Fort Polk North vs Simpson

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

Fort Polk North and Simpson 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 392 in Simpson). Simpson has the higher median household income ($81,071 vs $45,411 in Fort Polk North). Since 2019, Fort Polk North's population has grown faster (-10.1% vs -26.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Polk North	Simpson
Population	2,034	392
Median age	24.1 yrs	44.7 yrs
Median household income	$45,411	$81,071
Median home value	—	$147,100
Median gross rent	$1,083	—
Housing units	1,138	200
Homeownership rate	1.5%	90.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.5%	6.8%
Unemployment rate	14.4%	7.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Polk North	Simpson
Population	2,263 → 2,034 (-10.1%)	531 → 392 (-26.2%)
Median household income	$36,797 → $45,411 (+23.4%)	$75,694 → $81,071 (+7.1%)
Median home value	—	$125,000 → $147,100 (+17.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,005 → $1,083 (+7.8%)	$606 → $831 (+37.1%)

Fort Polk North

Population

2,2632,034

Median household income

$36,797$45,411

Median gross rent

$1,005$1,083

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)

	Fort Polk North	Simpson
Under 5	12.6%	2.6%
5 to 17	2.5%	10.2%
18 to 24	41.3%	8.7%
25 to 34	31.7%	13.8%
35 to 44	10.7%	16.3%
45 to 54	1.2%	20.7%
55 to 64	0.0%	16.8%
65 to 74	0.0%	6.9%
75 and over	0.0%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Polk North	Simpson
White (non-Hispanic)	52.3%	92.9%
Black or African American	10.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	34.7%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Polk North	Simpson
No high school diploma	5.1%	8.8%
High school graduate	19.1%	35.1%
Some college or associate's	61.3%	49.4%
Bachelor's degree	11.7%	4.2%
Graduate or professional degree	2.8%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Polk North	Simpson
Drove alone	89.2%	88.4%
Carpooled	6.0%	1.4%
Public transit	1.9%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.3%	7.4%
Other means	0.7%	2.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Polk North	Simpson
1-unit, detached	4.5%	59.0%
1-unit, attached	43.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	37.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	12.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	41.0%

Poverty & households

	Fort Polk North	Simpson
Poverty rate	10.5%	8.9%
Average household size	1.97	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	14	29
Median year structure built	1995	1985