Heflin vs Shongaloo

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

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

Heflin has the higher population (215 vs 110 in Shongaloo). Shongaloo has the higher median household income ($48,125 vs $42,813 in Heflin). Heflin has the higher median home value ($114,300 vs $108,700 in Shongaloo).

Population, income & housing

	Heflin	Shongaloo
Population	215	110
Median age	34.5 yrs	63.0 yrs
Median household income	$42,813	$48,125
Median home value	$114,300	$108,700
Housing units	100	72
Homeownership rate	85.4%	96.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.6%	20.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	8.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Heflin	Shongaloo
Population	237 → 215 (-9.3%)	139 → 110 (-20.9%)
Median household income	$46,667 → $42,813 (-8.3%)	$34,000 → $48,125 (+41.5%)
Median home value	$92,000 → $114,300 (+24.2%)	$129,200 → $108,700 (-15.9%)

Heflin

Population

237215

Median household income

$46,667$42,813

Median home value

$92,000$114,300

Shongaloo

Population

139110

Median household income

$34,000$48,125

Median home value

$129,200$108,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Heflin	Shongaloo
Under 5	12.6%	5.5%
5 to 17	15.3%	11.8%
18 to 24	1.9%	2.7%
25 to 34	24.2%	4.5%
35 to 44	9.8%	10.9%
45 to 54	11.2%	7.3%
55 to 64	12.1%	17.3%
65 to 74	6.5%	26.4%
75 and over	6.5%	13.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Heflin	Shongaloo
White (non-Hispanic)	90.7%	95.5%
Black or African American	8.4%	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	0.9%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Heflin	Shongaloo
No high school diploma	8.6%	9.1%
High school graduate	36.4%	50.0%
Some college or associate's	42.4%	20.5%
Bachelor's degree	11.9%	17.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.7%	3.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Heflin	Shongaloo
Drove alone	88.7%	76.7%
Carpooled	5.2%	18.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	2.1%	4.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Heflin	Shongaloo
1-unit, detached	57.0%	80.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	43.0%	19.4%

Poverty & households

	Heflin	Shongaloo
Poverty rate	34.9%	16.4%
Average household size	2.42	2.00
Mean commute (minutes)	65	31
Median year structure built	1981	1980