Bawcomville vs Sterlington

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

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

Bawcomville has the higher population (2,635 vs 2,045 in Sterlington). Sterlington has the higher median household income ($67,986 vs $32,721 in Bawcomville). Sterlington has the higher median home value ($193,800 vs $65,600 in Bawcomville).

Population, income & housing

	Bawcomville	Sterlington
Population	2,635	2,045
Median age	47.1 yrs	37.3 yrs
Median household income	$32,721	$67,986
Median home value	$65,600	$193,800
Median gross rent	$979	$1,022
Housing units	1,783	1,001
Homeownership rate	62.2%	49.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.8%	17.2%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	1.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bawcomville	Sterlington
Population	2,696 → 2,635 (-2.3%)	2,643 → 2,045 (-22.6%)
Median household income	$27,053 → $32,721 (+21.0%)	$50,435 → $67,986 (+34.8%)
Median home value	$55,600 → $65,600 (+18.0%)	$104,400 → $193,800 (+85.6%)
Median gross rent	$690 → $979 (+41.9%)	$877 → $1,022 (+16.5%)

Bawcomville

Population

2,6962,635

Median household income

$27,053$32,721

Median home value

$55,600$65,600

Median gross rent

$690$979

Sterlington

Population

2,6432,045

Median household income

$50,435$67,986

Median home value

$104,400$193,800

Median gross rent

$877$1,022

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bawcomville	Sterlington
Under 5	3.4%	4.0%
5 to 17	11.8%	24.7%
18 to 24	6.6%	5.9%
25 to 34	6.9%	13.3%
35 to 44	20.7%	12.6%
45 to 54	13.9%	11.1%
55 to 64	16.9%	5.9%
65 to 74	12.2%	18.3%
75 and over	7.7%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bawcomville	Sterlington
White (non-Hispanic)	78.5%	73.1%
Black or African American	18.4%	20.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.2%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.1%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	5.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bawcomville	Sterlington
No high school diploma	31.4%	10.9%
High school graduate	44.8%	34.6%
Some college or associate's	20.0%	37.3%
Bachelor's degree	3.2%	11.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.6%	6.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bawcomville	Sterlington
Drove alone	74.4%	90.7%
Carpooled	15.0%	4.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	8.2%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.1%
Worked from home	1.4%	1.1%
Other means	0.9%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bawcomville	Sterlington
1-unit, detached	38.9%	50.0%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	27.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	8.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	59.1%	12.4%

Poverty & households

	Bawcomville	Sterlington
Poverty rate	39.9%	19.6%
Average household size	2.25	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	27	27
Median year structure built	1986	2002