Bienville vs Saline

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

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

Saline has the higher population (261 vs 153 in Bienville). Since 2019, Bienville's population has grown faster (-17.7% vs -45.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Bienville	Saline
Population	153	261
Median age	41.2 yrs	42.2 yrs
Median household income	—	$39,500
Median home value	—	$109,200
Median gross rent	$625	$725
Housing units	116	134
Homeownership rate	41.8%	74.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.3%	2.7%
Unemployment rate	11.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bienville	Saline
Population	186 → 153 (-17.7%)	482 → 261 (-45.9%)
Median household income	$31,719 → $25,313 (-20.2%)	$48,750 → $39,500 (-19.0%)
Median home value	$49,400 → $54,100 (+9.5%)	$66,000 → $109,200 (+65.5%)
Median gross rent	$563 → $625 (+11.0%)	$558 → $725 (+29.9%)

Bienville

Population

186153

Median household income

$31,719$25,313

Median home value

$49,400$54,100

Median gross rent

$563$625

Saline

Population

482261

Median household income

$48,750$39,500

Median home value

$66,000$109,200

Median gross rent

$558$725

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bienville	Saline
Under 5	3.9%	7.3%
5 to 17	6.5%	18.8%
18 to 24	9.8%	2.7%
25 to 34	19.6%	9.6%
35 to 44	27.5%	15.7%
45 to 54	10.5%	3.1%
55 to 64	2.6%	8.8%
65 to 74	5.2%	26.4%
75 and over	14.4%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bienville	Saline
White (non-Hispanic)	81.7%	79.3%
Black or African American	10.5%	17.2%
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%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bienville	Saline
No high school diploma	21.3%	31.2%
High school graduate	59.8%	43.5%
Some college or associate's	15.6%	22.6%
Bachelor's degree	0.8%	2.7%
Graduate or professional degree	2.5%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bienville	Saline
Drove alone	86.8%	96.0%
Carpooled	2.9%	4.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.3%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bienville	Saline
1-unit, detached	56.9%	58.2%
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%	41.8%

Poverty & households

	Bienville	Saline
Poverty rate	35.3%	11.5%
Average household size	1.94	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	23	28
Median year structure built	1971	1973