Bienville Parish vs LaSalle Parish

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

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

LaSalle Parish has the higher population (14,804 vs 12,769 in Bienville Parish). LaSalle Parish has the higher median household income ($67,077 vs $34,992 in Bienville Parish). LaSalle Parish has the higher median home value ($137,200 vs $93,600 in Bienville Parish).

Population, income & housing

	Bienville Parish	LaSalle Parish
Population	12,769	14,804
Median age	42.5 yrs	38.6 yrs
Median household income	$34,992	$67,077
Median home value	$93,600	$137,200
Median gross rent	$600	$576
Housing units	6,874	6,203
Homeownership rate	70.6%	82.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.5%	17.4%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	7.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bienville Parish	LaSalle Parish
Population	13,564 → 12,769 (-5.9%)	14,936 → 14,804 (-0.9%)
Median household income	$30,272 → $34,992 (+15.6%)	$42,104 → $67,077 (+59.3%)
Median home value	$75,900 → $93,600 (+23.3%)	$93,000 → $137,200 (+47.5%)
Median gross rent	$487 → $600 (+23.2%)	$656 → $576 (-12.2%)

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

LaSalle Parish

Population

14,93614,804

Median household income

$42,104$67,077

Median home value

$93,000$137,200

Median gross rent

$656$576

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bienville Parish	LaSalle Parish
Under 5	6.0%	5.5%
5 to 17	16.7%	16.1%
18 to 24	6.9%	9.0%
25 to 34	11.4%	14.5%
35 to 44	11.8%	13.9%
45 to 54	11.4%	14.5%
55 to 64	14.8%	10.9%
65 to 74	11.4%	9.6%
75 and over	9.6%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bienville Parish	LaSalle Parish
White (non-Hispanic)	53.4%	75.0%
Black or African American	41.4%	11.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.4%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	8.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bienville Parish	LaSalle Parish
No high school diploma	14.0%	19.6%
High school graduate	50.2%	39.6%
Some college or associate's	22.4%	23.4%
Bachelor's degree	9.8%	12.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.7%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bienville Parish	LaSalle Parish
Drove alone	81.7%	72.4%
Carpooled	8.1%	15.4%
Public transit	0.0%	1.0%
Walked	2.7%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.2%
Worked from home	6.9%	2.3%
Other means	0.6%	6.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bienville Parish	LaSalle Parish
1-unit, detached	59.6%	69.3%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	4.1%	3.0%
5 to 19 units	2.3%	0.3%
20 or more units	1.3%	0.1%
Mobile home & other	32.2%	26.8%

Poverty & households

	Bienville Parish	LaSalle Parish
Poverty rate	32.1%	15.5%
Average household size	2.30	2.81
Mean commute (minutes)	28	35
Median year structure built	1979	1980