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Bayou Cane, LA

22,143 Population
7.6 square miles 2,908.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.3 ±2.6 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA Metro Area: 38.2 ±0.4
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Louisiana: 37.8 ±0.1

Economics

$31,724 ±$2,957 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA Metro Area: $33,067 ±$1,136
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Louisiana: $34,211 ±$247
$73,235 ±$7,502 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA Metro Area: $64,269 ±$3,557
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Louisiana: $60,023 ±$491

18.7% ±4.2% (4,069  ±971) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA Metro Area: 17.2% 34,338 (±1.3% / ±2,615)
  • about the same as the rate in Louisiana: 18.9% 848,769 (±0.3% / ±14,766)

23.2 minutes ±2.6 (247,050  ±39,475) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA Metro Area: 25.3 2,107,220 (±0.6 / ±71,815)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Louisiana: 25.8 47,566,968 (±0.2 / ±402,285)

Families

8,419 ±592 Number of households
  • the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA Metro Area: 79,238 ±858
  • Louisiana: 1,783,168 ±5,717
2.6 ±0.1 (21,770  ±1,700) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA Metro Area: 2.5 200,409 (±0 / ±59)
  • a little higher than the figure in Louisiana: 2.5 4,497,152

7.3% ±3.1% (400  ±178) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA Metro Area: 7.3% † 3,411 (±1.1% / ±529)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Louisiana: 5.6% 60,096 (±0.2% / ±2,274)

Housing

9,282 ±641 Number of housing units
  • the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA Metro Area: 88,400 ±85
  • Louisiana: 2,094,002 ±454

$195,900 ±$6,087 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA Metro Area: $189,900 ±$4,657
  • a little less than the amount in Louisiana: $208,700 ±$1,365

13.5% ±4% (2,938  ±886.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA Metro Area: 10.6% † 21,243 (±1.2% / ±2,424.3)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Louisiana: 11.9% 543,392 (±0.2% / ±10,090.1)

Social

89.3% ±4.2% (13,063  ±1,190.3) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA Metro Area: 83.1% 114,130 (±2.1% / ±2,837.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in Louisiana: 86.9% 2,702,854 (±0.5% / ±14,218.9)
18.5% ±3.5% (2,706  ±546.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA Metro Area: 19% 26,154 (±1.1% / ±1,448.7)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Louisiana: 26.6% 825,794 (±0.3% / ±7,861)

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

3.9% ±1.6% (869  ±349) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA Metro Area: 2.9% 5,899
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Louisiana: 4.7% 218,450

5.8% ±1.6% (945  ±279) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA Metro Area: 5.3% 8,175 (±0.4% / ±669)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Louisiana: 6.2% 217,225 (±0.1% / ±3,492)
945 Total veterans ±279 843 Male ±267 102 Female ±65

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