Delhi vs Rayville

A side-by-side comparison of Delhi and Rayville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Rayville has the higher population (3,297 vs 2,593 in Delhi). Delhi has the higher median household income ($47,500 vs $24,474 in Rayville). Since 2019, Rayville's population has grown faster (-7.3% vs -8.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Delhi	Rayville
Population	2,593	3,297
Median age	41.5 yrs	31.0 yrs
Median household income	$47,500	$24,474
Median home value	—	$111,600
Median gross rent	$899	$731
Housing units	1,225	1,447
Homeownership rate	51.2%	32.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.8%	14.0%
Unemployment rate	10.5%	12.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Delhi	Rayville
Population	2,846 → 2,593 (-8.9%)	3,556 → 3,297 (-7.3%)
Median household income	$27,289 → $47,500 (+74.1%)	$19,950 → $24,474 (+22.7%)
Median home value	$90,400 → $111,500 (+23.3%)	$71,000 → $111,600 (+57.2%)
Median gross rent	$638 → $899 (+40.9%)	$646 → $731 (+13.2%)

Delhi

Population

2,8462,593

Median household income

$27,289$47,500

Median home value

$90,400$111,500

Median gross rent

$638$899

Rayville

Population

3,5563,297

Median household income

$19,950$24,474

Median home value

$71,000$111,600

Median gross rent

$646$731

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Delhi	Rayville
Under 5	5.3%	9.2%
5 to 17	17.7%	26.1%
18 to 24	8.6%	9.1%
25 to 34	10.7%	9.8%
35 to 44	13.7%	11.3%
45 to 54	11.9%	6.7%
55 to 64	15.8%	13.6%
65 to 74	8.0%	8.3%
75 and over	8.3%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Delhi	Rayville
White (non-Hispanic)	40.7%	18.0%
Black or African American	57.0%	79.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	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	0.6%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Delhi	Rayville
No high school diploma	22.1%	28.9%
High school graduate	42.4%	36.2%
Some college or associate's	23.7%	20.9%
Bachelor's degree	6.3%	8.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	5.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Delhi	Rayville
Drove alone	88.6%	64.9%
Carpooled	8.7%	23.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	7.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.2%	0.0%
Other means	0.3%	4.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Delhi	Rayville
1-unit, detached	79.7%	70.6%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	6.8%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	16.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	17.1%	4.5%

Poverty & households

	Delhi	Rayville
Poverty rate	30.8%	38.5%
Average household size	2.61	2.86
Mean commute (minutes)	21	22
Median year structure built	1973	1975