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Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA Metro Area

199,206 Population
2,297.7 square miles 86.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.7 ±0.6 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$36,192 ±$2,397 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$62,338 ±$5,093 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

15.9% ±2.5% (31,151  ±4,850) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

27.2 minutes ±2 (2,331,515  ±188,151) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

81,436 ±1,608 Number of households
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.4 ±0.1 (195,420  ±209) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

6% ±2.3% (2,585  ±1,008) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

89,660 ±94 Number of housing units
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$192,000 ±$12,933 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

6.5% ±1.4% (12,800  ±2,847.8) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

84% ±3.6% (116,313  ±5,120.1) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
20.3% ±1.9% (28,148  ±2,623.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

3.4% (6,725  ±1,447) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

5.6% ±0.9% (8,470  ±1,421) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
8,470 Total veterans ±1,421 7,533 Male ±1,314 937 Female ±653

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