Minden vs Sarepta

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

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

Minden has the higher population (11,604 vs 721 in Sarepta). Sarepta has the higher median household income ($55,469 vs $29,597 in Minden). Minden has the higher median home value ($116,700 vs $88,500 in Sarepta).

Population, income & housing

	Minden	Sarepta
Population	11,604	721
Median age	38.7 yrs	36.0 yrs
Median household income	$29,597	$55,469
Median home value	$116,700	$88,500
Median gross rent	$803	$731
Housing units	5,739	367
Homeownership rate	53.7%	71.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.5%	7.8%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	9.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Minden	Sarepta
Population	12,274 → 11,604 (-5.5%)	857 → 721 (-15.9%)
Median household income	$24,894 → $29,597 (+18.9%)	$33,269 → $55,469 (+66.7%)
Median home value	$97,200 → $116,700 (+20.1%)	$61,300 → $88,500 (+44.4%)
Median gross rent	$766 → $803 (+4.8%)	$673 → $731 (+8.6%)

Minden

Population

12,27411,604

Median household income

$24,894$29,597

Median home value

$97,200$116,700

Median gross rent

$766$803

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)

	Minden	Sarepta
Under 5	6.2%	4.9%
5 to 17	17.5%	23.3%
18 to 24	9.2%	10.0%
25 to 34	12.3%	10.7%
35 to 44	13.1%	15.4%
45 to 54	10.4%	11.2%
55 to 64	14.0%	13.5%
65 to 74	9.0%	6.5%
75 and over	8.4%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Minden	Sarepta
White (non-Hispanic)	44.1%	92.6%
Black or African American	50.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.5%	6.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Minden	Sarepta
No high school diploma	15.1%	12.1%
High school graduate	39.9%	42.2%
Some college or associate's	29.5%	37.9%
Bachelor's degree	10.8%	5.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	2.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Minden	Sarepta
Drove alone	85.1%	89.8%
Carpooled	5.7%	6.1%
Public transit	1.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.7%	2.2%
Other means	1.4%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Minden	Sarepta
1-unit, detached	78.2%	75.5%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.7%	0.5%
5 to 19 units	5.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.7%	24.0%

Poverty & households

	Minden	Sarepta
Poverty rate	34.6%	13.5%
Average household size	2.35	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	22	28
Median year structure built	1969	1968