Breaux Bridge vs St. Martinville

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

Breaux Bridge and St. Martinville 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 5,367 in St. Martinville). Breaux Bridge has the higher median household income ($45,620 vs $33,132 in St. Martinville). Breaux Bridge has the higher median home value ($163,600 vs $91,700 in St. Martinville).

Population, income & housing

	Breaux Bridge	St. Martinville
Population	7,497	5,367
Median age	38.1 yrs	48.2 yrs
Median household income	$45,620	$33,132
Median home value	$163,600	$91,700
Median gross rent	$831	$770
Housing units	3,088	3,323
Homeownership rate	75.3%	54.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.3%	14.9%
Unemployment rate	8.5%	14.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Breaux Bridge	St. Martinville
Population	8,262 → 7,497 (-9.3%)	5,945 → 5,367 (-9.7%)
Median household income	$43,758 → $45,620 (+4.3%)	$25,520 → $33,132 (+29.8%)
Median home value	$151,500 → $163,600 (+8.0%)	$125,600 → $91,700 (-27.0%)
Median gross rent	$757 → $831 (+9.8%)	$602 → $770 (+27.9%)

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

St. Martinville

Population

5,9455,367

Median household income

$25,520$33,132

Median home value

$125,600$91,700

Median gross rent

$602$770

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Breaux Bridge	St. Martinville
Under 5	7.3%	4.6%
5 to 17	18.3%	10.0%
18 to 24	9.8%	8.9%
25 to 34	12.1%	14.7%
35 to 44	11.6%	9.2%
45 to 54	9.9%	12.8%
55 to 64	12.5%	14.1%
65 to 74	10.7%	12.4%
75 and over	7.9%	13.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Breaux Bridge	St. Martinville
White (non-Hispanic)	47.4%	40.9%
Black or African American	46.5%	54.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.7%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.9%
Two or more races	2.3%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Breaux Bridge	St. Martinville
No high school diploma	19.9%	19.9%
High school graduate	40.2%	45.5%
Some college or associate's	20.6%	19.6%
Bachelor's degree	10.2%	9.2%
Graduate or professional degree	9.2%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Breaux Bridge	St. Martinville
Drove alone	84.4%	88.1%
Carpooled	6.3%	2.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	2.8%	7.0%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.5%	1.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Breaux Bridge	St. Martinville
1-unit, detached	77.9%	76.3%
1-unit, attached	0.2%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	7.5%	11.0%
5 to 19 units	1.3%	2.8%
20 or more units	1.8%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	11.2%	7.3%

Poverty & households

	Breaux Bridge	St. Martinville
Poverty rate	30.2%	24.3%
Average household size	2.56	1.93
Mean commute (minutes)	25	24
Median year structure built	1982	1967