Bordelonville vs Hessmer

A side-by-side comparison of Bordelonville and Hessmer: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Hessmer has the higher population (904 vs 285 in Bordelonville). Hessmer has the higher median household income ($50,179 vs $45,550 in Bordelonville). Since 2019, Hessmer's population has grown faster (+1.3% vs -24.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Bordelonville	Hessmer
Population	285	904
Median age	42.6 yrs	41.7 yrs
Median household income	$45,550	$50,179
Median home value	—	$160,600
Median gross rent	—	$904
Housing units	200	436
Homeownership rate	44.3%	54.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.7%	10.7%
Unemployment rate	47.6%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bordelonville	Hessmer
Population	377 → 285 (-24.4%)	892 → 904 (+1.3%)
Median household income	$38,106 → $45,550 (+19.5%)	$31,917 → $50,179 (+57.2%)
Median home value	$73,000 → $77,900 (+6.7%)	$153,300 → $160,600 (+4.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$734 → $904 (+23.2%)

Bordelonville

Population

377285

Median household income

$38,106$45,550

Median home value

$73,000$77,900

Hessmer

Population

892904

Median household income

$31,917$50,179

Median home value

$153,300$160,600

Median gross rent

$734$904

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bordelonville	Hessmer
Under 5	13.3%	3.9%
5 to 17	12.6%	13.4%
18 to 24	13.0%	6.3%
25 to 34	0.0%	12.8%
35 to 44	13.3%	19.5%
45 to 54	8.8%	13.7%
55 to 64	15.4%	9.3%
65 to 74	23.5%	11.0%
75 and over	0.0%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bordelonville	Hessmer
White (non-Hispanic)	98.6%	71.1%
Black or African American	1.4%	10.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	14.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bordelonville	Hessmer
No high school diploma	36.2%	18.1%
High school graduate	35.1%	44.6%
Some college or associate's	0.0%	26.6%
Bachelor's degree	28.7%	9.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	1.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bordelonville	Hessmer
Drove alone	45.5%	89.1%
Carpooled	54.5%	0.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	9.4%
Other means	0.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bordelonville	Hessmer
1-unit, detached	87.5%	73.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	9.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	12.5%	9.4%

Poverty & households

	Bordelonville	Hessmer
Poverty rate	13.0%	29.2%
Average household size	1.91	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	—	37
Median year structure built	1963	1977