Bayou L'Ourse vs Paincourtville

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

Bayou L'Ourse and Paincourtville 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 1,455 in Paincourtville). Paincourtville has the higher median household income ($61,037 vs $49,318 in Bayou L'Ourse). Since 2019, Paincourtville's population has grown faster (+20.7% vs +16.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Bayou L'Ourse	Paincourtville
Population	2,197	1,455
Median age	37.2 yrs	23.9 yrs
Median household income	$49,318	$61,037
Median home value	$83,900	—
Housing units	742	535
Homeownership rate	98.0%	70.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.2%	17.9%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bayou L'Ourse	Paincourtville
Population	1,892 → 2,197 (+16.1%)	1,205 → 1,455 (+20.7%)
Median household income	$23,457 → $49,318 (+110.2%)	$70,682 → $61,037 (-13.6%)
Median home value	$86,100 → $83,900 (-2.6%)	$117,800 → $125,000 (+6.1%)
Median gross rent	$756 → $493 (-34.8%)	—

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

Paincourtville

Population

1,2051,455

Median household income

$70,682$61,037

Median home value

$117,800$125,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bayou L'Ourse	Paincourtville
Under 5	9.8%	9.0%
5 to 17	16.8%	17.9%
18 to 24	7.2%	24.4%
25 to 34	9.9%	7.6%
35 to 44	19.5%	9.3%
45 to 54	10.7%	18.1%
55 to 64	13.6%	6.9%
65 to 74	9.9%	4.8%
75 and over	2.5%	1.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bayou L'Ourse	Paincourtville
White (non-Hispanic)	88.8%	26.4%
Black or African American	5.2%	60.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.6%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	9.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bayou L'Ourse	Paincourtville
No high school diploma	19.7%	13.7%
High school graduate	51.6%	41.2%
Some college or associate's	15.5%	27.1%
Bachelor's degree	10.9%	14.7%
Graduate or professional degree	2.3%	3.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bayou L'Ourse	Paincourtville
Drove alone	88.5%	93.7%
Carpooled	8.1%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.4%	6.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bayou L'Ourse	Paincourtville
1-unit, detached	41.0%	44.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	59.0%	55.5%

Poverty & households

	Bayou L'Ourse	Paincourtville
Poverty rate	27.9%	0.2%
Average household size	3.16	2.91
Mean commute (minutes)	30	23
Median year structure built	1990	1979