Breaux Bridge vs Parks

A side-by-side comparison of Breaux Bridge and Parks: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Breaux Bridge has the higher population (7,497 vs 838 in Parks). Parks has the higher median household income ($66,250 vs $45,620 in Breaux Bridge). Breaux Bridge has the higher median home value ($163,600 vs $162,500 in Parks).

Population, income & housing

	Breaux Bridge	Parks
Population	7,497	838
Median age	38.1 yrs	34.1 yrs
Median household income	$45,620	$66,250
Median home value	$163,600	$162,500
Median gross rent	$831	$518
Housing units	3,088	272
Homeownership rate	75.3%	87.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.3%	21.3%
Unemployment rate	8.5%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Breaux Bridge	Parks
Population	8,262 → 7,497 (-9.3%)	672 → 838 (+24.7%)
Median household income	$43,758 → $45,620 (+4.3%)	$45,568 → $66,250 (+45.4%)
Median home value	$151,500 → $163,600 (+8.0%)	$98,900 → $162,500 (+64.3%)
Median gross rent	$757 → $831 (+9.8%)	$475 → $518 (+9.1%)

Breaux Bridge

Population

8,2627,497

Median household income

$43,758$45,620

Median home value

$151,500$163,600

Median gross rent

$757$831

Parks

Population

672838

Median household income

$45,568$66,250

Median home value

$98,900$162,500

Median gross rent

$475$518

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Breaux Bridge	Parks
Under 5	7.3%	2.7%
5 to 17	18.3%	27.0%
18 to 24	9.8%	6.9%
25 to 34	12.1%	16.6%
35 to 44	11.6%	9.8%
45 to 54	9.9%	13.7%
55 to 64	12.5%	9.2%
65 to 74	10.7%	7.6%
75 and over	7.9%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Breaux Bridge	Parks
White (non-Hispanic)	47.4%	52.3%
Black or African American	46.5%	43.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.7%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Breaux Bridge	Parks
No high school diploma	19.9%	6.0%
High school graduate	40.2%	45.2%
Some college or associate's	20.6%	27.5%
Bachelor's degree	10.2%	19.0%
Graduate or professional degree	9.2%	2.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Breaux Bridge	Parks
Drove alone	84.4%	84.3%
Carpooled	6.3%	5.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.5%	6.0%
Other means	0.0%	3.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Breaux Bridge	Parks
1-unit, detached	77.9%	64.7%
1-unit, attached	0.2%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	7.5%	4.0%
5 to 19 units	1.3%	1.8%
20 or more units	1.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.2%	29.0%

Poverty & households

	Breaux Bridge	Parks
Poverty rate	30.2%	13.3%
Average household size	2.56	3.48
Mean commute (minutes)	25	21
Median year structure built	1982	1985