Anacoco vs Simpson

A side-by-side comparison of Anacoco and Simpson: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Anacoco has the higher population (792 vs 392 in Simpson). Simpson has the higher median household income ($81,071 vs $67,375 in Anacoco). Anacoco has the higher median home value ($190,100 vs $147,100 in Simpson).

Population, income & housing

	Anacoco	Simpson
Population	792	392
Median age	34.1 yrs	44.7 yrs
Median household income	$67,375	$81,071
Median home value	$190,100	$147,100
Median gross rent	$883	—
Housing units	324	200
Homeownership rate	80.2%	90.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.2%	6.8%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	7.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Anacoco	Simpson
Population	1,015 → 792 (-22.0%)	531 → 392 (-26.2%)
Median household income	$67,361 → $67,375 (+0.0%)	$75,694 → $81,071 (+7.1%)
Median home value	$149,400 → $190,100 (+27.2%)	$125,000 → $147,100 (+17.7%)
Median gross rent	$940 → $883 (-6.1%)	$606 → $831 (+37.1%)

Anacoco

Population

1,015792

Median household income

$67,361$67,375

Median home value

$149,400$190,100

Median gross rent

$940$883

Simpson

Population

531392

Median household income

$75,694$81,071

Median home value

$125,000$147,100

Median gross rent

$606$831

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Anacoco	Simpson
Under 5	6.1%	2.6%
5 to 17	21.6%	10.2%
18 to 24	8.7%	8.7%
25 to 34	22.2%	13.8%
35 to 44	9.8%	16.3%
45 to 54	10.4%	20.7%
55 to 64	6.1%	16.8%
65 to 74	9.5%	6.9%
75 and over	5.7%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Anacoco	Simpson
White (non-Hispanic)	86.2%	92.9%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	0.0%
Asian	1.6%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.8%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Anacoco	Simpson
No high school diploma	15.9%	8.8%
High school graduate	40.9%	35.1%
Some college or associate's	24.0%	49.4%
Bachelor's degree	12.3%	4.2%
Graduate or professional degree	6.9%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Anacoco	Simpson
Drove alone	90.9%	88.4%
Carpooled	7.0%	1.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.6%	7.4%
Other means	0.0%	2.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Anacoco	Simpson
1-unit, detached	68.2%	59.0%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	27.8%	41.0%

Poverty & households

	Anacoco	Simpson
Poverty rate	11.9%	8.9%
Average household size	3.13	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	24	29
Median year structure built	1984	1985