Bourg vs Gray

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

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

Gray has the higher population (5,524 vs 2,386 in Bourg). Bourg has the higher median household income ($100,043 vs $57,472 in Gray). Bourg has the higher median home value ($185,100 vs $155,200 in Gray).

Population, income & housing

	Bourg	Gray
Population	2,386	5,524
Median age	40.6 yrs	39.8 yrs
Median household income	$100,043	$57,472
Median home value	$185,100	$155,200
Median gross rent	—	$1,118
Housing units	923	2,329
Homeownership rate	86.2%	85.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.0%	14.1%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bourg	Gray
Population	2,479 → 2,386 (-3.8%)	5,944 → 5,524 (-7.1%)
Median household income	$76,905 → $100,043 (+30.1%)	$48,773 → $57,472 (+17.8%)
Median home value	$174,700 → $185,100 (+6.0%)	$150,200 → $155,200 (+3.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$917 → $1,118 (+21.9%)

Bourg

Population

2,4792,386

Median household income

$76,905$100,043

Median home value

$174,700$185,100

Gray

Population

5,9445,524

Median household income

$48,773$57,472

Median home value

$150,200$155,200

Median gross rent

$917$1,118

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bourg	Gray
Under 5	5.2%	5.6%
5 to 17	18.6%	17.1%
18 to 24	6.5%	8.7%
25 to 34	8.0%	15.4%
35 to 44	15.9%	7.4%
45 to 54	11.2%	16.6%
55 to 64	16.2%	13.5%
65 to 74	13.7%	10.2%
75 and over	4.8%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bourg	Gray
White (non-Hispanic)	83.1%	51.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	40.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	8.7%	2.4%
Asian	0.0%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.6%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bourg	Gray
No high school diploma	13.2%	25.5%
High school graduate	52.2%	36.5%
Some college or associate's	17.6%	23.8%
Bachelor's degree	6.2%	8.0%
Graduate or professional degree	10.8%	6.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bourg	Gray
Drove alone	79.1%	82.8%
Carpooled	9.9%	9.6%
Public transit	0.9%	1.3%
Walked	0.0%	2.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.1%	3.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bourg	Gray
1-unit, detached	70.2%	67.8%
1-unit, attached	10.5%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	19.3%	30.2%

Poverty & households

	Bourg	Gray
Poverty rate	6.6%	11.3%
Average household size	2.65	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	24	24
Median year structure built	1991	1987