Dodson vs Sikes

A side-by-side comparison of Dodson and Sikes: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Dodson has the higher population (261 vs 232 in Sikes). Sikes has the higher median household income ($41,500 vs $34,115 in Dodson). Since 2019, Sikes's population has grown faster (+39.8% vs -19.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Dodson	Sikes
Population	261	232
Median age	39.6 yrs	27.5 yrs
Median household income	$34,115	$41,500
Median home value	—	$90,900
Median gross rent	$717	—
Housing units	173	49
Homeownership rate	64.7%	84.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.3%	8.7%
Unemployment rate	8.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dodson	Sikes
Population	323 → 261 (-19.2%)	166 → 232 (+39.8%)
Median household income	$40,313 → $34,115 (-15.4%)	$47,344 → $41,500 (-12.3%)
Median home value	$55,800 → $92,500 (+65.8%)	$52,100 → $90,900 (+74.5%)
Median gross rent	$619 → $717 (+15.8%)	—

Dodson

Population

323261

Median household income

$40,313$34,115

Median home value

$55,800$92,500

Median gross rent

$619$717

Sikes

Population

166232

Median household income

$47,344$41,500

Median home value

$52,100$90,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dodson	Sikes
Under 5	9.6%	8.2%
5 to 17	10.3%	6.9%
18 to 24	14.2%	0.9%
25 to 34	7.3%	67.2%
35 to 44	20.7%	5.2%
45 to 54	9.2%	1.7%
55 to 64	11.5%	7.3%
65 to 74	10.7%	1.3%
75 and over	6.5%	1.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dodson	Sikes
White (non-Hispanic)	72.4%	97.4%
Black or African American	18.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.9%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	6.1%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dodson	Sikes
No high school diploma	20.9%	6.2%
High school graduate	48.3%	82.6%
Some college or associate's	21.5%	2.6%
Bachelor's degree	9.3%	8.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dodson	Sikes
Drove alone	95.1%	97.9%
Carpooled	4.9%	0.0%
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	0.0%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dodson	Sikes
1-unit, detached	58.4%	38.8%
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	41.6%	61.2%

Poverty & households

	Dodson	Sikes
Poverty rate	20.8%	2.2%
Average household size	2.19	5.27
Mean commute (minutes)	36	34
Median year structure built	1981	1990