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Houma, LA

32,392 Population
14.5 square miles 2,239 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.9 ±3.4 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA Metro Area: 38.8 ±0.4
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Louisiana: 38 ±0.1

Economics

$34,076 ±$3,279 Per capita income
  • about the same as 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
$58,194 ±$6,779 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA Metro Area: $64,038 ±$2,571
  • a little less than the amount in Louisiana: $60,756 ±$408

16.3% ±3.5% (5,251  ±1,113) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA Metro Area: 16.5% 32,672 (±1.2% / ±2,380)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Louisiana: 18.9% 848,967 (±0.3% / ±13,955)

19.7 minutes ±1.6 (263,260  ±27,949) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA Metro Area: 25.5 2,113,870 (±0.8 / ±80,469)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Louisiana: 25.7 46,906,036 (±0.2 / ±362,947)

Families

13,346 ±646 Number of households
  • the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA Metro Area: 79,889 ±908
  • Louisiana: 1,804,780 ±5,143
2.4 ±0.1 (32,168  ±82) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA Metro Area: 2.5 198,793 (±0 / ±74)
  • a little less than the figure in Louisiana: 2.5 4,488,126

16% ±4.5% (1,132  ±332) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA Metro Area: 7.5% † 3,458 (±1.1% / ±525)
  • more than double the rate in Louisiana: 5.7% 61,378 (±0.2% / ±2,325)

Housing

14,945 ±570 Number of housing units
  • the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA Metro Area: 88,839 ±73
  • Louisiana: 2,108,902 ±333

$205,900 ±$10,481 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA Metro Area: $189,700 ±$5,930
  • a little less than the amount in Louisiana: $216,500 ±$1,367

10.3% ±3% (3,234  ±958) 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)

Social

88.9% ±4.9% (18,511  ±1,233.3) 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)
23.8% ±2.8% (4,947  ±602.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA Metro Area: 19.9% 27,167 (±0.9% / ±1,257)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Louisiana: 27% 840,382 (±0.3% / ±8,276.4)

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

3.4% ±1.3% (1,092  ±407) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA Metro Area: 2.8% 5,672
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Louisiana: 4.9% 224,537

6.9% ±1.3% (1,608  ±308) 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)
1,608 Total veterans ±308 1,517 Male ±290 91 Female ±69

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