Bridge City vs Westwego

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

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

Westwego has the higher population (8,382 vs 7,258 in Bridge City). Bridge City has the higher median household income ($55,728 vs $49,291 in Westwego). Westwego has the higher median home value ($168,600 vs $119,800 in Bridge City).

Population, income & housing

	Bridge City	Westwego
Population	7,258	8,382
Median age	33.7 yrs	47.4 yrs
Median household income	$55,728	$49,291
Median home value	$119,800	$168,600
Median gross rent	$1,306	$1,013
Housing units	3,174	4,425
Homeownership rate	63.3%	48.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.1%	16.9%
Unemployment rate	12.3%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bridge City	Westwego
Population	6,602 → 7,258 (+9.9%)	8,438 → 8,382 (-0.7%)
Median household income	$31,711 → $55,728 (+75.7%)	$30,126 → $49,291 (+63.6%)
Median home value	$95,500 → $119,800 (+25.4%)	$123,600 → $168,600 (+36.4%)
Median gross rent	$928 → $1,306 (+40.7%)	$895 → $1,013 (+13.2%)

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

Westwego

Population

8,4388,382

Median household income

$30,126$49,291

Median home value

$123,600$168,600

Median gross rent

$895$1,013

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bridge City	Westwego
Under 5	6.3%	3.3%
5 to 17	23.9%	12.7%
18 to 24	7.7%	9.0%
25 to 34	13.4%	12.0%
35 to 44	9.2%	11.4%
45 to 54	10.9%	17.9%
55 to 64	15.7%	16.4%
65 to 74	8.3%	10.9%
75 and over	4.5%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bridge City	Westwego
White (non-Hispanic)	24.4%	63.0%
Black or African American	39.4%	24.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.6%
Asian	0.5%	2.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	32.9%	4.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bridge City	Westwego
No high school diploma	22.9%	22.1%
High school graduate	38.6%	36.9%
Some college or associate's	31.4%	24.0%
Bachelor's degree	4.5%	11.7%
Graduate or professional degree	2.6%	5.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bridge City	Westwego
Drove alone	77.7%	79.6%
Carpooled	7.9%	10.0%
Public transit	2.1%	2.4%
Walked	5.8%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.7%	5.0%
Other means	0.0%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bridge City	Westwego
1-unit, detached	65.1%	66.0%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	6.6%
2 to 4 units	2.9%	13.2%
5 to 19 units	5.5%	12.4%
20 or more units	8.7%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	17.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bridge City	Westwego
Poverty rate	25.5%	21.5%
Average household size	2.57	2.09
Mean commute (minutes)	23	22
Median year structure built	1977	1970