Anacoco vs Fort Polk North

A side-by-side comparison of Anacoco and Fort Polk North: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Fort Polk North has the higher population (2,034 vs 792 in Anacoco). Anacoco has the higher median household income ($67,375 vs $45,411 in Fort Polk North). Since 2019, Fort Polk North's population has grown faster (-10.1% vs -22.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Anacoco	Fort Polk North
Population	792	2,034
Median age	34.1 yrs	24.1 yrs
Median household income	$67,375	$45,411
Median home value	$190,100	—
Median gross rent	$883	$1,083
Housing units	324	1,138
Homeownership rate	80.2%	1.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.2%	14.5%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	14.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Anacoco	Fort Polk North
Population	1,015 → 792 (-22.0%)	2,263 → 2,034 (-10.1%)
Median household income	$67,361 → $67,375 (+0.0%)	$36,797 → $45,411 (+23.4%)
Median home value	$149,400 → $190,100 (+27.2%)	—
Median gross rent	$940 → $883 (-6.1%)	$1,005 → $1,083 (+7.8%)

Anacoco

Population

1,015792

Median household income

$67,361$67,375

Median home value

$149,400$190,100

Median gross rent

$940$883

Fort Polk North

Population

2,2632,034

Median household income

$36,797$45,411

Median gross rent

$1,005$1,083

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Anacoco	Fort Polk North
Under 5	6.1%	12.6%
5 to 17	21.6%	2.5%
18 to 24	8.7%	41.3%
25 to 34	22.2%	31.7%
35 to 44	9.8%	10.7%
45 to 54	10.4%	1.2%
55 to 64	6.1%	0.0%
65 to 74	9.5%	0.0%
75 and over	5.7%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Anacoco	Fort Polk North
White (non-Hispanic)	86.2%	52.3%
Black or African American	0.9%	10.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	0.0%
Asian	1.6%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.8%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	34.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Anacoco	Fort Polk North
No high school diploma	15.9%	5.1%
High school graduate	40.9%	19.1%
Some college or associate's	24.0%	61.3%
Bachelor's degree	12.3%	11.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.9%	2.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Anacoco	Fort Polk North
Drove alone	90.9%	89.2%
Carpooled	7.0%	6.0%
Public transit	0.0%	1.9%
Walked	0.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.6%	2.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Anacoco	Fort Polk North
1-unit, detached	68.2%	4.5%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	43.9%
2 to 4 units	3.7%	37.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	12.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	27.8%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Anacoco	Fort Polk North
Poverty rate	11.9%	10.5%
Average household size	3.13	1.97
Mean commute (minutes)	24	14
Median year structure built	1984	1995