Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Some 307 people live in this town, in Louisiana.
Dorseyville’s typical household income is $156,000, where Louisiana’s towns sit at $56,000 and U.S. towns at $80,000. Among 162 Louisiana towns, just one has a lower home-ownership rate than Dorseyville. Nottoway Plantation House and St. John Baptist Church is on the National Register of Historic Places. Dorseyville has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
The archive holds 1 old photo or paper going back to 2005 and 5 maps from 1936 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Explore the history →Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Dorseyville. Close and well known come first.
16 mi Stadium & arenaTiger Stadium
19 mi MuseumUSS Kidd
32 mi MuseumWhitney Plantation Historic District
16 mi Stadium & arenaPete Maravich Assembly Center14 mi Theme parkBlue Bayou and Dixie Landin'16 mi MuseumLSU Rural Life MuseumTiger Stadium: Daniel Foster, CC BY-SA 2.0 · USS Kidd: Cobatfor, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Whitney Plantation Historic District: Bill Leiser, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Pete Maravich Assembly Center: Spatms, CC BY-SA 3.0
Dorseyville is unincorporated, so Iberville Parish and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.
Ordered by what stands out in Dorseyville.
Its one school is below. Public schools: the Iberville Parish school district. Dorseyville’s only public school teaches 402 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dorseyville Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–6 | Grades PK–6 | 402 | B− |
NCES · EDFacts
FEMA puts just over half of Dorseyville’s expected hazard losses down to hurricanes, and 13% to drought. The town’s FEMA risk score is 86 of 100. One declared disaster, in 2004, has brought federal aid to Dorseyville households.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The top destinations are Baton Rouge (24%), Plaquemine (9%) and White Castle (7%). Half of commuters travel less than 18 miles.
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
The midsummer high for Dorseyville comes to 91°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
No town among the 162 in Louisiana we compare has a lower share of adults who have been diagnosed with depression than Dorseyville. 51% of adults have obesity here. Only 6 of the 162 Louisiana towns we compare have a higher share of adults who have diabetes than Dorseyville. This Louisiana town does better than the Louisiana average on 5 of 32 CDC measures and worse on 15.
| Dorseyville | Louisiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 25% | 16% | 12% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 17% | 16% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 57% | 44% | 35% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 37% | 26% | 14% |
| What stands out | Dorseyville | LA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer binge drinkers | 11.5% | 16.9% |
| Fewer adults with depression | 19.8% | 26.6% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 30.8% | 18.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
1 within 15 miles of the center of Dorseyville
College town 57 of every 100 Dorseyville residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Louisiana.
Where Dorseyville’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Census-designated place in Louisiana, United States
Dorseyville is a census-designated place (CDP) in Iberville Parish, Louisiana, United States, corresponding to the unincorporated community of Dorcyville or Dorseyville. Dorseyville was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census with a population of 159. It is in the southeastern part of the parish, on the southwest bank of the Mississippi River. Louisiana Highway 1 forms the southern edge of the community, leading southeast 1 mile (1.6 km) to White Castle and northwest 9 miles (14 km) to Plaquemine.
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Dorseyville has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real. Some 307 people live in this town, in Louisiana.
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