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Bayou Cane, LA

21,253 Population
7.6 square miles 2,791.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.3 ±2.3 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA Metro Area: 38.8 ±0.4
  • a little less than the figure in Louisiana: 38 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$32,807 ±$2,910 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA Metro Area: $33,746 ±$914
  • a little less than the amount in Louisiana: $35,038 ±$248
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$74,350 ±$6,233 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA Metro Area: $64,038 ±$2,571
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Louisiana: $60,756 ±$408
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

16% ±4.2% (3,342  ±909) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA Metro Area: 16.5% 32,672 (±1.2% / ±2,380)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Louisiana: 18.9% 848,967 (±0.3% / ±13,955)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

22.5 minutes ±2.1 (229,275  ±34,244) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA Metro Area: 25.5 2,113,870 (±0.8 / ±80,469)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Louisiana: 25.7 46,906,036 (±0.2 / ±362,947)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

8,238 ±608 Number of households
  • the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA Metro Area: 79,889 ±908
  • Louisiana: 1,804,780 ±5,143
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.1 (20,882  ±1,683) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA Metro Area: 2.5 198,793 (±0 / ±74)
  • about the same as the figure in Louisiana: 2.5 4,488,126
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6.2% ±3.6% (316  ±188) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA Metro Area: 7.5% † 3,458 (±1.1% / ±525)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Louisiana: 5.7% 61,378 (±0.2% / ±2,325)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

9,266 ±581 Number of housing units
  • the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA Metro Area: 88,839 ±73
  • Louisiana: 2,108,902 ±333
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$188,700 ±$5,779 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA Metro Area: $189,700 ±$5,930
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Louisiana: $216,500 ±$1,367
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

10.5% ±2.8% (2,188  ±617.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA Metro Area: 8.8% † 17,611 (±0.9% / ±1,880.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Louisiana: 11.4% 520,360 (±0.2% / ±10,157.4)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

88.4% ±3.2% (12,483  ±1,140.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA Metro Area: 83.8% 114,681 (±1.9% / ±2,627.1)
  • about the same as the rate in Louisiana: 87.3% 2,711,692 (±0.5% / ±14,180.6)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
19.3% ±3.5% (2,727  ±541.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA Metro Area: 19.9% 27,167 (±0.9% / ±1,257)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Louisiana: 27% 840,382 (±0.3% / ±8,276.4)
  • about half the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

4.5% ±1.9% (952  ±410) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA Metro Area: 2.8% 5,672
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Louisiana: 4.9% 224,537
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.7% ±1.6% (1,057  ±267) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA Metro Area: 5.1% 7,857 (±0.4% / ±660)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Louisiana: 6.1% 212,834 (±0.1% / ±3,526)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,057 Total veterans ±267 850 Male ±199 207 Female ±172

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