Bastrop vs Oak Ridge

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

Bastrop and Oak Ridge 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 55 in Oak Ridge). Oak Ridge has the higher median home value ($175,000 vs $85,400 in Bastrop). Since 2019, Bastrop's population has grown faster (-8.8% vs -45.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Bastrop	Oak Ridge
Population	9,408	55
Median age	32.7 yrs	61.8 yrs
Median household income	$30,069	—
Median home value	$85,400	$175,000
Median gross rent	$828	—
Housing units	4,469	35
Homeownership rate	49.0%	84.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.2%	14.6%
Unemployment rate	13.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bastrop	Oak Ridge
Population	10,311 → 9,408 (-8.8%)	100 → 55 (-45.0%)
Median household income	$20,117 → $30,069 (+49.5%)	—
Median home value	$72,200 → $85,400 (+18.3%)	$156,300 → $175,000 (+12.0%)
Median gross rent	$559 → $828 (+48.1%)	—

Bastrop

Population

10,3119,408

Median household income

$20,117$30,069

Median home value

$72,200$85,400

Median gross rent

$559$828

Oak Ridge

Population

10055

Median home value

$156,300$175,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bastrop	Oak Ridge
Under 5	8.9%	0.0%
5 to 17	19.8%	12.7%
18 to 24	11.9%	0.0%
25 to 34	11.4%	0.0%
35 to 44	12.0%	20.0%
45 to 54	13.6%	0.0%
55 to 64	9.4%	20.0%
65 to 74	8.7%	23.6%
75 and over	4.3%	23.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bastrop	Oak Ridge
White (non-Hispanic)	17.1%	85.5%
Black or African American	79.2%	1.8%
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%	12.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bastrop	Oak Ridge
No high school diploma	18.4%	25.0%
High school graduate	34.1%	39.6%
Some college or associate's	42.3%	20.8%
Bachelor's degree	2.7%	10.4%
Graduate or professional degree	2.5%	4.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bastrop	Oak Ridge
Drove alone	75.5%	91.3%
Carpooled	9.4%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	10.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.8%	8.7%
Other means	0.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bastrop	Oak Ridge
1-unit, detached	78.4%	94.3%
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%	5.7%

Poverty & households

	Bastrop	Oak Ridge
Poverty rate	42.4%	3.6%
Average household size	2.53	2.89
Mean commute (minutes)	24	50
Median year structure built	1972	1975