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Bastrop, LA

9,408 Population
8.6 square miles 1,099.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.7 ±2.3 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Monroe, LA Metro Area: 38 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Louisiana: 37.8 ±0.1

Economics

$16,783 ±$1,664 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Monroe, LA Metro Area: $29,313 ±$921
  • about half the amount in Louisiana: $34,211 ±$247
$30,069 ±$5,120 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Monroe, LA Metro Area: $49,203 ±$1,971
  • about half the amount in Louisiana: $60,023 ±$491

42.4% ±7.8% (3,876  ±715) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Monroe, LA Metro Area: 25.2% 54,563 (±1.3% / ±2,892)
  • more than double the rate in Louisiana: 18.9% 848,769 (±0.3% / ±14,766)

23.7 minutes ±3.1 (75,890  ±13,566) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Monroe, LA Metro Area: 24 2,058,955 (±0.7 / ±74,152)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Louisiana: 25.8 47,566,968 (±0.2 / ±402,285)

Families

3,603 ±268 Number of households
  • the Monroe, LA Metro Area: 86,081 ±911
  • Louisiana: 1,783,168 ±5,717
2.5 ±0.2 (9,128  ±62) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Monroe, LA Metro Area: 2.5 216,870 (±0 / ±169)
  • about the same as the figure in Louisiana: 2.5 4,497,152

5.2% ±2.9% (114  ±64) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Monroe, LA Metro Area: 5.7% † 2,958 (±0.8% / ±402)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Louisiana: 5.6% 60,096 (±0.2% / ±2,274)

Housing

4,469 ±248 Number of housing units
  • the Monroe, LA Metro Area: 101,676 ±127
  • Louisiana: 2,094,002 ±454

$85,400 ±$15,206 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in the Monroe, LA Metro Area: $163,000 ±$4,410
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Louisiana: $208,700 ±$1,365

14.5% ±5.4% (1,343  ±500.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Monroe, LA Metro Area: 11.2% 24,882 (±0.9% / ±1,992.5)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Louisiana: 11.9% 543,392 (±0.2% / ±10,090.1)

Social

81.6% ±8.4% (4,559  ±506.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Monroe, LA Metro Area: 86.5% 129,313 (±1.9% / ±2,809.8)
  • a little less than the rate in Louisiana: 86.9% 2,702,854 (±0.5% / ±14,218.9)
5.2% ±2.7% (289  ±148.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-fifth of the rate in the Monroe, LA Metro Area: 23.9% 35,683 (±1% / ±1,418.7)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Louisiana: 26.6% 825,794 (±0.3% / ±7,861)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

0.2% ±0.3% (18  ±28) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent of the rate in the Monroe, LA Metro Area: 1.9% 4,354
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Louisiana: 4.7% 218,450

7.4% ±2.6% (496  ±174) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Monroe, LA Metro Area: 6.2% 10,595 (±0.5% / ±758)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Louisiana: 6.2% 217,225 (±0.1% / ±3,492)
496 Total veterans ±174 421 Male ±144 75 Female ±59

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