Amelia vs Morgan City

A side-by-side comparison of Amelia and Morgan City: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Morgan City has the higher population (11,208 vs 2,161 in Amelia). Morgan City has the higher median household income ($56,729 vs $48,060 in Amelia). Morgan City has the higher median home value ($146,100 vs $80,400 in Amelia).

Population, income & housing

	Amelia	Morgan City
Population	2,161	11,208
Median age	32.9 yrs	41.6 yrs
Median household income	$48,060	$56,729
Median home value	$80,400	$146,100
Median gross rent	$840	$861
Housing units	883	5,354
Homeownership rate	65.9%	63.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.5%	15.9%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	7.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Amelia	Morgan City
Population	2,215 → 2,161 (-2.4%)	11,206 → 11,208 (+0.0%)
Median household income	$30,833 → $48,060 (+55.9%)	$40,240 → $56,729 (+41.0%)
Median home value	$33,100 → $80,400 (+142.9%)	$132,400 → $146,100 (+10.3%)
Median gross rent	$792 → $840 (+6.1%)	$811 → $861 (+6.2%)

Amelia

Population

2,2152,161

Median household income

$30,833$48,060

Median home value

$33,100$80,400

Median gross rent

$792$840

Morgan City

Population

11,20611,208

Median household income

$40,240$56,729

Median home value

$132,400$146,100

Median gross rent

$811$861

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Amelia	Morgan City
Under 5	6.8%	7.7%
5 to 17	22.9%	16.4%
18 to 24	11.1%	5.8%
25 to 34	10.1%	12.9%
35 to 44	13.2%	10.4%
45 to 54	16.0%	14.2%
55 to 64	8.4%	15.6%
65 to 74	6.3%	10.9%
75 and over	5.3%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Amelia	Morgan City
White (non-Hispanic)	22.3%	60.5%
Black or African American	5.7%	17.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	13.5%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	57.2%	15.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Amelia	Morgan City
No high school diploma	38.9%	20.8%
High school graduate	47.7%	41.8%
Some college or associate's	8.9%	21.5%
Bachelor's degree	3.4%	10.1%
Graduate or professional degree	1.0%	5.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Amelia	Morgan City
Drove alone	84.0%	84.6%
Carpooled	9.6%	8.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.1%
Worked from home	2.4%	3.1%
Other means	3.9%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Amelia	Morgan City
1-unit, detached	42.6%	75.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	1.7%	10.9%
5 to 19 units	3.3%	3.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.3%
Mobile home & other	52.4%	5.9%

Poverty & households

	Amelia	Morgan City
Poverty rate	19.3%	20.4%
Average household size	2.92	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	23	29
Median year structure built	1978	1968