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Bayou Vista, LA

3,931 Population
1.8 square miles 2,182 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.5 ±5.6 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Morgan City, LA Micro Area: 39.7 ±0.6
  • about the same as the figure in Louisiana: 37.8 ±0.1

Economics

$33,881 ±$9,652 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Morgan City, LA Micro Area: $28,157 ±$1,612
  • about the same as the amount in Louisiana: $34,211 ±$247
$47,726 ±$16,661 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Morgan City, LA Micro Area: $51,768 ±$3,798
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Louisiana: $60,023 ±$491

24.1% ±10.1% (946  ±412) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Morgan City, LA Micro Area: 22.1% † 10,553 (±2.6% / ±1,239)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Louisiana: 18.9% 848,769 (±0.3% / ±14,766)

17.7 minutes ±4.6 (25,925  ±9,146) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Morgan City, LA Micro Area: 24.7 450,275 (±1.9 / ±38,442)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Louisiana: 25.8 47,566,968 (±0.2 / ±402,285)

Families

1,679 ±211 Number of households
  • the Morgan City, LA Micro Area: 18,705 ±401
  • Louisiana: 1,783,168 ±5,717
2.3 ±0.4 (3,889  ±453) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Morgan City, LA Micro Area: 2.6 47,717 (±0.1 / ±41)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Louisiana: 2.5 4,497,152

2.1% ±3.7% (15  ±27) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Morgan City, LA Micro Area: 3.6% † 364 (±1.5% / ±148)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Louisiana: 5.6% 60,096 (±0.2% / ±2,274)

Housing

1,879 ±225 Number of housing units
  • the Morgan City, LA Micro Area: 22,510 ±42
  • Louisiana: 2,094,002 ±454

$152,700 ±$21,910 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Morgan City, LA Micro Area: $128,000 ±$8,695
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Louisiana: $208,700 ±$1,365

16.4% ±9.7% (641  ±386.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Morgan City, LA Micro Area: 11% † 5,288 (±2% / ±977.3)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Louisiana: 11.9% 543,392 (±0.2% / ±10,090.1)

Social

79% ±8.1% (2,064  ±309.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Morgan City, LA Micro Area: 80.6% 26,562 (±3.4% / ±1,129.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Louisiana: 86.9% 2,702,854 (±0.5% / ±14,218.9)
7.6% ±4.2% (198  ±112.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Morgan City, LA Micro Area: 13.1% † 4,325 (±1.5% / ±498.7)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Louisiana: 26.6% 825,794 (±0.3% / ±7,861)

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

4% ±3.7% (158  ±145) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Morgan City, LA Micro Area: 4.9% 2,366
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Louisiana: 4.7% 218,450

6.3% ±3.3% (183  ±97) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Morgan City, LA Micro Area: 5.1% † 1,852 (±0.7% / ±249)
  • about the same as the rate in Louisiana: 6.2% 217,225 (±0.1% / ±3,492)
183 Total veterans ±97 180 Male ±95 3 Female ±9

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