Bourg vs Montegut

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

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

Bourg has the higher population (2,386 vs 1,264 in Montegut). Bourg has the higher median household income ($100,043 vs $32,500 in Montegut). Bourg has the higher median home value ($185,100 vs $105,000 in Montegut).

Population, income & housing

	Bourg	Montegut
Population	2,386	1,264
Median age	40.6 yrs	51.0 yrs
Median household income	$100,043	$32,500
Median home value	$185,100	$105,000
Median gross rent	—	$857
Housing units	923	484
Homeownership rate	86.2%	81.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.0%	6.0%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bourg	Montegut
Population	2,479 → 2,386 (-3.8%)	2,133 → 1,264 (-40.7%)
Median household income	$76,905 → $100,043 (+30.1%)	$33,947 → $32,500 (-4.3%)
Median home value	$174,700 → $185,100 (+6.0%)	$80,000 → $105,000 (+31.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$738 → $857 (+16.1%)

Bourg

Population

2,4792,386

Median household income

$76,905$100,043

Median home value

$174,700$185,100

Montegut

Population

2,1331,264

Median household income

$33,947$32,500

Median home value

$80,000$105,000

Median gross rent

$738$857

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bourg	Montegut
Under 5	5.2%	5.1%
5 to 17	18.6%	15.0%
18 to 24	6.5%	3.8%
25 to 34	8.0%	9.1%
35 to 44	15.9%	9.9%
45 to 54	11.2%	16.5%
55 to 64	16.2%	22.9%
65 to 74	13.7%	15.0%
75 and over	4.8%	2.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bourg	Montegut
White (non-Hispanic)	83.1%	80.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	8.7%	15.1%
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%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bourg	Montegut
No high school diploma	13.2%	42.8%
High school graduate	52.2%	35.7%
Some college or associate's	17.6%	15.5%
Bachelor's degree	6.2%	2.4%
Graduate or professional degree	10.8%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bourg	Montegut
Drove alone	79.1%	65.2%
Carpooled	9.9%	5.0%
Public transit	0.9%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	18.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.1%	2.7%
Other means	0.0%	9.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bourg	Montegut
1-unit, detached	70.2%	75.4%
1-unit, attached	10.5%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	19.3%	20.9%

Poverty & households

	Bourg	Montegut
Poverty rate	6.6%	40.3%
Average household size	2.65	2.72
Mean commute (minutes)	24	26
Median year structure built	1991	1959