Bienville Parish vs Jackson Parish

A side-by-side comparison of Bienville Parish and Jackson Parish: population, income, housing, and more.

Bienville Parish and Jackson Parish are counties in Louisiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Jackson Parish has the higher population (14,939 vs 12,769 in Bienville Parish). Jackson Parish has the higher median household income ($43,345 vs $34,992 in Bienville Parish). Jackson Parish has the higher median home value ($107,400 vs $93,600 in Bienville Parish).

Population, income & housing

	Bienville Parish	Jackson Parish
Population	12,769	14,939
Median age	42.5 yrs	41.5 yrs
Median household income	$34,992	$43,345
Median home value	$93,600	$107,400
Median gross rent	$600	$719
Housing units	6,874	7,223
Homeownership rate	70.6%	70.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.5%	13.4%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bienville Parish	Jackson Parish
Population	13,564 → 12,769 (-5.9%)	15,879 → 14,939 (-5.9%)
Median household income	$30,272 → $34,992 (+15.6%)	$39,139 → $43,345 (+10.7%)
Median home value	$75,900 → $93,600 (+23.3%)	$89,500 → $107,400 (+20.0%)
Median gross rent	$487 → $600 (+23.2%)	$539 → $719 (+33.4%)

Bienville Parish

Population

13,56412,769

Median household income

$30,272$34,992

Median home value

$75,900$93,600

Median gross rent

$487$600

Jackson Parish

Population

15,87914,939

Median household income

$39,139$43,345

Median home value

$89,500$107,400

Median gross rent

$539$719

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bienville Parish	Jackson Parish
Under 5	6.0%	5.1%
5 to 17	16.7%	16.3%
18 to 24	6.9%	7.7%
25 to 34	11.4%	13.0%
35 to 44	11.8%	11.4%
45 to 54	11.4%	11.8%
55 to 64	14.8%	14.1%
65 to 74	11.4%	11.4%
75 and over	9.6%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bienville Parish	Jackson Parish
White (non-Hispanic)	53.4%	66.3%
Black or African American	41.4%	25.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.5%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.6%	1.1%
Two or more races	2.3%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bienville Parish	Jackson Parish
No high school diploma	14.0%	14.3%
High school graduate	50.2%	44.7%
Some college or associate's	22.4%	27.6%
Bachelor's degree	9.8%	9.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.7%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bienville Parish	Jackson Parish
Drove alone	81.7%	84.4%
Carpooled	8.1%	5.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	2.7%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.9%	6.2%
Other means	0.6%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bienville Parish	Jackson Parish
1-unit, detached	59.6%	74.0%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	4.1%	5.3%
5 to 19 units	2.3%	1.2%
20 or more units	1.3%	0.1%
Mobile home & other	32.2%	18.4%

Poverty & households

	Bienville Parish	Jackson Parish
Poverty rate	32.1%	24.3%
Average household size	2.30	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	28	24
Median year structure built	1979	1979