Fort Polk North vs Fort Polk South

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

Fort Polk North 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 2,034 in Fort Polk North). Fort Polk South has the higher median household income ($62,790 vs $45,411 in Fort Polk North). Since 2019, Fort Polk North's population has grown faster (-10.1% vs -11.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Polk North	Fort Polk South
Population	2,034	8,056
Median age	24.1 yrs	22.9 yrs
Median household income	$45,411	$62,790
Median gross rent	$1,083	$1,175
Housing units	1,138	2,514
Homeownership rate	1.5%	0.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.5%	28.7%
Unemployment rate	14.4%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Polk North	Fort Polk South
Population	2,263 → 2,034 (-10.1%)	9,048 → 8,056 (-11.0%)
Median household income	$36,797 → $45,411 (+23.4%)	$50,286 → $62,790 (+24.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,005 → $1,083 (+7.8%)	$1,152 → $1,175 (+2.0%)

Fort Polk North

Population

2,2632,034

Median household income

$36,797$45,411

Median gross rent

$1,005$1,083

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)

	Fort Polk North	Fort Polk South
Under 5	12.6%	12.6%
5 to 17	2.5%	21.2%
18 to 24	41.3%	22.8%
25 to 34	31.7%	24.0%
35 to 44	10.7%	15.5%
45 to 54	1.2%	2.1%
55 to 64	0.0%	0.8%
65 to 74	0.0%	0.7%
75 and over	0.0%	0.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Polk North	Fort Polk South
White (non-Hispanic)	52.3%	51.0%
Black or African American	10.0%	18.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.2%	2.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	1.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	2.8%	6.2%
Hispanic or Latino	34.7%	19.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Polk North	Fort Polk South
No high school diploma	5.1%	4.2%
High school graduate	19.1%	21.1%
Some college or associate's	61.3%	46.0%
Bachelor's degree	11.7%	19.3%
Graduate or professional degree	2.8%	9.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Polk North	Fort Polk South
Drove alone	89.2%	64.0%
Carpooled	6.0%	8.1%
Public transit	1.9%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	11.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	2.3%	14.6%
Other means	0.7%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Polk North	Fort Polk South
1-unit, detached	4.5%	8.1%
1-unit, attached	43.9%	23.1%
2 to 4 units	37.3%	65.8%
5 to 19 units	12.7%	1.2%
20 or more units	0.8%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Fort Polk North	Fort Polk South
Poverty rate	10.5%	18.0%
Average household size	1.97	3.04
Mean commute (minutes)	14	11
Median year structure built	1995	1997