Bawcomville vs Richwood

A side-by-side comparison of Bawcomville and Richwood: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Richwood has the higher population (3,840 vs 2,635 in Bawcomville). Bawcomville has the higher median household income ($32,721 vs $31,386 in Richwood). Bawcomville has the higher median home value ($65,600 vs $52,300 in Richwood).

Population, income & housing

	Bawcomville	Richwood
Population	2,635	3,840
Median age	47.1 yrs	36.8 yrs
Median household income	$32,721	$31,386
Median home value	$65,600	$52,300
Median gross rent	$979	$873
Housing units	1,783	848
Homeownership rate	62.2%	29.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.8%	6.3%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	8.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bawcomville	Richwood
Population	2,696 → 2,635 (-2.3%)	4,495 → 3,840 (-14.6%)
Median household income	$27,053 → $32,721 (+21.0%)	$24,896 → $31,386 (+26.1%)
Median home value	$55,600 → $65,600 (+18.0%)	$48,600 → $52,300 (+7.6%)
Median gross rent	$690 → $979 (+41.9%)	$556 → $873 (+57.0%)

Bawcomville

Population

2,6962,635

Median household income

$27,053$32,721

Median home value

$55,600$65,600

Median gross rent

$690$979

Richwood

Population

4,4953,840

Median household income

$24,896$31,386

Median home value

$48,600$52,300

Median gross rent

$556$873

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bawcomville	Richwood
Under 5	3.4%	5.9%
5 to 17	11.8%	13.0%
18 to 24	6.6%	6.8%
25 to 34	6.9%	18.0%
35 to 44	20.7%	28.8%
45 to 54	13.9%	10.4%
55 to 64	16.9%	8.8%
65 to 74	12.2%	6.1%
75 and over	7.7%	2.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bawcomville	Richwood
White (non-Hispanic)	78.5%	16.1%
Black or African American	18.4%	75.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.1%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	6.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bawcomville	Richwood
No high school diploma	31.4%	25.1%
High school graduate	44.8%	33.2%
Some college or associate's	20.0%	35.3%
Bachelor's degree	3.2%	5.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.6%	1.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bawcomville	Richwood
Drove alone	74.4%	74.6%
Carpooled	15.0%	9.9%
Public transit	0.0%	5.0%
Walked	8.2%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.4%	7.3%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bawcomville	Richwood
1-unit, detached	38.9%	63.3%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	6.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.7%
Mobile home & other	59.1%	16.2%

Poverty & households

	Bawcomville	Richwood
Poverty rate	39.9%	38.7%
Average household size	2.25	2.76
Mean commute (minutes)	27	23
Median year structure built	1986	1991