Bayou Blue vs Chackbay

A side-by-side comparison of Bayou Blue and Chackbay: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bayou Blue has the higher population (11,218 vs 5,287 in Chackbay). Chackbay has the higher median household income ($74,141 vs $60,189 in Bayou Blue). Chackbay has the higher median home value ($229,000 vs $184,200 in Bayou Blue).

Population, income & housing

	Bayou Blue	Chackbay
Population	11,218	5,287
Median age	34.4 yrs	45.2 yrs
Median household income	$60,189	$74,141
Median home value	$184,200	$229,000
Median gross rent	$1,207	$838
Housing units	4,371	2,323
Homeownership rate	89.4%	97.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.0%	24.3%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bayou Blue	Chackbay
Population	11,401 → 11,218 (-1.6%)	5,368 → 5,287 (-1.5%)
Median household income	$66,201 → $60,189 (-9.1%)	$62,301 → $74,141 (+19.0%)
Median home value	$156,500 → $184,200 (+17.7%)	$166,300 → $229,000 (+37.7%)
Median gross rent	$817 → $1,207 (+47.7%)	$469 → $838 (+78.7%)

Bayou Blue

Population

11,40111,218

Median household income

$66,201$60,189

Median home value

$156,500$184,200

Median gross rent

$817$1,207

Chackbay

Population

5,3685,287

Median household income

$62,301$74,141

Median home value

$166,300$229,000

Median gross rent

$469$838

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bayou Blue	Chackbay
Under 5	7.1%	5.1%
5 to 17	18.8%	17.9%
18 to 24	5.6%	9.3%
25 to 34	19.7%	4.6%
35 to 44	11.6%	12.9%
45 to 54	10.1%	18.4%
55 to 64	14.7%	17.5%
65 to 74	7.5%	9.9%
75 and over	4.8%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bayou Blue	Chackbay
White (non-Hispanic)	70.5%	94.6%
Black or African American	9.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	4.8%	0.8%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.8%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	8.4%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bayou Blue	Chackbay
No high school diploma	16.3%	13.1%
High school graduate	44.3%	39.5%
Some college or associate's	27.3%	23.1%
Bachelor's degree	7.9%	21.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	2.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bayou Blue	Chackbay
Drove alone	81.7%	75.0%
Carpooled	9.8%	19.1%
Public transit	0.5%	0.9%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.2%	4.3%
Other means	1.6%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bayou Blue	Chackbay
1-unit, detached	64.9%	83.2%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	34.1%	15.3%

Poverty & households

	Bayou Blue	Chackbay
Poverty rate	21.9%	9.5%
Average household size	2.83	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	27	29
Median year structure built	1993	1985