Bastrop vs Collinston

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

Bastrop and Collinston 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 234 in Collinston). Bastrop has the higher median household income ($30,069 vs $23,125 in Collinston). Since 2019, Collinston's population has grown faster (-2.1% vs -8.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Bastrop	Collinston
Population	9,408	234
Median age	32.7 yrs	57.5 yrs
Median household income	$30,069	$23,125
Median home value	$85,400	—
Median gross rent	$828	$275
Housing units	4,469	169
Homeownership rate	49.0%	62.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.2%	11.3%
Unemployment rate	13.8%	26.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bastrop	Collinston
Population	10,311 → 9,408 (-8.8%)	239 → 234 (-2.1%)
Median household income	$20,117 → $30,069 (+49.5%)	$18,375 → $23,125 (+25.9%)
Median home value	$72,200 → $85,400 (+18.3%)	$29,300 → $28,000 (-4.4%)
Median gross rent	$559 → $828 (+48.1%)	$354 → $275 (-22.3%)

Bastrop

Population

10,3119,408

Median household income

$20,117$30,069

Median home value

$72,200$85,400

Median gross rent

$559$828

Collinston

Population

239234

Median household income

$18,375$23,125

Median home value

$29,300$28,000

Median gross rent

$354$275

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bastrop	Collinston
Under 5	8.9%	0.0%
5 to 17	19.8%	5.1%
18 to 24	11.9%	4.3%
25 to 34	11.4%	8.5%
35 to 44	12.0%	12.0%
45 to 54	13.6%	16.2%
55 to 64	9.4%	18.4%
65 to 74	8.7%	31.2%
75 and over	4.3%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bastrop	Collinston
White (non-Hispanic)	17.1%	45.3%
Black or African American	79.2%	45.7%
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%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bastrop	Collinston
No high school diploma	18.4%	15.6%
High school graduate	34.1%	43.4%
Some college or associate's	42.3%	29.7%
Bachelor's degree	2.7%	7.5%
Graduate or professional degree	2.5%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bastrop	Collinston
Drove alone	75.5%	81.3%
Carpooled	9.4%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	10.2%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.8%	15.6%
Other means	0.1%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bastrop	Collinston
1-unit, detached	78.4%	55.6%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	4.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.8%	4.7%
20 or more units	2.5%	13.0%
Mobile home & other	11.6%	25.4%

Poverty & households

	Bastrop	Collinston
Poverty rate	42.4%	32.5%
Average household size	2.53	1.81
Mean commute (minutes)	24	20
Median year structure built	1972	1977