Bunkie vs Fifth Ward

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

Bunkie and Fifth Ward 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 1,104 in Fifth Ward). Fifth Ward has the higher median household income ($49,788 vs $21,634 in Bunkie). Since 2019, Fifth Ward's population has grown faster (+36.5% vs -16.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Bunkie	Fifth Ward
Population	3,299	1,104
Median age	42.1 yrs	41.6 yrs
Median household income	$21,634	$49,788
Median home value	$84,200	—
Median gross rent	$819	$875
Housing units	1,993	506
Homeownership rate	47.7%	59.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.9%	15.3%
Unemployment rate	12.2%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bunkie	Fifth Ward
Population	3,943 → 3,299 (-16.3%)	809 → 1,104 (+36.5%)
Median household income	$28,465 → $21,634 (-24.0%)	$50,938 → $49,788 (-2.3%)
Median home value	$89,800 → $84,200 (-6.2%)	$77,100 → $138,000 (+79.0%)
Median gross rent	$909 → $819 (-9.9%)	$728 → $875 (+20.2%)

Bunkie

Population

3,9433,299

Median household income

$28,465$21,634

Median home value

$89,800$84,200

Median gross rent

$909$819

Fifth Ward

Population

8091,104

Median household income

$50,938$49,788

Median home value

$77,100$138,000

Median gross rent

$728$875

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bunkie	Fifth Ward
Under 5	5.7%	12.3%
5 to 17	22.7%	16.6%
18 to 24	9.9%	3.7%
25 to 34	6.0%	16.7%
35 to 44	8.5%	1.9%
45 to 54	9.5%	22.0%
55 to 64	12.2%	15.6%
65 to 74	12.0%	5.0%
75 and over	13.7%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bunkie	Fifth Ward
White (non-Hispanic)	26.4%	96.6%
Black or African American	66.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.6%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.5%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bunkie	Fifth Ward
No high school diploma	28.5%	26.9%
High school graduate	38.0%	41.4%
Some college or associate's	21.6%	16.4%
Bachelor's degree	1.8%	12.8%
Graduate or professional degree	10.1%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bunkie	Fifth Ward
Drove alone	80.1%	89.9%
Carpooled	1.7%	3.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	7.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	3.4%
Other means	10.0%	3.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bunkie	Fifth Ward
1-unit, detached	78.2%	57.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.0%	3.2%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	7.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.6%	39.5%

Poverty & households

	Bunkie	Fifth Ward
Poverty rate	50.6%	5.9%
Average household size	2.16	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	26	60
Median year structure built	1962	1991