Bridge City vs Jefferson

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

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

Jefferson has the higher population (9,984 vs 7,258 in Bridge City). Jefferson has the higher median household income ($56,875 vs $55,728 in Bridge City). Jefferson has the higher median home value ($238,000 vs $119,800 in Bridge City).

Population, income & housing

	Bridge City	Jefferson
Population	7,258	9,984
Median age	33.7 yrs	44.7 yrs
Median household income	$55,728	$56,875
Median home value	$119,800	$238,000
Median gross rent	$1,306	$1,104
Housing units	3,174	6,053
Homeownership rate	63.3%	57.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.1%	35.0%
Unemployment rate	12.3%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bridge City	Jefferson
Population	6,602 → 7,258 (+9.9%)	10,501 → 9,984 (-4.9%)
Median household income	$31,711 → $55,728 (+75.7%)	$50,972 → $56,875 (+11.6%)
Median home value	$95,500 → $119,800 (+25.4%)	$185,600 → $238,000 (+28.2%)
Median gross rent	$928 → $1,306 (+40.7%)	$919 → $1,104 (+20.1%)

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

Jefferson

Population

10,5019,984

Median household income

$50,972$56,875

Median home value

$185,600$238,000

Median gross rent

$919$1,104

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bridge City	Jefferson
Under 5	6.3%	4.9%
5 to 17	23.9%	10.8%
18 to 24	7.7%	7.1%
25 to 34	13.4%	14.6%
35 to 44	9.2%	12.8%
45 to 54	10.9%	12.6%
55 to 64	15.7%	15.9%
65 to 74	8.3%	13.7%
75 and over	4.5%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bridge City	Jefferson
White (non-Hispanic)	24.4%	62.9%
Black or African American	39.4%	20.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.2%	0.1%
Two or more races	1.5%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	32.9%	12.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bridge City	Jefferson
No high school diploma	22.9%	12.0%
High school graduate	38.6%	24.6%
Some college or associate's	31.4%	28.4%
Bachelor's degree	4.5%	20.5%
Graduate or professional degree	2.6%	14.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bridge City	Jefferson
Drove alone	77.7%	72.8%
Carpooled	7.9%	11.2%
Public transit	2.1%	1.1%
Walked	5.8%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.5%
Worked from home	5.7%	9.8%
Other means	0.0%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bridge City	Jefferson
1-unit, detached	65.1%	60.3%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	9.2%
2 to 4 units	2.9%	10.2%
5 to 19 units	5.5%	7.9%
20 or more units	8.7%	10.9%
Mobile home & other	17.2%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Bridge City	Jefferson
Poverty rate	25.5%	16.1%
Average household size	2.57	1.88
Mean commute (minutes)	23	20
Median year structure built	1977	1958