Bunkie vs Marksville

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

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

Marksville has the higher population (4,964 vs 3,299 in Bunkie). Marksville has the higher median household income ($35,750 vs $21,634 in Bunkie). Marksville has the higher median home value ($159,500 vs $84,200 in Bunkie).

Population, income & housing

	Bunkie	Marksville
Population	3,299	4,964
Median age	42.1 yrs	33.4 yrs
Median household income	$21,634	$35,750
Median home value	$84,200	$159,500
Median gross rent	$819	$725
Housing units	1,993	2,253
Homeownership rate	47.7%	54.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.9%	16.2%
Unemployment rate	12.2%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bunkie	Marksville
Population	3,943 → 3,299 (-16.3%)	5,432 → 4,964 (-8.6%)
Median household income	$28,465 → $21,634 (-24.0%)	$25,653 → $35,750 (+39.4%)
Median home value	$89,800 → $84,200 (-6.2%)	$102,600 → $159,500 (+55.5%)
Median gross rent	$909 → $819 (-9.9%)	$629 → $725 (+15.3%)

Bunkie

Population

3,9433,299

Median household income

$28,465$21,634

Median home value

$89,800$84,200

Median gross rent

$909$819

Marksville

Population

5,4324,964

Median household income

$25,653$35,750

Median home value

$102,600$159,500

Median gross rent

$629$725

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bunkie	Marksville
Under 5	5.7%	9.6%
5 to 17	22.7%	18.6%
18 to 24	9.9%	6.0%
25 to 34	6.0%	20.9%
35 to 44	8.5%	10.8%
45 to 54	9.5%	9.1%
55 to 64	12.2%	12.0%
65 to 74	12.0%	5.8%
75 and over	13.7%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bunkie	Marksville
White (non-Hispanic)	26.4%	45.0%
Black or African American	66.4%	40.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
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%	12.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bunkie	Marksville
No high school diploma	28.5%	24.4%
High school graduate	38.0%	29.4%
Some college or associate's	21.6%	30.0%
Bachelor's degree	1.8%	10.0%
Graduate or professional degree	10.1%	6.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bunkie	Marksville
Drove alone	80.1%	85.2%
Carpooled	1.7%	5.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	7.1%	5.4%
Bicycle	1.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.8%
Other means	10.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bunkie	Marksville
1-unit, detached	78.2%	64.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	11.0%	21.1%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	2.8%
20 or more units	7.1%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	2.6%	10.2%

Poverty & households

	Bunkie	Marksville
Poverty rate	50.6%	33.3%
Average household size	2.16	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	26	35
Median year structure built	1962	1979