Belmont vs Fort Jesup

A side-by-side comparison of Belmont and Fort Jesup: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Fort Jesup has the higher population (395 vs 147 in Belmont). Since 2019, Fort Jesup's population has grown faster (-4.4% vs -51.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Belmont	Fort Jesup
Population	147	395
Median age	24.7 yrs	27.8 yrs
Median household income	$2,499	—
Housing units	89	187
Homeownership rate	63.2%	86.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	30.1%
Unemployment rate	42.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belmont	Fort Jesup
Population	304 → 147 (-51.6%)	413 → 395 (-4.4%)
Median household income	$39,886 → $2,499 (-93.7%)	—

Belmont

Population

304147

Median household income

$39,886$2,499

Fort Jesup

Population

413395

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belmont	Fort Jesup
Under 5	0.0%	5.6%
5 to 17	36.7%	21.5%
18 to 24	19.0%	10.6%
25 to 34	14.3%	14.2%
35 to 44	0.0%	0.0%
45 to 54	0.0%	5.6%
55 to 64	13.6%	23.8%
65 to 74	16.3%	18.7%
75 and over	0.0%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belmont	Fort Jesup
White (non-Hispanic)	94.6%	86.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	13.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	5.4%	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	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belmont	Fort Jesup
No high school diploma	0.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	69.2%	45.1%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	24.8%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	30.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belmont	Fort Jesup
Drove alone	100.0%	70.1%
Carpooled	0.0%	29.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belmont	Fort Jesup
1-unit, detached	62.9%	24.6%
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	37.1%	75.4%

Poverty & households

	Belmont	Fort Jesup
Poverty rate	64.6%	32.7%
Average household size	2.58	2.11
Median year structure built	1985	2003