Cotton Valley vs Sarepta

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

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

Sarepta has the higher population (721 vs 711 in Cotton Valley). Sarepta has the higher median household income ($55,469 vs $26,875 in Cotton Valley). Sarepta has the higher median home value ($88,500 vs $60,800 in Cotton Valley).

Population, income & housing

	Cotton Valley	Sarepta
Population	711	721
Median age	32.5 yrs	36.0 yrs
Median household income	$26,875	$55,469
Median home value	$60,800	$88,500
Median gross rent	$623	$731
Housing units	340	367
Homeownership rate	60.5%	71.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.2%	7.8%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	9.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cotton Valley	Sarepta
Population	1,060 → 711 (-32.9%)	857 → 721 (-15.9%)
Median household income	$20,446 → $26,875 (+31.4%)	$33,269 → $55,469 (+66.7%)
Median home value	$45,700 → $60,800 (+33.0%)	$61,300 → $88,500 (+44.4%)
Median gross rent	$301 → $623 (+107.0%)	$673 → $731 (+8.6%)

Cotton Valley

Population

1,060711

Median household income

$20,446$26,875

Median home value

$45,700$60,800

Median gross rent

$301$623

Sarepta

Population

857721

Median household income

$33,269$55,469

Median home value

$61,300$88,500

Median gross rent

$673$731

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cotton Valley	Sarepta
Under 5	12.5%	4.9%
5 to 17	23.2%	23.3%
18 to 24	7.0%	10.0%
25 to 34	11.0%	10.7%
35 to 44	8.4%	15.4%
45 to 54	8.4%	11.2%
55 to 64	14.1%	13.5%
65 to 74	11.3%	6.5%
75 and over	4.1%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cotton Valley	Sarepta
White (non-Hispanic)	52.3%	92.6%
Black or African American	46.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
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%	6.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cotton Valley	Sarepta
No high school diploma	20.4%	12.1%
High school graduate	39.3%	42.2%
Some college or associate's	35.1%	37.9%
Bachelor's degree	2.0%	5.4%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	2.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cotton Valley	Sarepta
Drove alone	78.8%	89.8%
Carpooled	9.4%	6.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.9%	2.2%
Other means	7.9%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cotton Valley	Sarepta
1-unit, detached	67.1%	75.5%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.9%	0.5%
5 to 19 units	6.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	18.8%	24.0%

Poverty & households

	Cotton Valley	Sarepta
Poverty rate	33.5%	13.5%
Average household size	2.79	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	31	28
Median year structure built	1963	1968