Greenwood vs Morgan City

A side-by-side comparison of Greenwood and Morgan City: population, income, housing, and more.

Greenwood and Morgan City are places in Mississippi. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Greenwood has the higher population (13,983 vs 172 in Morgan City). Greenwood has the higher median household income ($34,659 vs $18,833 in Morgan City). Morgan City has the higher median home value ($102,500 vs $98,500 in Greenwood).

Population, income & housing

	Greenwood	Morgan City
Population	13,983	172
Median age	35.4 yrs	34.6 yrs
Median household income	$34,659	$18,833
Median home value	$98,500	$102,500
Median gross rent	$743	$917
Housing units	6,692	87
Homeownership rate	54.1%	65.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.5%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	8.1%	7.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Greenwood	Morgan City
Population	14,040 → 13,983 (-0.4%)	241 → 172 (-28.6%)
Median household income	$26,965 → $34,659 (+28.5%)	$12,188 → $18,833 (+54.5%)
Median home value	$87,900 → $98,500 (+12.1%)	$53,300 → $102,500 (+92.3%)
Median gross rent	$572 → $743 (+29.9%)	$667 → $917 (+37.5%)

Greenwood

Population

14,04013,983

Median household income

$26,965$34,659

Median home value

$87,900$98,500

Median gross rent

$572$743

Morgan City

Population

241172

Median household income

$12,188$18,833

Median home value

$53,300$102,500

Median gross rent

$667$917

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Greenwood	Morgan City
Under 5	7.5%	4.7%
5 to 17	20.6%	22.7%
18 to 24	8.4%	14.5%
25 to 34	12.8%	9.3%
35 to 44	13.0%	6.4%
45 to 54	10.6%	11.6%
55 to 64	10.9%	23.3%
65 to 74	9.8%	2.9%
75 and over	6.4%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Greenwood	Morgan City
White (non-Hispanic)	24.7%	15.1%
Black or African American	70.6%	84.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Greenwood	Morgan City
No high school diploma	16.5%	34.0%
High school graduate	29.2%	42.0%
Some college or associate's	30.9%	24.0%
Bachelor's degree	12.0%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	11.5%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Greenwood	Morgan City
Drove alone	86.3%	64.4%
Carpooled	6.3%	35.6%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.6%	0.0%
Other means	2.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Greenwood	Morgan City
1-unit, detached	72.0%	77.0%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	14.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	7.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.2%	23.0%

Poverty & households

	Greenwood	Morgan City
Poverty rate	28.0%	38.4%
Average household size	2.63	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	20	17
Median year structure built	1970	1984