Bernice vs Farmerville

A side-by-side comparison of Bernice and Farmerville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Farmerville has the higher population (3,331 vs 1,170 in Bernice). Bernice has the higher median household income ($24,278 vs $22,191 in Farmerville). Farmerville has the higher median home value ($111,100 vs $90,300 in Bernice).

Population, income & housing

	Bernice	Farmerville
Population	1,170	3,331
Median age	45.1 yrs	38.2 yrs
Median household income	$24,278	$22,191
Median home value	$90,300	$111,100
Median gross rent	$680	$745
Housing units	647	1,385
Homeownership rate	66.0%	42.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.2%	9.5%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	9.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bernice	Farmerville
Population	1,538 → 1,170 (-23.9%)	3,787 → 3,331 (-12.0%)
Median household income	$22,219 → $24,278 (+9.3%)	$29,038 → $22,191 (-23.6%)
Median home value	$59,800 → $90,300 (+51.0%)	$95,600 → $111,100 (+16.2%)
Median gross rent	$471 → $680 (+44.4%)	$646 → $745 (+15.3%)

Bernice

Population

1,5381,170

Median household income

$22,219$24,278

Median home value

$59,800$90,300

Median gross rent

$471$680

Farmerville

Population

3,7873,331

Median household income

$29,038$22,191

Median home value

$95,600$111,100

Median gross rent

$646$745

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bernice	Farmerville
Under 5	7.1%	11.3%
5 to 17	13.4%	15.8%
18 to 24	9.8%	7.0%
25 to 34	9.3%	14.0%
35 to 44	10.3%	7.6%
45 to 54	12.9%	11.9%
55 to 64	20.5%	12.6%
65 to 74	11.3%	10.7%
75 and over	5.4%	9.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bernice	Farmerville
White (non-Hispanic)	19.8%	26.9%
Black or African American	66.5%	58.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	13.7%	11.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bernice	Farmerville
No high school diploma	16.0%	19.2%
High school graduate	51.9%	50.6%
Some college or associate's	23.9%	20.7%
Bachelor's degree	6.4%	5.2%
Graduate or professional degree	1.8%	4.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bernice	Farmerville
Drove alone	79.3%	81.0%
Carpooled	11.4%	11.5%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	7.0%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.7%	5.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bernice	Farmerville
1-unit, detached	72.6%	47.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.7%	8.4%
5 to 19 units	5.7%	6.6%
20 or more units	2.0%	4.8%
Mobile home & other	11.9%	32.6%

Poverty & households

	Bernice	Farmerville
Poverty rate	24.3%	54.4%
Average household size	2.15	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	20	23
Median year structure built	1976	1990