Bourg vs Chauvin

A side-by-side comparison of Bourg and Chauvin: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Chauvin has the higher population (2,531 vs 2,386 in Bourg). Bourg has the higher median household income ($100,043 vs $50,976 in Chauvin). Bourg has the higher median home value ($185,100 vs $93,500 in Chauvin).

Population, income & housing

	Bourg	Chauvin
Population	2,386	2,531
Median age	40.6 yrs	33.1 yrs
Median household income	$100,043	$50,976
Median home value	$185,100	$93,500
Median gross rent	—	$1,044
Housing units	923	1,014
Homeownership rate	86.2%	73.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.0%	3.9%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	11.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bourg	Chauvin
Population	2,479 → 2,386 (-3.8%)	2,408 → 2,531 (+5.1%)
Median household income	$76,905 → $100,043 (+30.1%)	$39,071 → $50,976 (+30.5%)
Median home value	$174,700 → $185,100 (+6.0%)	$84,400 → $93,500 (+10.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$641 → $1,044 (+62.9%)

Bourg

Population

2,4792,386

Median household income

$76,905$100,043

Median home value

$174,700$185,100

Chauvin

Population

2,4082,531

Median household income

$39,071$50,976

Median home value

$84,400$93,500

Median gross rent

$641$1,044

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bourg	Chauvin
Under 5	5.2%	0.6%
5 to 17	18.6%	24.7%
18 to 24	6.5%	15.8%
25 to 34	8.0%	12.5%
35 to 44	15.9%	9.6%
45 to 54	11.2%	7.0%
55 to 64	16.2%	12.5%
65 to 74	13.7%	8.1%
75 and over	4.8%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bourg	Chauvin
White (non-Hispanic)	83.1%	83.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	8.7%	6.7%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.6%	6.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	3.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bourg	Chauvin
No high school diploma	13.2%	35.2%
High school graduate	52.2%	40.8%
Some college or associate's	17.6%	20.2%
Bachelor's degree	6.2%	3.1%
Graduate or professional degree	10.8%	0.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bourg	Chauvin
Drove alone	79.1%	64.1%
Carpooled	9.9%	26.3%
Public transit	0.9%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.1%	6.1%
Other means	0.0%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bourg	Chauvin
1-unit, detached	70.2%	86.5%
1-unit, attached	10.5%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	19.3%	10.2%

Poverty & households

	Bourg	Chauvin
Poverty rate	6.6%	18.8%
Average household size	2.65	2.89
Mean commute (minutes)	24	28
Median year structure built	1991	1968