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Place dossier plate
SheetLA-BREAUX-BRIDGE-LA · Breaux Bridge, LA 7,497 pop · income 13th pct
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Breaux Bridge
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Breaux Bridge on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Potomac Park · lowest
45,617
Potomac Park · lowest
45,617 median HH income
32.8% of the leader · rank #1
Breaux Bridge · this city
45,620
Breaux Bridge · this city
45,620 median HH income
32.8% of the leader · rank #2
Swainsboro · near
45,621
Swainsboro · near
45,621 median HH income
32.8% of the leader · rank #3
McCaysville · near
45,625
McCaysville · near
45,625 median HH income
32.8% of the leader · rank #4
Monticello · near
45,625
Monticello · near
45,625 median HH income
32.8% of the leader · rank #5
Union · highest
139,013
Union · highest
139,013 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #6
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Breaux Bridge on ACS population and median household income
. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 7,497.
Nationally, Breaux Bridge sits in the 13th percentile for household income among US cities with a population of 1,000 or more. Source: Census ACS.
13th
percentile, household income
31st
percentile, home value
16th
percentile, median rent
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: Breaux Bridge, LA
Louisiana's Breaux Bridge is a small town, with 7,497 residents per the latest Census Bureau ACS figures. The typical household in Breaux Bridge brings in $45,620 a year, in the lower quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 26.7%. Typical homes in Breaux Bridge are valued around $163,600, and the median resident age is 38.1 years. Educational attainment runs 19.3% of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher. Separately, 50.9% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
The Census Building Permit Survey recorded 52 residential units authorized here in 2024 (Building Boom), up 225% from five years earlier.
Living costs in Louisiana run below the national norm: the state registers 88.2 on a 100-equals-national-average index (Well Below Average) per BEA Regional Price Parities 2024. Statewide, HUD pegs Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom unit at $1,007 monthly. EIA 2023 residential energy data puts Louisiana's average monthly utility costs around $212 (state average). FEMA's National Risk Index rates natural-hazard exposure at 62.4 out of 100 (Moderate).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Breaux Bridge's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from comparison shortlist to schools and households to population change to work and mobility to housing and income; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Breaux Bridge, city-specific coverage includes matched public-school count, commute-mode shares, local building permits, annual population history.
No matched row is reported here for within-city Census tract profiles, FBI reported-crime rates; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Comparison shortlist
Which cities make useful reference points for Breaux Bridge?
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching.
Within Louisiana, the closest population matches are Meraux (7,492 residents, $73,792 income); Reserve (7,471 residents, $60,509 income); Red Chute (7,418 residents, $79,119 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are North Riverside, IL (7,495 residents); Union, KY (7,494 residents); Winfield, IN (7,501 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
What does the education layer cover for Breaux Bridge?
The city has a broader matched school footprint, but count alone does not describe performance, capacity, program availability, or attendance boundaries. This profile deliberately avoids converting it into an unsupported family-friendliness score.
The NCES join finds 5 public schools within the city match. 19.3% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher in the ACS estimate. These measures answer different questions: the school count describes local institutions, while adult attainment describes residents and cannot be used as a school-quality rating.
Is Breaux Bridge growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
Census PEP estimates show the population grew by +170 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +2.3% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 52 housing units authorized in 2024. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
Recent estimates point upward. Growth can increase housing demand and service needs, but the permit record must move in the same direction before calling it a supply response; the two series measure different things.
What does the journey to work look like in Breaux Bridge?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 84.4%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. No single mode completely explains the work trip here. The mix is more useful than a one-number commute grade, especially when comparing places where transit, walking, and remote work divide the non-driving share differently.
These joined records add useful context, but they do not need another full-size panel. Each remains a separate measure with its own geography and source boundary.
Housing and income
How far does income reach against housing in Breaux Bridge?
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. Income and home value move within the same broad scale here. The useful next check is not a generic affordability label, but whether similar-size cities offer a materially different income, housing, or commute trade-off.
The home-value-to-income reference sits in a middle range: the ACS median home value is 3.6 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 26.7%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
Value / income
3.6×
Home value
$163,600
Household income
$45,620
City-level Census ACS 2023 medians. The ratio divides two separate medians and is descriptive only.
Low income · poverty 26.7% (Highest-decile poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
88.2 (US=100)
Very affordable · BEA RPP 2024, Louisiana average
F
City profile score · Breaux Bridge, LA
34/100
4 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Cost of living A+
88.2 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Bachelor's+ share F
19.3%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Household income F
$45,620
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate F
26.7%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
Breaux Bridge profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Cost of living: 92/100 (A+) · 88.2 index
Bachelor's+ share: 32/100 (F) · 19.3%
Household income: 14/100 (F) · $45,620
Poverty rate: 4/100 (F) · 26.7%
How does Breaux Bridge compare to other US cities?
Here's how Breaux Bridge stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income13% higher than other cities
Home value31% pricier than other cities
Median rent16% pricier than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Breaux Bridge against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Louisiana only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Louisiana-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Breaux Bridge near the bottom of Louisiana's cities
Among the 477 Louisiana cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Breaux Bridge ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Breaux Bridge only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#258 of 426
39th percentile in Louisiana
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 477
0th percentile in Louisiana
Median Home Value
#176 of 419
58th percentile in Louisiana
Poverty Rate
#115 of 475
76th percentile in Louisiana
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#153 of 477
67th percentile in Louisiana
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Louisiana only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
13th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Breaux Bridge's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$163,600Among the most affordablemore affordable than 69% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
Breaux Bridge's home-value-to-income ratio: 3.6×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#9,312 of 15,516
More affordable than 40% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#7,478 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 3.6×, Breaux Bridge sits in the moderate band:
national rank #9,312 of 15,516 and #7,478 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000).
Income and home value move in the same broad scale; check same-state peers before treating the multiple as an advantage or a warning.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$45,620Breaux Bridge, LA median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Breaux Bridge, LA median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Breaux Bridge, LA.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)19.3%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)26.7%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)50.9%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
7,497
Median Income
$45,620
Median Home Value
$163,600
Median Age
38.1
Poverty Rate
26.7%
Labor force participation
50.9%
Bachelor's Degree+
19.3%
Schools
Total Schools
5
Public schools in this city
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Breaux Bridge's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
7,482 residents
2021
7,484 residents
2022
7,447 residents
2023
7,524 residents
2024
7,608 residents
2025
7,652 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
📈 Building Boom
Total Permits (2024)
52
housing units authorized
Single-Family
52
detached homes
Multifamily
0
apartments & condos
Supply Intensity
6.9
permits per 1,000 residents
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
16
16
0
$4.4M
2020
24
24
0
$5.6M
2021
27
27
0
$6.5M
2022
63
63
0
$19.2M
2023
45
45
0
$13.8M
2024
52
52
0
$15.9M
Permit volume increased 225% from 2019 to 2024.
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
84.4%
Carpool
6.3%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
2.8%
Work from Home
5.5%
Other
1.0%
Based on 2,995 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Louisiana statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $212
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Louisiana at $212 (electricity about $130 , water and sewer about $42 ).
These are Louisiana statewide averages, not a meter reading for Breaux Bridge. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Louisiana's BEA cost-of-living index is 88.2 (Well Below Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Breaux Bridge is $1,007/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Louisiana statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 62.4 / 100 (Moderate).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Louisiana statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Breaux Bridge sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Breaux Bridge compares to similar-size Louisiana cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, NCES CCD, Census BPS 2024, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.