Being a small town, Ferriday does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The percentage of people in Ferriday with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 12.42% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Ferriday in 2022 was $12,772, which is low income relative to Louisiana and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $51,088 for a family of four. However, Ferriday contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Ferriday also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 63.98% of its population below the federal poverty line.
Ferriday is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Ferriday home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Ferriday residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Ferriday include Irish, French, English, Italian, and African.
The most common language spoken in Ferriday is English. Other important languages spoken here include African languages and Arabic.
