Cotton Valley vs Sibley

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

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

Sibley has the higher population (1,392 vs 711 in Cotton Valley). Sibley has the higher median household income ($34,219 vs $26,875 in Cotton Valley). Sibley has the higher median home value ($132,200 vs $60,800 in Cotton Valley).

Population, income & housing

	Cotton Valley	Sibley
Population	711	1,392
Median age	32.5 yrs	35.0 yrs
Median household income	$26,875	$34,219
Median home value	$60,800	$132,200
Median gross rent	$623	$672
Housing units	340	556
Homeownership rate	60.5%	64.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.2%	8.9%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cotton Valley	Sibley
Population	1,060 → 711 (-32.9%)	1,323 → 1,392 (+5.2%)
Median household income	$20,446 → $26,875 (+31.4%)	$27,121 → $34,219 (+26.2%)
Median home value	$45,700 → $60,800 (+33.0%)	$70,700 → $132,200 (+87.0%)
Median gross rent	$301 → $623 (+107.0%)	$918 → $672 (-26.8%)

Cotton Valley

Population

1,060711

Median household income

$20,446$26,875

Median home value

$45,700$60,800

Median gross rent

$301$623

Sibley

Population

1,3231,392

Median household income

$27,121$34,219

Median home value

$70,700$132,200

Median gross rent

$918$672

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cotton Valley	Sibley
Under 5	12.5%	9.2%
5 to 17	23.2%	25.4%
18 to 24	7.0%	5.8%
25 to 34	11.0%	9.6%
35 to 44	8.4%	11.6%
45 to 54	8.4%	13.7%
55 to 64	14.1%	13.0%
65 to 74	11.3%	6.5%
75 and over	4.1%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cotton Valley	Sibley
White (non-Hispanic)	52.3%	57.2%
Black or African American	46.6%	34.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.1%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cotton Valley	Sibley
No high school diploma	20.4%	11.7%
High school graduate	39.3%	49.0%
Some college or associate's	35.1%	30.4%
Bachelor's degree	2.0%	5.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	3.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cotton Valley	Sibley
Drove alone	78.8%	82.9%
Carpooled	9.4%	6.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.9%	8.3%
Other means	7.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cotton Valley	Sibley
1-unit, detached	67.1%	74.1%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	5.9%	4.5%
5 to 19 units	6.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	18.8%	21.2%

Poverty & households

	Cotton Valley	Sibley
Poverty rate	33.5%	26.9%
Average household size	2.79	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	31	30
Median year structure built	1963	1978