Rosepine vs Simpson

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

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

Rosepine has the higher population (1,817 vs 392 in Simpson). Simpson has the higher median household income ($81,071 vs $59,258 in Rosepine). Rosepine has the higher median home value ($193,300 vs $147,100 in Simpson).

Population, income & housing

	Rosepine	Simpson
Population	1,817	392
Median age	34.2 yrs	44.7 yrs
Median household income	$59,258	$81,071
Median home value	$193,300	$147,100
Median gross rent	$725	—
Housing units	835	200
Homeownership rate	60.2%	90.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.2%	6.8%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	7.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rosepine	Simpson
Population	1,846 → 1,817 (-1.6%)	531 → 392 (-26.2%)
Median household income	$47,523 → $59,258 (+24.7%)	$75,694 → $81,071 (+7.1%)
Median home value	$132,400 → $193,300 (+46.0%)	$125,000 → $147,100 (+17.7%)
Median gross rent	$814 → $725 (-10.9%)	$606 → $831 (+37.1%)

Rosepine

Population

1,8461,817

Median household income

$47,523$59,258

Median home value

$132,400$193,300

Median gross rent

$814$725

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)

	Rosepine	Simpson
Under 5	3.5%	2.6%
5 to 17	19.9%	10.2%
18 to 24	8.9%	8.7%
25 to 34	18.7%	13.8%
35 to 44	15.3%	16.3%
45 to 54	7.0%	20.7%
55 to 64	7.2%	16.8%
65 to 74	4.7%	6.9%
75 and over	14.9%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rosepine	Simpson
White (non-Hispanic)	80.7%	92.9%
Black or African American	10.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	6.2%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rosepine	Simpson
No high school diploma	12.2%	8.8%
High school graduate	50.1%	35.1%
Some college or associate's	18.5%	49.4%
Bachelor's degree	16.2%	4.2%
Graduate or professional degree	3.1%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rosepine	Simpson
Drove alone	94.1%	88.4%
Carpooled	1.7%	1.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.1%	7.4%
Other means	0.0%	2.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rosepine	Simpson
1-unit, detached	54.0%	59.0%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	12.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	6.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	26.1%	41.0%

Poverty & households

	Rosepine	Simpson
Poverty rate	13.8%	8.9%
Average household size	2.59	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	31	29
Median year structure built	1993	1985