Bienville Parish vs St. Helena Parish

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

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

Bienville Parish has the higher population (12,769 vs 10,849 in St. Helena Parish). St. Helena Parish has the higher median household income ($50,193 vs $34,992 in Bienville Parish). St. Helena Parish has the higher median home value ($106,400 vs $93,600 in Bienville Parish).

Population, income & housing

	Bienville Parish	St. Helena Parish
Population	12,769	10,849
Median age	42.5 yrs	42.4 yrs
Median household income	$34,992	$50,193
Median home value	$93,600	$106,400
Median gross rent	$600	$802
Housing units	6,874	5,310
Homeownership rate	70.6%	74.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.5%	11.7%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	21.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bienville Parish	St. Helena Parish
Population	13,564 → 12,769 (-5.9%)	10,297 → 10,849 (+5.4%)
Median household income	$30,272 → $34,992 (+15.6%)	$43,886 → $50,193 (+14.4%)
Median home value	$75,900 → $93,600 (+23.3%)	$100,100 → $106,400 (+6.3%)
Median gross rent	$487 → $600 (+23.2%)	$656 → $802 (+22.3%)

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

St. Helena Parish

Population

10,29710,849

Median household income

$43,886$50,193

Median home value

$100,100$106,400

Median gross rent

$656$802

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bienville Parish	St. Helena Parish
Under 5	6.0%	5.2%
5 to 17	16.7%	15.2%
18 to 24	6.9%	10.5%
25 to 34	11.4%	11.4%
35 to 44	11.8%	11.7%
45 to 54	11.4%	11.4%
55 to 64	14.8%	14.0%
65 to 74	11.4%	12.1%
75 and over	9.6%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bienville Parish	St. Helena Parish
White (non-Hispanic)	53.4%	44.4%
Black or African American	41.4%	50.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.7%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bienville Parish	St. Helena Parish
No high school diploma	14.0%	18.9%
High school graduate	50.2%	45.0%
Some college or associate's	22.4%	24.4%
Bachelor's degree	9.8%	9.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.7%	2.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bienville Parish	St. Helena Parish
Drove alone	81.7%	79.5%
Carpooled	8.1%	8.9%
Public transit	0.0%	2.5%
Walked	2.7%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.3%
Worked from home	6.9%	1.6%
Other means	0.6%	4.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bienville Parish	St. Helena Parish
1-unit, detached	59.6%	51.5%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.1%	1.3%
5 to 19 units	2.3%	0.5%
20 or more units	1.3%	3.1%
Mobile home & other	32.2%	43.6%

Poverty & households

	Bienville Parish	St. Helena Parish
Poverty rate	32.1%	30.0%
Average household size	2.30	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	28	37
Median year structure built	1979	1986