Morgan City vs Patterson

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

Morgan City and Patterson 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 5,801 in Patterson). Morgan City has the higher median household income ($56,729 vs $48,002 in Patterson). Morgan City has the higher median home value ($146,100 vs $137,200 in Patterson).

Population, income & housing

	Morgan City	Patterson
Population	11,208	5,801
Median age	41.6 yrs	32.1 yrs
Median household income	$56,729	$48,002
Median home value	$146,100	$137,200
Median gross rent	$861	$745
Housing units	5,354	2,369
Homeownership rate	63.5%	55.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.9%	7.3%
Unemployment rate	7.8%	7.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Morgan City	Patterson
Population	11,206 → 11,208 (+0.0%)	5,953 → 5,801 (-2.6%)
Median household income	$40,240 → $56,729 (+41.0%)	$40,574 → $48,002 (+18.3%)
Median home value	$132,400 → $146,100 (+10.3%)	$101,000 → $137,200 (+35.8%)
Median gross rent	$811 → $861 (+6.2%)	$734 → $745 (+1.5%)

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

Patterson

Population

5,9535,801

Median household income

$40,574$48,002

Median home value

$101,000$137,200

Median gross rent

$734$745

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Morgan City	Patterson
Under 5	7.7%	8.7%
5 to 17	16.4%	23.1%
18 to 24	5.8%	10.2%
25 to 34	12.9%	9.4%
35 to 44	10.4%	16.7%
45 to 54	14.2%	12.9%
55 to 64	15.6%	8.7%
65 to 74	10.9%	7.2%
75 and over	6.0%	3.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Morgan City	Patterson
White (non-Hispanic)	60.5%	48.6%
Black or African American	17.4%	42.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.9%
Asian	1.6%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.9%
Two or more races	4.8%	6.0%
Hispanic or Latino	15.3%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Morgan City	Patterson
No high school diploma	20.8%	17.4%
High school graduate	41.8%	55.4%
Some college or associate's	21.5%	19.9%
Bachelor's degree	10.1%	6.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	1.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Morgan City	Patterson
Drove alone	84.6%	82.6%
Carpooled	8.1%	8.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.4%	0.7%
Bicycle	1.1%	0.7%
Worked from home	3.1%	6.3%
Other means	0.6%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Morgan City	Patterson
1-unit, detached	75.6%	57.8%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.9%	18.1%
5 to 19 units	3.3%	6.2%
20 or more units	3.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.9%	17.9%

Poverty & households

	Morgan City	Patterson
Poverty rate	20.4%	26.4%
Average household size	2.56	2.92
Mean commute (minutes)	29	29
Median year structure built	1968	1987