Moving to
Bayou Blue.

12,218people live here $63,958median household income▼ 21% below US $189,100median home value▼ 43% below US

Bayou Blue is an unincorporated community in Lafourche Parish, LA. It has no city government: the county runs it, and the Census counts it as its own place.

What it's like to live in Bayou Blue

Bayou Blue is an unincorporated community in Louisiana with home prices that remain within reach and schools with class sizes near the national average. Those factors carry real weight for anyone weighing where to move next.

The tradeoffs are worth naming plainly. Bayou Blue deals with household incomes below the national average, commute times longer than most cities, college degree attainment below the national average, and a poverty rate above the national average.

The good

Affordable home prices
Average class sizes

The not so good

Below-average household incomes
Above-average commute times
Low college degree attainment
High poverty rate
Hot summers
Very rainy — 65" of rain per year

How Bayou Blue compares

Median household income

Bayou Blue$63,958

Louisiana avg$60,756

US$80,734

Median home value

Bayou Blue$189,100

Louisiana avg$216,500

US$332,700

What it takes to move to Bayou Blue

Based on Bayou Blue's median rent, home value and household income

To buy

$37,820

a 20% down payment on the median home

With 10% down: $18,910
Homes cost 3.0× the typical local household income (US: 4.1×)

Moving costs, closing costs and taxes not included.

The details

Job market

3.8% county unemployment

Unemployment in Lafourche Parish is 3.8%, close to the national average of 4.3%. That's the county-wide rate; BLS doesn't measure a place this size on its own.

Lafourche Parish (county-wide)

Safety

249 violent crimes per 100k, whole jurisdiction

Bayou Blue doesn't have its own police department, so there's no crime rate for it alone. The figures shown are for the Lafourche Parish Sheriff's Office jurisdiction as a whole, which runs below the national average for violent crime and covers many communities. Individual neighborhoods can differ a lot from that overall rate.

Property crime 1237/100k · Policed by Lafourche Parish Sheriff's Office (county-wide rate) · 2025 data

Getting around▲ 18% above US

31 min average commute

Traffic is a real factor here. The 30.6 minute average means plenty of commuters are pushing 45 to 60 minutes on a bad day. Proximity to work matters more here than it might elsewhere. 9 in 10 workers drive to work; 9% work from home.

How workers get to work

Drive alone

79%

Carpool

9.3%

Work from home

9.1%

Other

2.3%

Public transit

0.5%

Climate

Summers are hot and humid, with highs regularly hitting 91°F, and winters are mild, with lows rarely dropping below 46°F. It's a wet climate overall.

Average month

High °FLow °FPrecip (in)

30-year averages, 1991–2020

Education & workforce▼ 57% below US

16% bachelor's degree or higher

This is a working-class city, and college degree rates reflect that. Trades, manufacturing, and service industries tend to dominate the local economy, which is a strength for some fields and a real constraint for others.

Schools

3 public schools inside the boundary

There are 3 public schools inside the boundary. The student-to-teacher ratio is 17:1, close to the national average of 16:1.

Parks & recreation

The nearest national park or historic site is Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve (34 miles away). There are 2 national parks and sites within a day's drive.

Bottom line

Bayou Blue's strongest point is home prices that remain within reach; the main tradeoffs are household incomes below the national average and commute times longer than most cities. It may be a harder fit for anyone who doesn't drive.

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