Bayou Blue vs Raceland

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

Bayou Blue and Raceland 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 10,517 in Raceland). Bayou Blue has the higher median household income ($60,189 vs $53,328 in Raceland). Bayou Blue has the higher median home value ($184,200 vs $163,100 in Raceland).

Population, income & housing

	Bayou Blue	Raceland
Population	11,218	10,517
Median age	34.4 yrs	45.0 yrs
Median household income	$60,189	$53,328
Median home value	$184,200	$163,100
Median gross rent	$1,207	$632
Housing units	4,371	4,548
Homeownership rate	89.4%	79.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.0%	10.4%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	11.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bayou Blue	Raceland
Population	11,401 → 11,218 (-1.6%)	10,698 → 10,517 (-1.7%)
Median household income	$66,201 → $60,189 (-9.1%)	$45,128 → $53,328 (+18.2%)
Median home value	$156,500 → $184,200 (+17.7%)	$133,500 → $163,100 (+22.2%)
Median gross rent	$817 → $1,207 (+47.7%)	$643 → $632 (-1.7%)

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

Raceland

Population

10,69810,517

Median household income

$45,128$53,328

Median home value

$133,500$163,100

Median gross rent

$643$632

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bayou Blue	Raceland
Under 5	7.1%	3.7%
5 to 17	18.8%	16.4%
18 to 24	5.6%	5.7%
25 to 34	19.7%	8.5%
35 to 44	11.6%	15.6%
45 to 54	10.1%	13.1%
55 to 64	14.7%	20.1%
65 to 74	7.5%	10.1%
75 and over	4.8%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bayou Blue	Raceland
White (non-Hispanic)	70.5%	67.4%
Black or African American	9.5%	25.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	4.8%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.8%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	8.4%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bayou Blue	Raceland
No high school diploma	16.3%	23.8%
High school graduate	44.3%	41.0%
Some college or associate's	27.3%	24.8%
Bachelor's degree	7.9%	7.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	3.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bayou Blue	Raceland
Drove alone	81.7%	88.5%
Carpooled	9.8%	1.6%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.2%	6.4%
Other means	1.6%	3.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bayou Blue	Raceland
1-unit, detached	64.9%	72.2%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	6.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	34.1%	17.2%

Poverty & households

	Bayou Blue	Raceland
Poverty rate	21.9%	21.0%
Average household size	2.83	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	27	29
Median year structure built	1993	1976