Avondale vs Bridge City

A side-by-side comparison of Avondale and Bridge City: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bridge City has the higher population (7,258 vs 5,200 in Avondale). Bridge City has the higher median household income ($55,728 vs $47,561 in Avondale). Avondale has the higher median home value ($143,900 vs $119,800 in Bridge City).

Population, income & housing

	Avondale	Bridge City
Population	5,200	7,258
Median age	35.5 yrs	33.7 yrs
Median household income	$47,561	$55,728
Median home value	$143,900	$119,800
Median gross rent	$1,411	$1,306
Housing units	1,837	3,174
Homeownership rate	85.5%	63.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.7%	7.1%
Unemployment rate	12.0%	12.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Avondale	Bridge City
Population	5,321 → 5,200 (-2.3%)	6,602 → 7,258 (+9.9%)
Median household income	$40,503 → $47,561 (+17.4%)	$31,711 → $55,728 (+75.7%)
Median home value	$90,300 → $143,900 (+59.4%)	$95,500 → $119,800 (+25.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,165 → $1,411 (+21.1%)	$928 → $1,306 (+40.7%)

Avondale

Population

5,3215,200

Median household income

$40,503$47,561

Median home value

$90,300$143,900

Median gross rent

$1,165$1,411

Bridge City

Population

6,6027,258

Median household income

$31,711$55,728

Median home value

$95,500$119,800

Median gross rent

$928$1,306

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Avondale	Bridge City
Under 5	6.1%	6.3%
5 to 17	21.8%	23.9%
18 to 24	7.9%	7.7%
25 to 34	14.0%	13.4%
35 to 44	13.4%	9.2%
45 to 54	9.3%	10.9%
55 to 64	9.7%	15.7%
65 to 74	11.1%	8.3%
75 and over	6.8%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Avondale	Bridge City
White (non-Hispanic)	41.4%	24.4%
Black or African American	32.6%	39.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	7.4%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	1.2%
Two or more races	3.1%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	14.9%	32.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Avondale	Bridge City
No high school diploma	24.5%	22.9%
High school graduate	32.7%	38.6%
Some college or associate's	30.1%	31.4%
Bachelor's degree	7.4%	4.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Avondale	Bridge City
Drove alone	80.5%	77.7%
Carpooled	17.1%	7.9%
Public transit	0.0%	2.1%
Walked	0.0%	5.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	1.8%	5.7%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Avondale	Bridge City
1-unit, detached	94.6%	65.1%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	0.4%	2.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.5%
20 or more units	1.6%	8.7%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	17.2%

Poverty & households

	Avondale	Bridge City
Poverty rate	32.0%	25.5%
Average household size	2.98	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	25	23
Median year structure built	1970	1977