Fort Polk South vs Rosepine

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

Fort Polk South and Rosepine 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 1,817 in Rosepine). Fort Polk South has the higher median household income ($62,790 vs $59,258 in Rosepine). Since 2019, Rosepine's population has grown faster (-1.6% vs -11.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Polk South	Rosepine
Population	8,056	1,817
Median age	22.9 yrs	34.2 yrs
Median household income	$62,790	$59,258
Median home value	—	$193,300
Median gross rent	$1,175	$725
Housing units	2,514	835
Homeownership rate	0.0%	60.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.7%	19.2%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Polk South	Rosepine
Population	9,048 → 8,056 (-11.0%)	1,846 → 1,817 (-1.6%)
Median household income	$50,286 → $62,790 (+24.9%)	$47,523 → $59,258 (+24.7%)
Median home value	—	$132,400 → $193,300 (+46.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,152 → $1,175 (+2.0%)	$814 → $725 (-10.9%)

Fort Polk South

Population

9,0488,056

Median household income

$50,286$62,790

Median gross rent

$1,152$1,175

Rosepine

Population

1,8461,817

Median household income

$47,523$59,258

Median home value

$132,400$193,300

Median gross rent

$814$725

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fort Polk South	Rosepine
Under 5	12.6%	3.5%
5 to 17	21.2%	19.9%
18 to 24	22.8%	8.9%
25 to 34	24.0%	18.7%
35 to 44	15.5%	15.3%
45 to 54	2.1%	7.0%
55 to 64	0.8%	7.2%
65 to 74	0.7%	4.7%
75 and over	0.3%	14.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Polk South	Rosepine
White (non-Hispanic)	51.0%	80.7%
Black or African American	18.5%	10.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	2.7%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.2%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	19.7%	6.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Polk South	Rosepine
No high school diploma	4.2%	12.2%
High school graduate	21.1%	50.1%
Some college or associate's	46.0%	18.5%
Bachelor's degree	19.3%	16.2%
Graduate or professional degree	9.5%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Polk South	Rosepine
Drove alone	64.0%	94.1%
Carpooled	8.1%	1.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	11.7%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.6%	3.1%
Other means	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Polk South	Rosepine
1-unit, detached	8.1%	54.0%
1-unit, attached	23.1%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	65.8%	12.8%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	6.0%
20 or more units	0.5%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	26.1%

Poverty & households

	Fort Polk South	Rosepine
Poverty rate	18.0%	13.8%
Average household size	3.04	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	11	31
Median year structure built	1997	1993