Anacoco vs Fort Polk South

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

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

Fort Polk South has the higher population (8,056 vs 792 in Anacoco). Anacoco has the higher median household income ($67,375 vs $62,790 in Fort Polk South). Since 2019, Fort Polk South's population has grown faster (-11.0% vs -22.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Anacoco	Fort Polk South
Population	792	8,056
Median age	34.1 yrs	22.9 yrs
Median household income	$67,375	$62,790
Median home value	$190,100	—
Median gross rent	$883	$1,175
Housing units	324	2,514
Homeownership rate	80.2%	0.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.2%	28.7%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Anacoco	Fort Polk South
Population	1,015 → 792 (-22.0%)	9,048 → 8,056 (-11.0%)
Median household income	$67,361 → $67,375 (+0.0%)	$50,286 → $62,790 (+24.9%)
Median home value	$149,400 → $190,100 (+27.2%)	—
Median gross rent	$940 → $883 (-6.1%)	$1,152 → $1,175 (+2.0%)

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 South

Population

9,0488,056

Median household income

$50,286$62,790

Median gross rent

$1,152$1,175

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Anacoco	Fort Polk South
Under 5	6.1%	12.6%
5 to 17	21.6%	21.2%
18 to 24	8.7%	22.8%
25 to 34	22.2%	24.0%
35 to 44	9.8%	15.5%
45 to 54	10.4%	2.1%
55 to 64	6.1%	0.8%
65 to 74	9.5%	0.7%
75 and over	5.7%	0.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Anacoco	Fort Polk South
White (non-Hispanic)	86.2%	51.0%
Black or African American	0.9%	18.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	0.2%
Asian	1.6%	2.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	1.0%
Some other race	1.8%	0.7%
Two or more races	4.8%	6.2%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	19.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Anacoco	Fort Polk South
No high school diploma	15.9%	4.2%
High school graduate	40.9%	21.1%
Some college or associate's	24.0%	46.0%
Bachelor's degree	12.3%	19.3%
Graduate or professional degree	6.9%	9.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Anacoco	Fort Polk South
Drove alone	90.9%	64.0%
Carpooled	7.0%	8.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	11.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	1.6%	14.6%
Other means	0.0%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Anacoco	Fort Polk South
1-unit, detached	68.2%	8.1%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	23.1%
2 to 4 units	3.7%	65.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	27.8%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Anacoco	Fort Polk South
Poverty rate	11.9%	18.0%
Average household size	3.13	3.04
Mean commute (minutes)	24	11
Median year structure built	1984	1997