Doyline vs Shongaloo

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

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

Doyline has the higher population (633 vs 110 in Shongaloo). Shongaloo has the higher median household income ($48,125 vs $33,173 in Doyline). Shongaloo has the higher median home value ($108,700 vs $72,900 in Doyline).

Population, income & housing

	Doyline	Shongaloo
Population	633	110
Median age	43.1 yrs	63.0 yrs
Median household income	$33,173	$48,125
Median home value	$72,900	$108,700
Median gross rent	$500	—
Housing units	348	72
Homeownership rate	74.7%	96.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.9%	20.5%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	8.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Doyline	Shongaloo
Population	734 → 633 (-13.8%)	139 → 110 (-20.9%)
Median household income	$22,969 → $33,173 (+44.4%)	$34,000 → $48,125 (+41.5%)
Median home value	$63,300 → $72,900 (+15.2%)	$129,200 → $108,700 (-15.9%)
Median gross rent	$689 → $500 (-27.4%)	—

Doyline

Population

734633

Median household income

$22,969$33,173

Median home value

$63,300$72,900

Median gross rent

$689$500

Shongaloo

Population

139110

Median household income

$34,000$48,125

Median home value

$129,200$108,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Doyline	Shongaloo
Under 5	6.5%	5.5%
5 to 17	19.4%	11.8%
18 to 24	10.0%	2.7%
25 to 34	4.1%	4.5%
35 to 44	14.8%	10.9%
45 to 54	8.8%	7.3%
55 to 64	12.8%	17.3%
65 to 74	17.7%	26.4%
75 and over	5.8%	13.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Doyline	Shongaloo
White (non-Hispanic)	79.5%	95.5%
Black or African American	14.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.1%	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	2.1%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Doyline	Shongaloo
No high school diploma	16.0%	9.1%
High school graduate	50.5%	50.0%
Some college or associate's	24.6%	20.5%
Bachelor's degree	6.4%	17.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.5%	3.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Doyline	Shongaloo
Drove alone	88.8%	76.7%
Carpooled	5.4%	18.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.6%	0.0%
Other means	1.2%	4.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Doyline	Shongaloo
1-unit, detached	54.6%	80.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	6.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	36.5%	19.4%

Poverty & households

	Doyline	Shongaloo
Poverty rate	31.0%	16.4%
Average household size	2.29	2.00
Mean commute (minutes)	38	31
Median year structure built	1977	1980