Bridge City vs Harahan

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

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

Harahan has the higher population (8,939 vs 7,258 in Bridge City). Harahan has the higher median household income ($78,222 vs $55,728 in Bridge City). Harahan has the higher median home value ($309,400 vs $119,800 in Bridge City).

Population, income & housing

	Bridge City	Harahan
Population	7,258	8,939
Median age	33.7 yrs	47.1 yrs
Median household income	$55,728	$78,222
Median home value	$119,800	$309,400
Median gross rent	$1,306	$1,052
Housing units	3,174	4,471
Homeownership rate	63.3%	76.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.1%	41.0%
Unemployment rate	12.3%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bridge City	Harahan
Population	6,602 → 7,258 (+9.9%)	9,304 → 8,939 (-3.9%)
Median household income	$31,711 → $55,728 (+75.7%)	$66,741 → $78,222 (+17.2%)
Median home value	$95,500 → $119,800 (+25.4%)	$240,300 → $309,400 (+28.8%)
Median gross rent	$928 → $1,306 (+40.7%)	$1,063 → $1,052 (-1.0%)

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

Harahan

Population

9,3048,939

Median household income

$66,741$78,222

Median home value

$240,300$309,400

Median gross rent

$1,063$1,052

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bridge City	Harahan
Under 5	6.3%	3.4%
5 to 17	23.9%	11.9%
18 to 24	7.7%	7.7%
25 to 34	13.4%	11.5%
35 to 44	9.2%	13.9%
45 to 54	10.9%	11.0%
55 to 64	15.7%	15.9%
65 to 74	8.3%	13.9%
75 and over	4.5%	10.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bridge City	Harahan
White (non-Hispanic)	24.4%	85.0%
Black or African American	39.4%	3.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	0.5%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.2%	0.7%
Two or more races	1.5%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	32.9%	7.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bridge City	Harahan
No high school diploma	22.9%	7.3%
High school graduate	38.6%	21.6%
Some college or associate's	31.4%	30.1%
Bachelor's degree	4.5%	29.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.6%	12.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bridge City	Harahan
Drove alone	77.7%	82.6%
Carpooled	7.9%	5.6%
Public transit	2.1%	0.7%
Walked	5.8%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.6%
Worked from home	5.7%	7.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bridge City	Harahan
1-unit, detached	65.1%	80.4%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	2.9%	9.8%
5 to 19 units	5.5%	7.2%
20 or more units	8.7%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	17.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bridge City	Harahan
Poverty rate	25.5%	8.4%
Average household size	2.57	2.08
Mean commute (minutes)	23	22
Median year structure built	1977	1973