Minden vs Sibley

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

Minden and Sibley 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 1,392 in Sibley). Sibley has the higher median household income ($34,219 vs $29,597 in Minden). Sibley has the higher median home value ($132,200 vs $116,700 in Minden).

Population, income & housing

	Minden	Sibley
Population	11,604	1,392
Median age	38.7 yrs	35.0 yrs
Median household income	$29,597	$34,219
Median home value	$116,700	$132,200
Median gross rent	$803	$672
Housing units	5,739	556
Homeownership rate	53.7%	64.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.5%	8.9%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Minden	Sibley
Population	12,274 → 11,604 (-5.5%)	1,323 → 1,392 (+5.2%)
Median household income	$24,894 → $29,597 (+18.9%)	$27,121 → $34,219 (+26.2%)
Median home value	$97,200 → $116,700 (+20.1%)	$70,700 → $132,200 (+87.0%)
Median gross rent	$766 → $803 (+4.8%)	$918 → $672 (-26.8%)

Minden

Population

12,27411,604

Median household income

$24,894$29,597

Median home value

$97,200$116,700

Median gross rent

$766$803

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)

	Minden	Sibley
Under 5	6.2%	9.2%
5 to 17	17.5%	25.4%
18 to 24	9.2%	5.8%
25 to 34	12.3%	9.6%
35 to 44	13.1%	11.6%
45 to 54	10.4%	13.7%
55 to 64	14.0%	13.0%
65 to 74	9.0%	6.5%
75 and over	8.4%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Minden	Sibley
White (non-Hispanic)	44.1%	57.2%
Black or African American	50.4%	34.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.7%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.5%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	3.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Minden	Sibley
No high school diploma	15.1%	11.7%
High school graduate	39.9%	49.0%
Some college or associate's	29.5%	30.4%
Bachelor's degree	10.8%	5.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	3.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Minden	Sibley
Drove alone	85.1%	82.9%
Carpooled	5.7%	6.6%
Public transit	1.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.2%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.7%	8.3%
Other means	1.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Minden	Sibley
1-unit, detached	78.2%	74.1%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	6.7%	4.5%
5 to 19 units	5.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.7%	21.2%

Poverty & households

	Minden	Sibley
Poverty rate	34.6%	26.9%
Average household size	2.35	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	22	30
Median year structure built	1969	1978