Bienville, LA

Census Place

2024 Population

134

US Senator

Bill Cassidy

Republican Party

US Senator

John Kennedy

Republican Party

2024 Median Age

36.3

11.9% 1-year decrease

2024 Poverty Rate

26.1%

26% 1-year decrease

2024 Median Household Income

$34,167

2021 Median Property Value

$54,100

Economy

The economy of Bienville, LA employs 60 people. In 2024, the largest industries in Bienville, LA were Construction (27 people), Retail Trade (13 people), and Transportation & Warehousing (7 people), and the highest paying industries were Retail Trade ($25,313) and Construction ($14,896).

Employment

Occupations

2024 Value

± 91

−20%

1 Year decline

± 246%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Bienville, LA declined at a rate of −20%, from 75 employees to 60 employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Bienville, LA, are Construction & Extraction Occupations (18 people), Sales & Related Occupations (7 people), and Transportation Occupations (7 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Bienville, LA.

Unemployment Insurance Claims

Data is only available at the state level. Showing data for Louisiana.

This chart shows weekly unemployment insurance claims in Louisiana (not-seasonally adjusted) compared with the four states with the most similar impact.

The most recent data point uses Advance State Claims data, which can be revised in subsequent weeks.

Industries

Employment by Industries

2024 Value

± 91

−20%

1 Year decline

± 246%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Bienville, LA declined at a rate of −20%, from 75 employees to 60 employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Bienville, LA, are Construction (27 people), Retail Trade (13 people), and Transportation & Warehousing (7 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Bienville, LA, though some of these residents may live in Bienville, LA and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

Median Earnings by Industry

$35,833

Median earning men ± $42,961

$33,333

Median earning women ± $16,686

The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2024 are Construction ($14,375) and Retail Trade ($10,000).

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2024 are .

Housing & Living

People in Bienville, LA have an average commute time of 20 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Bienville, LA is lower than the national average, with an average of 1 car per household.

Housing

Property

$54,100

Median Property Value 2021

±$15,947

$26

Median Property Taxes

±$37

The following chart display owner-occupied housing units distributed between a series of property tax buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. In Bienville, LA the largest share of households pay taxes in the < $800 range.

The chart underneath the paragraph shows the property taxes in Bienville, LA compared to it's parent and neighbor geographies.

Rent vs Own

37.1%

Homeownership

2024

66%

Homeowners with Mortgage

2024

In 2024, 37.1% of the housing units in Bienville, LA were occupied by their owner. This percentage declined from the previous year's rate of 41.8%.

This chart shows the percentage of owner in Bienville, LA compared it's parent and neighboring geographies.

Equity

Household Income

Please note that the buckets used in this visualization were not evenly distributed by ACS when publishing the data.

$34,167

Median Household Income

± $31,154

Number of Households

± 43

The following chart displays the households in Bienville, LA distributed between a series of income buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households have an income in the $10k - $15k range.

Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for Bienville, LA is from Louisiana.

0.464

2024 Wage GINI in Louisiana

0.465

2023 Wage GINI in Louisiana

In 2024, the income inequality in Louisiana was 0.464 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 0.265% decline from 2023 to 2024, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat more even. The GINI for Louisiana was lower than than the national average of 0.474. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Louisiana in comparison to the national average.

This chart shows the number of workers in Louisiana across various wage buckets compared to the national average.

Transportation

Commuter Transportation

Most Common Commute in 2024

Drove Alone (96.2%)
Carpooled (3.85%)

In 2024, 96.2% of workers in Bienville, LA drove alone to work, followed by those who carpooled to work (3.85%) and those who used public transit to get to work (0%).

The following chart shows the number of households using each mode of transportation over time, using a logarithmic scale on the y-axis to help better show variations in the smaller means of commuting.

Commute Time

20 minutes

Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Bienville, LA have a shorter commute time (20 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.4 minutes). Additionally, 0% of the workforce in Bienville, LA have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

The chart below shows how the median household income in Bienville, LA compares to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

Car Ownership

1 car

Average Number

The following chart displays the households in Bienville, LA distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Bienville, LA have 1 car.

Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

26.1% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Bienville, LA (35 out of 134 people) live below the poverty line, a number that is higher than the national average of 12.5%. The largest demographic living in poverty are Males 25 - 34, followed by Males 12 - 14 and then Males 35 - 44.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Bienville, LA is White, followed by Two Or More and Black.

The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.

Social Needs

Data only available at the state level.

Most prevalent states

California
35,798 individuals
New York
5,087 individuals

In 2017, California had the highest estimated number of chronically homeless individuals in the nation, at 35,798, followed by New York (5,087).

The following map shows the estimated number of chronically homeless individuals by state over multiple years.

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