Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Some 7,297 people live in this town, in Louisiana.
The data are hard on it. Bridge City ranks 108th of 161 in Louisiana, with a C− overall. Nationally, it does better than 19% of U.S. towns. Where it falls short is health (D−) — residents are less healthy than 98% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. Its strongest is walkability: it is more walkable than 73% of U.S. towns. Homes run about $96K for a typical one, 1.5 times the New Orleans metro’s $63K median household income. Magnolia Lane Plantation House is on the National Register of Historic Places. FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 93% of U.S. communities, with hurricanes at the top.
Figures: health, CDC PLACES · home values, Zillow · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · FEMA National Risk Index · National Register of Historic Places.
Where Bridge City beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
Where Bridge City’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Louisiana), ordered by how far Bridge City is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 8,327 in 1990, 7,219 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1935 and 7 maps from 1891 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Explore the history →Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Bridge City. Close and well known come first.
Big draw5 mi Stadium & arenaCaesars Superdome
Big draw18 mi LakeLake Pontchartrain
5 mi MuseumNational World War II Museum707K visitors a year
2 mi Zoo & aquariumAudubon Zoo
6 mi City parkCity Park
6 mi MuseumThe CabildoCaesars Superdome: Infrogmation of New Orleans, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Lake Pontchartrain: Mersh13, CC BY-SA 3.0 · National World War II Museum: Nolabob, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Audubon Zoo: MeRyan, CC BY 2.0 · City Park: Infrogmation of New Orleans, CC BY 2.5 · The Cabildo: Infrogmation of New Orleans, CC BY-SA 3.0
Bridge City is unincorporated, so Jefferson Parish and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.
Ordered by what stands out in Bridge City.
Bridge City has homes that are cheap against local pay, has milder winter nights than nearly all U.S. towns and looks healthier within Louisiana than nationally.
Within Louisiana it is less healthy than 77% of the 161 graded towns: much of Louisiana scores lower on these measures.
Bridge City: 15% of adults binge drink. Among adults in the town, 83% had a checkup this year, near the Louisiana town median (82%) and above the median of U.S. towns (79%). In Bridge City, just over a third of adults worry about having enough food, and 41% feel lonely. On the CDC’s 32 measures, Bridge City is ahead of Louisiana on 1 and behind on 21.
| Bridge City | Louisiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 16% | 12% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 35% | 26% | 14% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 41% | 37% | 33% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 46% | 42% | 36% |
| What stands out | Bridge City | LA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 6.1% | 7.5% |
| More uninsured adults | 14.9% | 8.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Its two schools are below. The Office of Juvenile Justice school district runs its public schools.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Riverside Alternative High SchoolLargest public school before high school | – | – | |
| Riverside Alternative High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 1–12 | Grades 1–12 | 27 | C+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within LA on state tests and graduation
Bridge City has had 444 paid flood insurance claims since 1978. Of the losses FEMA expects in the town, 83% come from hurricanes and 8% from inland flooding. Federal disaster aid has reached households in Bridge City after 10 declared disasters, most recently in 2024.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
2.4 miles of trail. The density of trails for Bridge City comes to 0.5 miles per square mile, against 0.2 in Louisiana’s towns and 0.4 across U.S. towns.
| Bridge City | Louisiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 0.2% | 1.2% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.5 miles per square mile | 0.2 | 0.4 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Jobs based here fell from 1,241 in 2013 to 834.
1.1% of working residents work locally in Bridge City. Since 2013, Bridge City has lost 407 jobs, to 834 in 2023. The top destinations are New Orleans (23%), Metairie (12%) and Elmwood (8%). Half the trips to work are shorter than 6 miles.
| Bridge City | Louisiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 24% | 20% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.1% | 9.8% | 8% |
| Median household income | $57,000 | $56,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 24 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
January nights average 44.3°, milder than in 96% of U.S. towns; July afternoons average 91.3°.
For Bridge City, the midsummer high is 91°F. Snow almost never falls.
| Bridge City | Louisiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| January low | 44°F | 42°F | 22°F |
| July high | 91°F | 92°F | 85°F |
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
At 1.5 years of the New Orleans metro’s $63K median household income, the typical home costs less against local pay than in 98% of Louisiana towns; that ratio is one input to its B for cost of living.
The going rate for rent in Bridge City is $1,281 a month. The share of households in Bridge City who are owner-occupiers: 58%.
| Bridge City | Louisiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 58% | 68% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,281 a month | $989 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
14 within 15 miles of the center of Bridge City
About 4 of every 100 Bridge City residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Louisiana.
Census-designated place in Louisiana, United States
Bridge City is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, United States. It was established in the 1930s during the construction of the Huey P. Long Bridge over the Mississippi River. The town is located on the south side (referred to as the "West Bank") of the river. It is part of the New Orleans–Metairie–Kenner metropolitan statistical area. The Bridge City CDP population was 7,706 at the 2010 census. At the 2019 American Community Survey, its population declined to 6,602 residents. The population of Bridge City rebounded to 7,219 in 2020.
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5 towns share a border with Bridge City.
| Town | LA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bridge City | #108 | C− | B | — | B | D− |
| Westwego | #132 | D | B− | C− | B | D− |
| Avondale | #140 | D | B | — | B | D− |
| Jefferson | #70 | C | C | — | B | C |
| Elmwood | #6 | B+ | B− | — | B | A− |
| New Orleans | #159 | D− | D | — | D− | C+ |
Bridge City, Avondale, Jefferson, Elmwood and New Orleans report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Bridge City with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Bridge City grades C− overall, better than 19% of U.S. towns and #108 of 161 in Louisiana. It grades D− for health and B for schools. Health is its weak spot, with a D−.
The typical home is worth about $96,000, 55% below the Louisiana typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B.
