Bayou Blue vs Larose

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

Bayou Blue and Larose 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 5,937 in Larose). Larose has the higher median household income ($71,250 vs $60,189 in Bayou Blue). Bayou Blue has the higher median home value ($184,200 vs $181,600 in Larose).

Population, income & housing

	Bayou Blue	Larose
Population	11,218	5,937
Median age	34.4 yrs	42.1 yrs
Median household income	$60,189	$71,250
Median home value	$184,200	$181,600
Median gross rent	$1,207	$739
Housing units	4,371	2,736
Homeownership rate	89.4%	82.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.0%	12.1%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	9.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bayou Blue	Larose
Population	11,401 → 11,218 (-1.6%)	7,151 → 5,937 (-17.0%)
Median household income	$66,201 → $60,189 (-9.1%)	$50,107 → $71,250 (+42.2%)
Median home value	$156,500 → $184,200 (+17.7%)	$124,900 → $181,600 (+45.4%)
Median gross rent	$817 → $1,207 (+47.7%)	$693 → $739 (+6.6%)

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

Larose

Population

7,1515,937

Median household income

$50,107$71,250

Median home value

$124,900$181,600

Median gross rent

$693$739

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bayou Blue	Larose
Under 5	7.1%	7.1%
5 to 17	18.8%	14.3%
18 to 24	5.6%	8.6%
25 to 34	19.7%	12.0%
35 to 44	11.6%	14.3%
45 to 54	10.1%	10.2%
55 to 64	14.7%	17.0%
65 to 74	7.5%	7.7%
75 and over	4.8%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bayou Blue	Larose
White (non-Hispanic)	70.5%	81.3%
Black or African American	9.5%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	4.8%	3.7%
Asian	0.0%	3.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.8%	6.9%
Hispanic or Latino	8.4%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bayou Blue	Larose
No high school diploma	16.3%	28.0%
High school graduate	44.3%	35.0%
Some college or associate's	27.3%	24.9%
Bachelor's degree	7.9%	9.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	3.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bayou Blue	Larose
Drove alone	81.7%	81.2%
Carpooled	9.8%	12.0%
Public transit	0.5%	0.2%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.2%	0.0%
Other means	1.6%	6.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bayou Blue	Larose
1-unit, detached	64.9%	77.4%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	34.1%	16.9%

Poverty & households

	Bayou Blue	Larose
Poverty rate	21.9%	16.5%
Average household size	2.83	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	27	25
Median year structure built	1993	1984