Bridge City vs Elmwood

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

Bridge City and Elmwood 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 6,022 in Elmwood). Elmwood has the higher median household income ($83,268 vs $55,728 in Bridge City). Elmwood has the higher median home value ($188,300 vs $119,800 in Bridge City).

Population, income & housing

	Bridge City	Elmwood
Population	7,258	6,022
Median age	33.7 yrs	33.3 yrs
Median household income	$55,728	$83,268
Median home value	$119,800	$188,300
Median gross rent	$1,306	$1,474
Housing units	3,174	4,017
Homeownership rate	63.3%	13.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.1%	63.0%
Unemployment rate	12.3%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bridge City	Elmwood
Population	6,602 → 7,258 (+9.9%)	5,698 → 6,022 (+5.7%)
Median household income	$31,711 → $55,728 (+75.7%)	$57,396 → $83,268 (+45.1%)
Median home value	$95,500 → $119,800 (+25.4%)	$209,800 → $188,300 (-10.2%)
Median gross rent	$928 → $1,306 (+40.7%)	$1,226 → $1,474 (+20.2%)

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

Elmwood

Population

5,6986,022

Median household income

$57,396$83,268

Median home value

$209,800$188,300

Median gross rent

$1,226$1,474

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bridge City	Elmwood
Under 5	6.3%	3.8%
5 to 17	23.9%	13.3%
18 to 24	7.7%	4.3%
25 to 34	13.4%	36.8%
35 to 44	9.2%	11.1%
45 to 54	10.9%	8.7%
55 to 64	15.7%	9.5%
65 to 74	8.3%	10.0%
75 and over	4.5%	2.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bridge City	Elmwood
White (non-Hispanic)	24.4%	45.4%
Black or African American	39.4%	27.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.3%
Asian	0.5%	12.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	32.9%	11.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bridge City	Elmwood
No high school diploma	22.9%	1.7%
High school graduate	38.6%	7.2%
Some college or associate's	31.4%	28.0%
Bachelor's degree	4.5%	33.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2.6%	29.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bridge City	Elmwood
Drove alone	77.7%	82.7%
Carpooled	7.9%	7.8%
Public transit	2.1%	0.0%
Walked	5.8%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.7%	8.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bridge City	Elmwood
1-unit, detached	65.1%	7.1%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	3.5%
2 to 4 units	2.9%	6.4%
5 to 19 units	5.5%	50.3%
20 or more units	8.7%	32.7%
Mobile home & other	17.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bridge City	Elmwood
Poverty rate	25.5%	5.8%
Average household size	2.57	1.70
Mean commute (minutes)	23	20
Median year structure built	1977	1990