Bayou L'Ourse vs Belle Rose

A side-by-side comparison of Bayou L'Ourse and Belle Rose: population, income, housing, and more.

Bayou L'Ourse and Belle Rose are places in Louisiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Bayou L'Ourse has the higher population (2,197 vs 1,574 in Belle Rose). Belle Rose has the higher median household income ($101,184 vs $49,318 in Bayou L'Ourse). Belle Rose has the higher median home value ($263,900 vs $83,900 in Bayou L'Ourse).

Population, income & housing

	Bayou L'Ourse	Belle Rose
Population	2,197	1,574
Median age	37.2 yrs	48.9 yrs
Median household income	$49,318	$101,184
Median home value	$83,900	$263,900
Housing units	742	771
Homeownership rate	98.0%	95.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.2%	20.1%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	6.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bayou L'Ourse	Belle Rose
Population	1,892 → 2,197 (+16.1%)	2,338 → 1,574 (-32.7%)
Median household income	$23,457 → $49,318 (+110.2%)	$41,854 → $101,184 (+141.8%)
Median home value	$86,100 → $83,900 (-2.6%)	$169,200 → $263,900 (+56.0%)
Median gross rent	$756 → $493 (-34.8%)	$939 → $1,366 (+45.5%)

Bayou L'Ourse

Population

1,8922,197

Median household income

$23,457$49,318

Median home value

$86,100$83,900

Median gross rent

$756$493

Belle Rose

Population

2,3381,574

Median household income

$41,854$101,184

Median home value

$169,200$263,900

Median gross rent

$939$1,366

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bayou L'Ourse	Belle Rose
Under 5	9.8%	0.0%
5 to 17	16.8%	16.4%
18 to 24	7.2%	1.6%
25 to 34	9.9%	9.2%
35 to 44	19.5%	11.9%
45 to 54	10.7%	25.7%
55 to 64	13.6%	17.1%
65 to 74	9.9%	13.1%
75 and over	2.5%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bayou L'Ourse	Belle Rose
White (non-Hispanic)	88.8%	39.4%
Black or African American	5.2%	56.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.6%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bayou L'Ourse	Belle Rose
No high school diploma	19.7%	12.3%
High school graduate	51.6%	37.1%
Some college or associate's	15.5%	30.4%
Bachelor's degree	10.9%	10.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2.3%	9.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bayou L'Ourse	Belle Rose
Drove alone	88.5%	94.4%
Carpooled	8.1%	2.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.4%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bayou L'Ourse	Belle Rose
1-unit, detached	41.0%	63.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	5.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	59.0%	25.7%

Poverty & households

	Bayou L'Ourse	Belle Rose
Poverty rate	27.9%	1.2%
Average household size	3.16	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	30	22
Median year structure built	1990	1983