Ball vs Woodworth

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

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

Ball has the higher population (3,900 vs 2,352 in Woodworth). Woodworth has the higher median household income ($78,214 vs $72,713 in Ball). Woodworth has the higher median home value ($298,400 vs $176,400 in Ball).

Population, income & housing

	Ball	Woodworth
Population	3,900	2,352
Median age	29.9 yrs	29.5 yrs
Median household income	$72,713	$78,214
Median home value	$176,400	$298,400
Median gross rent	$1,055	$886
Housing units	1,432	879
Homeownership rate	85.3%	75.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.8%	37.6%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ball	Woodworth
Population	3,971 → 3,900 (-1.8%)	1,557 → 2,352 (+51.1%)
Median household income	$54,577 → $72,713 (+33.2%)	$68,333 → $78,214 (+14.5%)
Median home value	$139,300 → $176,400 (+26.6%)	$201,300 → $298,400 (+48.2%)
Median gross rent	$793 → $1,055 (+33.0%)	$689 → $886 (+28.6%)

Ball

Population

3,9713,900

Median household income

$54,577$72,713

Median home value

$139,300$176,400

Median gross rent

$793$1,055

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)

	Ball	Woodworth
Under 5	7.7%	8.9%
5 to 17	17.2%	23.4%
18 to 24	13.1%	11.9%
25 to 34	22.0%	11.9%
35 to 44	14.6%	9.9%
45 to 54	6.1%	12.6%
55 to 64	7.8%	11.6%
65 to 74	6.6%	7.9%
75 and over	5.0%	2.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ball	Woodworth
White (non-Hispanic)	83.9%	79.8%
Black or African American	5.2%	14.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	5.8%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ball	Woodworth
No high school diploma	9.0%	4.6%
High school graduate	45.2%	18.3%
Some college or associate's	26.0%	39.5%
Bachelor's degree	11.8%	22.3%
Graduate or professional degree	8.0%	15.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ball	Woodworth
Drove alone	62.4%	86.3%
Carpooled	10.4%	11.6%
Public transit	1.5%	0.0%
Walked	17.0%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.9%	1.9%
Other means	3.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ball	Woodworth
1-unit, detached	73.3%	76.0%
1-unit, attached	4.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.3%	9.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	20.5%	15.0%

Poverty & households

	Ball	Woodworth
Poverty rate	13.2%	14.2%
Average household size	2.86	2.94
Mean commute (minutes)	20	22
Median year structure built	1985	1998