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Golden Meadow, LA

1,791 Population
2.4 square miles 732 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.2 ±5.3 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA Metro Area: 38.2 ±0.4
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Louisiana: 37.8 ±0.1

Economics

$34,626 ±$5,556 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA Metro Area: $33,067 ±$1,136
  • about the same as the amount in Louisiana: $34,211 ±$247
$70,701 ±$11,111 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA Metro Area: $64,269 ±$3,557
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Louisiana: $60,023 ±$491

11.6% ±4.1% (207  ±87) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA Metro Area: 17.2% 34,338 (±1.3% / ±2,615)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Louisiana: 18.9% 848,769 (±0.3% / ±14,766)

24.9 minutes ±4.8 (18,100  ±6,697) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA Metro Area: 25.3 2,107,220 (±0.6 / ±71,815)
  • a little less than the figure in Louisiana: 25.8 47,566,968 (±0.2 / ±402,285)

Families

695 ±152 Number of households
  • the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA Metro Area: 79,238 ±858
  • Louisiana: 1,783,168 ±5,717
2.6 ±0.1 (1,773  ±400) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA Metro Area: 2.5 200,409 (±0 / ±59)
  • about the same as the figure in Louisiana: 2.5 4,497,152

4.8% ±4.5% (17  ±17) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA Metro Area: 7.3% † 3,411 (±1.1% / ±529)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Louisiana: 5.6% 60,096 (±0.2% / ±2,274)

Housing

941 ±158 Number of housing units
  • the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA Metro Area: 88,400 ±85
  • Louisiana: 2,094,002 ±454

$140,300 ±$11,109 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA Metro Area: $189,900 ±$4,657
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Louisiana: $208,700 ±$1,365

11.7% ±5.1% (209  ±102.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA Metro Area: 10.6% † 21,243 (±1.2% / ±2,424.3)
  • about the same as the rate in Louisiana: 11.9% 543,392 (±0.2% / ±10,090.1)

Social

83.4% ±2.6% (1,128  ±225.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA Metro Area: 83.1% 114,130 (±2.1% / ±2,837.4)
  • a little less than the rate in Louisiana: 86.9% 2,702,854 (±0.5% / ±14,218.9)
11.9% ±6% (161  ±87) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA Metro Area: 19% 26,154 (±1.1% / ±1,448.7)
  • about half the rate in Louisiana: 26.6% 825,794 (±0.3% / ±7,861)

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

7.9% ±8% (142  ±147) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA Metro Area: 2.9% 5,899
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Louisiana: 4.7% 218,450

7.4% ±4.4% (108  ±68) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA Metro Area: 5.3% 8,175 (±0.4% / ±669)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Louisiana: 6.2% 217,225 (±0.1% / ±3,492)
108 Total veterans ±68 108 Male ±68 N/A Female ±14

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