Bonita vs Mer Rouge

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

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

Mer Rouge has the higher population (639 vs 231 in Bonita). Mer Rouge has the higher median household income ($55,588 vs $28,750 in Bonita). Mer Rouge has the higher median home value ($119,400 vs $60,600 in Bonita).

Population, income & housing

	Bonita	Mer Rouge
Population	231	639
Median age	45.9 yrs	36.9 yrs
Median household income	$28,750	$55,588
Median home value	$60,600	$119,400
Median gross rent	$707	$596
Housing units	124	284
Homeownership rate	41.8%	56.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.1%	18.8%
Unemployment rate	0.9%	8.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bonita	Mer Rouge
Population	248 → 231 (-6.9%)	546 → 639 (+17.0%)
Median household income	$31,154 → $28,750 (-7.7%)	$32,292 → $55,588 (+72.1%)
Median home value	$46,800 → $60,600 (+29.5%)	$111,800 → $119,400 (+6.8%)
Median gross rent	$575 → $707 (+23.0%)	$492 → $596 (+21.1%)

Bonita

Population

248231

Median household income

$31,154$28,750

Median home value

$46,800$60,600

Median gross rent

$575$707

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)

	Bonita	Mer Rouge
Under 5	1.7%	11.3%
5 to 17	7.4%	18.5%
18 to 24	20.3%	3.0%
25 to 34	10.8%	14.4%
35 to 44	6.1%	9.4%
45 to 54	9.1%	4.9%
55 to 64	25.5%	16.6%
65 to 74	12.6%	13.1%
75 and over	6.5%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bonita	Mer Rouge
White (non-Hispanic)	32.5%	54.1%
Black or African American	67.5%	42.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bonita	Mer Rouge
No high school diploma	25.8%	14.4%
High school graduate	63.2%	40.5%
Some college or associate's	8.0%	26.3%
Bachelor's degree	3.1%	15.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	3.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bonita	Mer Rouge
Drove alone	84.1%	94.3%
Carpooled	11.5%	0.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.4%	4.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bonita	Mer Rouge
1-unit, detached	68.5%	71.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	8.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.3%
Mobile home & other	31.5%	10.2%

Poverty & households

	Bonita	Mer Rouge
Poverty rate	31.9%	41.9%
Average household size	2.54	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	31	21
Median year structure built	1971	1970