Broussard vs Scott

A side-by-side comparison of Broussard and Scott: population, income, housing, and more.

Broussard and Scott are places in Louisiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Broussard has the higher population (13,791 vs 8,348 in Scott). Broussard has the higher median household income ($116,613 vs $54,220 in Scott). Broussard has the higher median home value ($301,000 vs $155,700 in Scott).

Population, income & housing

	Broussard	Scott
Population	13,791	8,348
Median age	33.9 yrs	45.6 yrs
Median household income	$116,613	$54,220
Median home value	$301,000	$155,700
Median gross rent	$982	$1,002
Housing units	5,510	4,205
Homeownership rate	82.9%	75.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.5%	18.6%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Broussard	Scott
Population	11,913 → 13,791 (+15.8%)	8,729 → 8,348 (-4.4%)
Median household income	$82,677 → $116,613 (+41.0%)	$54,551 → $54,220 (-0.6%)
Median home value	$214,400 → $301,000 (+40.4%)	$137,600 → $155,700 (+13.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,210 → $982 (-18.8%)	$841 → $1,002 (+19.1%)

Broussard

Population

11,91313,791

Median household income

$82,677$116,613

Median home value

$214,400$301,000

Median gross rent

$1,210$982

Scott

Population

8,7298,348

Median household income

$54,551$54,220

Median home value

$137,600$155,700

Median gross rent

$841$1,002

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Broussard	Scott
Under 5	7.4%	1.4%
5 to 17	22.3%	14.8%
18 to 24	6.3%	9.0%
25 to 34	15.1%	9.7%
35 to 44	18.4%	14.5%
45 to 54	10.1%	13.3%
55 to 64	11.8%	16.8%
65 to 74	6.5%	14.2%
75 and over	2.2%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Broussard	Scott
White (non-Hispanic)	73.4%	75.6%
Black or African American	18.6%	12.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.7%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.5%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	4.8%	7.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Broussard	Scott
No high school diploma	9.2%	13.5%
High school graduate	25.2%	39.4%
Some college or associate's	25.1%	28.5%
Bachelor's degree	32.5%	13.3%
Graduate or professional degree	8.0%	5.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Broussard	Scott
Drove alone	91.3%	84.4%
Carpooled	1.2%	7.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.9%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.7%	7.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Broussard	Scott
1-unit, detached	85.0%	75.5%
1-unit, attached	5.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.6%	3.2%
5 to 19 units	3.8%	0.5%
20 or more units	0.8%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	3.3%	19.8%

Poverty & households

	Broussard	Scott
Poverty rate	16.5%	15.1%
Average household size	2.83	2.08
Mean commute (minutes)	21	24
Median year structure built	2003	1987