Morgan City vs Schlater

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

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

Schlater has the higher population (231 vs 172 in Morgan City). Schlater has the higher median household income ($65,066 vs $18,833 in Morgan City). Morgan City has the higher median home value ($102,500 vs $28,100 in Schlater).

Population, income & housing

	Morgan City	Schlater
Population	172	231
Median age	34.6 yrs	52.7 yrs
Median household income	$18,833	$65,066
Median home value	$102,500	$28,100
Median gross rent	$917	—
Housing units	87	122
Homeownership rate	65.2%	96.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	20.9%
Unemployment rate	7.8%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Morgan City	Schlater
Population	241 → 172 (-28.6%)	215 → 231 (+7.4%)
Median household income	$12,188 → $18,833 (+54.5%)	$19,688 → $65,066 (+230.5%)
Median home value	$53,300 → $102,500 (+92.3%)	$75,000 → $28,100 (-62.5%)
Median gross rent	$667 → $917 (+37.5%)	—

Morgan City

Population

241172

Median household income

$12,188$18,833

Median home value

$53,300$102,500

Median gross rent

$667$917

Schlater

Population

215231

Median household income

$19,688$65,066

Median home value

$75,000$28,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Morgan City	Schlater
Under 5	4.7%	8.2%
5 to 17	22.7%	14.3%
18 to 24	14.5%	3.0%
25 to 34	9.3%	6.9%
35 to 44	6.4%	6.5%
45 to 54	11.6%	17.7%
55 to 64	23.3%	9.5%
65 to 74	2.9%	7.8%
75 and over	4.7%	26.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Morgan City	Schlater
White (non-Hispanic)	15.1%	35.5%
Black or African American	84.9%	64.5%
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	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Morgan City	Schlater
No high school diploma	34.0%	14.0%
High school graduate	42.0%	28.5%
Some college or associate's	24.0%	36.6%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	18.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	2.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Morgan City	Schlater
Drove alone	64.4%	94.7%
Carpooled	35.6%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	5.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Morgan City	Schlater
1-unit, detached	77.0%	64.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	23.0%	34.4%

Poverty & households

	Morgan City	Schlater
Poverty rate	38.4%	19.5%
Average household size	2.61	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	17	27
Median year structure built	1984	1971