Dixie Inn vs Shongaloo

A side-by-side comparison of Dixie Inn and Shongaloo: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Dixie Inn has the higher population (284 vs 110 in Shongaloo). Shongaloo has the higher median household income ($48,125 vs $22,153 in Dixie Inn). Shongaloo has the higher median home value ($108,700 vs $46,700 in Dixie Inn).

Population, income & housing

	Dixie Inn	Shongaloo
Population	284	110
Median age	29.3 yrs	63.0 yrs
Median household income	$22,153	$48,125
Median home value	$46,700	$108,700
Median gross rent	$729	—
Housing units	136	72
Homeownership rate	26.0%	96.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	2.5%	20.5%
Unemployment rate	12.0%	8.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dixie Inn	Shongaloo
Population	249 → 284 (+14.1%)	139 → 110 (-20.9%)
Median household income	$18,565 → $22,153 (+19.3%)	$34,000 → $48,125 (+41.5%)
Median home value	$45,000 → $46,700 (+3.8%)	$129,200 → $108,700 (-15.9%)
Median gross rent	$590 → $729 (+23.6%)	—

Dixie Inn

Population

249284

Median household income

$18,565$22,153

Median home value

$45,000$46,700

Median gross rent

$590$729

Shongaloo

Population

139110

Median household income

$34,000$48,125

Median home value

$129,200$108,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dixie Inn	Shongaloo
Under 5	11.3%	5.5%
5 to 17	22.9%	11.8%
18 to 24	9.2%	2.7%
25 to 34	14.1%	4.5%
35 to 44	7.0%	10.9%
45 to 54	17.6%	7.3%
55 to 64	10.2%	17.3%
65 to 74	4.9%	26.4%
75 and over	2.8%	13.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dixie Inn	Shongaloo
White (non-Hispanic)	39.1%	95.5%
Black or African American	50.7%	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	10.2%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dixie Inn	Shongaloo
No high school diploma	16.8%	9.1%
High school graduate	61.5%	50.0%
Some college or associate's	19.3%	20.5%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	17.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.5%	3.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dixie Inn	Shongaloo
Drove alone	90.9%	76.7%
Carpooled	8.0%	18.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	1.1%	4.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dixie Inn	Shongaloo
1-unit, detached	63.2%	80.6%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	6.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	15.4%	19.4%

Poverty & households

	Dixie Inn	Shongaloo
Poverty rate	69.0%	16.4%
Average household size	2.17	2.00
Mean commute (minutes)	21	31
Median year structure built	1966	1980