Bogalusa vs Varnado

A side-by-side comparison of Bogalusa and Varnado: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bogalusa has the higher population (10,539 vs 357 in Varnado). Varnado has the higher median home value ($107,100 vs $107,000 in Bogalusa). Since 2019, Bogalusa's population has grown faster (-9.7% vs -17.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Bogalusa	Varnado
Population	10,539	357
Median age	38.1 yrs	33.4 yrs
Median household income	$37,846	—
Median home value	$107,000	$107,100
Median gross rent	$710	$752
Housing units	5,188	205
Homeownership rate	51.3%	53.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.0%	12.1%
Unemployment rate	14.8%	10.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bogalusa	Varnado
Population	11,673 → 10,539 (-9.7%)	431 → 357 (-17.2%)
Median household income	$31,976 → $37,846 (+18.4%)	$29,286 → $33,125 (+13.1%)
Median home value	$87,800 → $107,000 (+21.9%)	$58,500 → $107,100 (+83.1%)
Median gross rent	$599 → $710 (+18.5%)	$372 → $752 (+102.2%)

Bogalusa

Population

11,67310,539

Median household income

$31,976$37,846

Median home value

$87,800$107,000

Median gross rent

$599$710

Varnado

Population

431357

Median household income

$29,286$33,125

Median home value

$58,500$107,100

Median gross rent

$372$752

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bogalusa	Varnado
Under 5	7.8%	5.0%
5 to 17	17.0%	23.2%
18 to 24	8.6%	11.8%
25 to 34	13.1%	14.6%
35 to 44	11.6%	9.0%
45 to 54	10.3%	11.5%
55 to 64	13.0%	9.5%
65 to 74	12.5%	11.5%
75 and over	6.2%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bogalusa	Varnado
White (non-Hispanic)	39.7%	82.6%
Black or African American	47.0%	14.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.0%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	8.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bogalusa	Varnado
No high school diploma	16.2%	16.8%
High school graduate	43.7%	34.6%
Some college or associate's	26.1%	36.4%
Bachelor's degree	8.0%	7.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bogalusa	Varnado
Drove alone	69.4%	84.0%
Carpooled	23.4%	13.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.8%	1.5%
Other means	4.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bogalusa	Varnado
1-unit, detached	80.6%	69.8%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	11.5%	9.8%
5 to 19 units	2.7%	7.8%
20 or more units	4.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	11.2%

Poverty & households

	Bogalusa	Varnado
Poverty rate	31.0%	16.5%
Average household size	2.49	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	30	24
Median year structure built	1971	1964