Chackbay vs Lafourche Crossing

A side-by-side comparison of Chackbay and Lafourche Crossing: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Chackbay has the higher population (5,287 vs 2,439 in Lafourche Crossing). Lafourche Crossing has the higher median household income ($78,173 vs $74,141 in Chackbay). Lafourche Crossing has the higher median home value ($257,600 vs $229,000 in Chackbay).

Population, income & housing

	Chackbay	Lafourche Crossing
Population	5,287	2,439
Median age	45.2 yrs	42.2 yrs
Median household income	$74,141	$78,173
Median home value	$229,000	$257,600
Median gross rent	$838	$1,573
Housing units	2,323	897
Homeownership rate	97.5%	80.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.3%	28.4%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	1.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chackbay	Lafourche Crossing
Population	5,368 → 5,287 (-1.5%)	2,142 → 2,439 (+13.9%)
Median household income	$62,301 → $74,141 (+19.0%)	$92,188 → $78,173 (-15.2%)
Median home value	$166,300 → $229,000 (+37.7%)	$242,900 → $257,600 (+6.1%)
Median gross rent	$469 → $838 (+78.7%)	$856 → $1,573 (+83.8%)

Chackbay

Population

5,3685,287

Median household income

$62,301$74,141

Median home value

$166,300$229,000

Median gross rent

$469$838

Lafourche Crossing

Population

2,1422,439

Median household income

$92,188$78,173

Median home value

$242,900$257,600

Median gross rent

$856$1,573

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chackbay	Lafourche Crossing
Under 5	5.1%	3.9%
5 to 17	17.9%	22.8%
18 to 24	9.3%	11.5%
25 to 34	4.6%	6.2%
35 to 44	12.9%	16.4%
45 to 54	18.4%	7.2%
55 to 64	17.5%	11.9%
65 to 74	9.9%	11.8%
75 and over	4.4%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chackbay	Lafourche Crossing
White (non-Hispanic)	94.6%	76.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	20.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	0.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chackbay	Lafourche Crossing
No high school diploma	13.1%	7.6%
High school graduate	39.5%	37.2%
Some college or associate's	23.1%	26.8%
Bachelor's degree	21.6%	22.1%
Graduate or professional degree	2.7%	6.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chackbay	Lafourche Crossing
Drove alone	75.0%	82.7%
Carpooled	19.1%	13.2%
Public transit	0.9%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.3%	1.7%
Other means	0.7%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chackbay	Lafourche Crossing
1-unit, detached	83.2%	91.0%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	15.3%	9.0%

Poverty & households

	Chackbay	Lafourche Crossing
Poverty rate	9.5%	26.8%
Average household size	2.56	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	29	26
Median year structure built	1985	1993