Bunkie vs Cottonport

A side-by-side comparison of Bunkie and Cottonport: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bunkie has the higher population (3,299 vs 1,777 in Cottonport). Cottonport has the higher median household income ($33,538 vs $21,634 in Bunkie). Cottonport has the higher median home value ($88,900 vs $84,200 in Bunkie).

Population, income & housing

	Bunkie	Cottonport
Population	3,299	1,777
Median age	42.1 yrs	24.8 yrs
Median household income	$21,634	$33,538
Median home value	$84,200	$88,900
Median gross rent	$819	$683
Housing units	1,993	820
Homeownership rate	47.7%	70.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.9%	10.0%
Unemployment rate	12.2%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bunkie	Cottonport
Population	3,943 → 3,299 (-16.3%)	1,760 → 1,777 (+1.0%)
Median household income	$28,465 → $21,634 (-24.0%)	$18,986 → $33,538 (+76.6%)
Median home value	$89,800 → $84,200 (-6.2%)	$98,000 → $88,900 (-9.3%)
Median gross rent	$909 → $819 (-9.9%)	$624 → $683 (+9.5%)

Bunkie

Population

3,9433,299

Median household income

$28,465$21,634

Median home value

$89,800$84,200

Median gross rent

$909$819

Cottonport

Population

1,7601,777

Median household income

$18,986$33,538

Median home value

$98,000$88,900

Median gross rent

$624$683

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bunkie	Cottonport
Under 5	5.7%	13.1%
5 to 17	22.7%	24.3%
18 to 24	9.9%	13.1%
25 to 34	6.0%	7.7%
35 to 44	8.5%	13.8%
45 to 54	9.5%	9.6%
55 to 64	12.2%	7.8%
65 to 74	12.0%	4.3%
75 and over	13.7%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bunkie	Cottonport
White (non-Hispanic)	26.4%	32.1%
Black or African American	66.4%	50.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.5%	7.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	9.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bunkie	Cottonport
No high school diploma	28.5%	34.7%
High school graduate	38.0%	22.6%
Some college or associate's	21.6%	32.7%
Bachelor's degree	1.8%	3.0%
Graduate or professional degree	10.1%	7.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bunkie	Cottonport
Drove alone	80.1%	84.0%
Carpooled	1.7%	10.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	7.1%	1.5%
Bicycle	1.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.7%
Other means	10.0%	3.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bunkie	Cottonport
1-unit, detached	78.2%	77.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.0%	7.6%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	3.7%
20 or more units	7.1%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	2.6%	10.9%

Poverty & households

	Bunkie	Cottonport
Poverty rate	50.6%	30.5%
Average household size	2.16	2.86
Mean commute (minutes)	26	27
Median year structure built	1962	1982