Cotton Valley vs Doyline

A side-by-side comparison of Cotton Valley and Doyline: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Cotton Valley has the higher population (711 vs 633 in Doyline). Doyline has the higher median household income ($33,173 vs $26,875 in Cotton Valley). Doyline has the higher median home value ($72,900 vs $60,800 in Cotton Valley).

Population, income & housing

	Cotton Valley	Doyline
Population	711	633
Median age	32.5 yrs	43.1 yrs
Median household income	$26,875	$33,173
Median home value	$60,800	$72,900
Median gross rent	$623	$500
Housing units	340	348
Homeownership rate	60.5%	74.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.2%	8.9%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cotton Valley	Doyline
Population	1,060 → 711 (-32.9%)	734 → 633 (-13.8%)
Median household income	$20,446 → $26,875 (+31.4%)	$22,969 → $33,173 (+44.4%)
Median home value	$45,700 → $60,800 (+33.0%)	$63,300 → $72,900 (+15.2%)
Median gross rent	$301 → $623 (+107.0%)	$689 → $500 (-27.4%)

Cotton Valley

Population

1,060711

Median household income

$20,446$26,875

Median home value

$45,700$60,800

Median gross rent

$301$623

Doyline

Population

734633

Median household income

$22,969$33,173

Median home value

$63,300$72,900

Median gross rent

$689$500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cotton Valley	Doyline
Under 5	12.5%	6.5%
5 to 17	23.2%	19.4%
18 to 24	7.0%	10.0%
25 to 34	11.0%	4.1%
35 to 44	8.4%	14.8%
45 to 54	8.4%	8.8%
55 to 64	14.1%	12.8%
65 to 74	11.3%	17.7%
75 and over	4.1%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cotton Valley	Doyline
White (non-Hispanic)	52.3%	79.5%
Black or African American	46.6%	14.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.1%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cotton Valley	Doyline
No high school diploma	20.4%	16.0%
High school graduate	39.3%	50.5%
Some college or associate's	35.1%	24.6%
Bachelor's degree	2.0%	6.4%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	2.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cotton Valley	Doyline
Drove alone	78.8%	88.8%
Carpooled	9.4%	5.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.9%	4.6%
Other means	7.9%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cotton Valley	Doyline
1-unit, detached	67.1%	54.6%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.9%	2.3%
5 to 19 units	6.5%	6.6%
20 or more units	0.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	18.8%	36.5%

Poverty & households

	Cotton Valley	Doyline
Poverty rate	33.5%	31.0%
Average household size	2.79	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	31	38
Median year structure built	1963	1977