
25 to 34	13.6%	11.9%
35 to 44	13.0%	9.9%
45 to 54	10.7%	12.6%
55 to 64	13.6%	11.6%
65 to 74	10.0%	7.9%
75 and over	6.5%	2.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alexandria	Woodworth
White (non-Hispanic)	36.1%	79.8%
Black or African American	55.8%	14.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.5%
Asian	2.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.4%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alexandria	Woodworth
No high school diploma	15.7%	4.6%
High school graduate	33.6%	18.3%
Some college or associate's	26.4%	39.5%
Bachelor's degree	14.1%	22.3%
Graduate or professional degree	10.2%	15.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alexandria	Woodworth
Drove alone	76.6%	86.3%
Carpooled	8.8%	11.6%
Public transit	3.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.7%	1.9%
Other means	5.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alexandria	Woodworth
1-unit, detached	69.7%	76.0%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	10.8%	9.0%
20 or more units	4.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.9%	15.0%

Poverty & households

	Alexandria	Woodworth
Poverty rate	26.4%	14.2%
Average household size	2.51	2.94
Mean commute (minutes)	20	22
Median year structure built	1970	1998