Bienville vs Jamestown

A side-by-side comparison of Bienville and Jamestown: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bienville has the higher population (153 vs 127 in Jamestown). Since 2019, Jamestown's population has grown faster (-17.0% vs -17.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Bienville	Jamestown
Population	153	127
Median age	41.2 yrs	47.5 yrs
Median household income	—	$65,568
Median home value	—	$113,800
Median gross rent	$625	—
Housing units	116	107
Homeownership rate	41.8%	90.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.3%	14.3%
Unemployment rate	11.8%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bienville	Jamestown
Population	186 → 153 (-17.7%)	153 → 127 (-17.0%)
Median household income	$31,719 → $25,313 (-20.2%)	$56,429 → $65,568 (+16.2%)
Median home value	$49,400 → $54,100 (+9.5%)	$88,000 → $113,800 (+29.3%)
Median gross rent	$563 → $625 (+11.0%)	—

Bienville

Population

186153

Median household income

$31,719$25,313

Median home value

$49,400$54,100

Median gross rent

$563$625

Jamestown

Population

153127

Median household income

$56,429$65,568

Median home value

$88,000$113,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bienville	Jamestown
Under 5	3.9%	3.1%
5 to 17	6.5%	9.4%
18 to 24	9.8%	4.7%
25 to 34	19.6%	16.5%
35 to 44	27.5%	13.4%
45 to 54	10.5%	8.7%
55 to 64	2.6%	22.0%
65 to 74	5.2%	11.8%
75 and over	14.4%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bienville	Jamestown
White (non-Hispanic)	81.7%	97.6%
Black or African American	10.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.9%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bienville	Jamestown
No high school diploma	21.3%	29.5%
High school graduate	59.8%	50.5%
Some college or associate's	15.6%	5.7%
Bachelor's degree	0.8%	11.4%
Graduate or professional degree	2.5%	2.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bienville	Jamestown
Drove alone	86.8%	66.7%
Carpooled	2.9%	19.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.3%	5.9%
Other means	0.0%	5.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bienville	Jamestown
1-unit, detached	56.9%	60.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	43.1%	39.3%

Poverty & households

	Bienville	Jamestown
Poverty rate	35.3%	15.7%
Average household size	1.94	1.95
Mean commute (minutes)	23	46
Median year structure built	1971	1968