Bastrop vs Mer Rouge

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

Bastrop and Mer Rouge 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 639 in Mer Rouge). Mer Rouge has the higher median household income ($55,588 vs $30,069 in Bastrop). Mer Rouge has the higher median home value ($119,400 vs $85,400 in Bastrop).

Population, income & housing

	Bastrop	Mer Rouge
Population	9,408	639
Median age	32.7 yrs	36.9 yrs
Median household income	$30,069	$55,588
Median home value	$85,400	$119,400
Median gross rent	$828	$596
Housing units	4,469	284
Homeownership rate	49.0%	56.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.2%	18.8%
Unemployment rate	13.8%	8.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bastrop	Mer Rouge
Population	10,311 → 9,408 (-8.8%)	546 → 639 (+17.0%)
Median household income	$20,117 → $30,069 (+49.5%)	$32,292 → $55,588 (+72.1%)
Median home value	$72,200 → $85,400 (+18.3%)	$111,800 → $119,400 (+6.8%)
Median gross rent	$559 → $828 (+48.1%)	$492 → $596 (+21.1%)

Bastrop

Population

10,3119,408

Median household income

$20,117$30,069

Median home value

$72,200$85,400

Median gross rent

$559$828

Mer Rouge

Population

546639

Median household income

$32,292$55,588

Median home value

$111,800$119,400

Median gross rent

$492$596

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bastrop	Mer Rouge
Under 5	8.9%	11.3%
5 to 17	19.8%	18.5%
18 to 24	11.9%	3.0%
25 to 34	11.4%	14.4%
35 to 44	12.0%	9.4%
45 to 54	13.6%	4.9%
55 to 64	9.4%	16.6%
65 to 74	8.7%	13.1%
75 and over	4.3%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bastrop	Mer Rouge
White (non-Hispanic)	17.1%	54.1%
Black or African American	79.2%	42.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bastrop	Mer Rouge
No high school diploma	18.4%	14.4%
High school graduate	34.1%	40.5%
Some college or associate's	42.3%	26.3%
Bachelor's degree	2.7%	15.3%
Graduate or professional degree	2.5%	3.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bastrop	Mer Rouge
Drove alone	75.5%	94.3%
Carpooled	9.4%	0.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	10.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.8%	4.7%
Other means	0.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bastrop	Mer Rouge
1-unit, detached	78.4%	71.1%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.1%	8.1%
5 to 19 units	1.8%	5.3%
20 or more units	2.5%	5.3%
Mobile home & other	11.6%	10.2%

Poverty & households

	Bastrop	Mer Rouge
Poverty rate	42.4%	41.9%
Average household size	2.53	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	24	21
Median year structure built	1972	1970