With 7,501 people, Breaux Bridge is a city in Louisiana. The poverty rate is 30.4%, above the 12.5% national rate. 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, below the 36% national rate. The foreign-born share is 1%. Home values have more than doubled since 2000, reaching $175,900. Households take in $47,806 at the median, 42% less than the US figure.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $47,806, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Mid-age
median age 37.8
US median: 38.9
Less educated
20% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 54%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Breaux Bridge
What changed most since 1990
White share53.1% → 42.8%(−10.4 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Adults with a bachelor's degree11.5% → 20.3%(+8.8 pts)US over the same years: +15.3 pts
Black share44.8% → 50.8%(+5.9 pts)US over the same years: +0.2 pts
Breaux Bridge's population equals 15% of St. Martin Parish's. Its number of residents living in poverty equals 29% of the county's. Its number of households without a car equals 22% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)4.7%(15)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)56.4%(180)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era33.5%(107)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War5%(16)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 319 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Breaux Bridge, decade by decade
Breaux Bridge population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
6,515
$39,772
$110,163
11.5%
64.5
2000
7,281
$45,727
$114,582
12.3%
64.8
2010
8,139
$46,293
$143,426
14.2%
66.8
2020
7,513
$50,367
$163,019
17.3%
71.0
2024
7,501
$47,806
$175,900
20.3%
69.7
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
