Bastrop vs Bonita

A side-by-side comparison of Bastrop and Bonita: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bastrop has the higher population (9,408 vs 231 in Bonita). Bastrop has the higher median household income ($30,069 vs $28,750 in Bonita). Bastrop has the higher median home value ($85,400 vs $60,600 in Bonita).

Population, income & housing

	Bastrop	Bonita
Population	9,408	231
Median age	32.7 yrs	45.9 yrs
Median household income	$30,069	$28,750
Median home value	$85,400	$60,600
Median gross rent	$828	$707
Housing units	4,469	124
Homeownership rate	49.0%	41.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.2%	3.1%
Unemployment rate	13.8%	0.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bastrop	Bonita
Population	10,311 → 9,408 (-8.8%)	248 → 231 (-6.9%)
Median household income	$20,117 → $30,069 (+49.5%)	$31,154 → $28,750 (-7.7%)
Median home value	$72,200 → $85,400 (+18.3%)	$46,800 → $60,600 (+29.5%)
Median gross rent	$559 → $828 (+48.1%)	$575 → $707 (+23.0%)

Bastrop

Population

10,3119,408

Median household income

$20,117$30,069

Median home value

$72,200$85,400

Median gross rent

$559$828

Bonita

Population

248231

Median household income

$31,154$28,750

Median home value

$46,800$60,600

Median gross rent

$575$707

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bastrop	Bonita
Under 5	8.9%	1.7%
5 to 17	19.8%	7.4%
18 to 24	11.9%	20.3%
25 to 34	11.4%	10.8%
35 to 44	12.0%	6.1%
45 to 54	13.6%	9.1%
55 to 64	9.4%	25.5%
65 to 74	8.7%	12.6%
75 and over	4.3%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bastrop	Bonita
White (non-Hispanic)	17.1%	32.5%
Black or African American	79.2%	67.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bastrop	Bonita
No high school diploma	18.4%	25.8%
High school graduate	34.1%	63.2%
Some college or associate's	42.3%	8.0%
Bachelor's degree	2.7%	3.1%
Graduate or professional degree	2.5%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bastrop	Bonita
Drove alone	75.5%	84.1%
Carpooled	9.4%	11.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	10.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.8%	4.4%
Other means	0.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bastrop	Bonita
1-unit, detached	78.4%	68.5%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.6%	31.5%

Poverty & households

	Bastrop	Bonita
Poverty rate	42.4%	31.9%
Average household size	2.53	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	24	31
Median year structure built	1972	1971