Raceland vs Thibodaux

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

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

Thibodaux has the higher population (15,792 vs 10,517 in Raceland). Thibodaux has the higher median household income ($53,775 vs $53,328 in Raceland). Thibodaux has the higher median home value ($237,400 vs $163,100 in Raceland).

Population, income & housing

	Raceland	Thibodaux
Population	10,517	15,792
Median age	45.0 yrs	36.7 yrs
Median household income	$53,328	$53,775
Median home value	$163,100	$237,400
Median gross rent	$632	$989
Housing units	4,548	7,310
Homeownership rate	79.1%	58.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.4%	37.5%
Unemployment rate	11.1%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Raceland	Thibodaux
Population	10,698 → 10,517 (-1.7%)	14,494 → 15,792 (+9.0%)
Median household income	$45,128 → $53,328 (+18.2%)	$38,269 → $53,775 (+40.5%)
Median home value	$133,500 → $163,100 (+22.2%)	$166,800 → $237,400 (+42.3%)
Median gross rent	$643 → $632 (-1.7%)	$816 → $989 (+21.2%)

Raceland

Population

10,69810,517

Median household income

$45,128$53,328

Median home value

$133,500$163,100

Median gross rent

$643$632

Thibodaux

Population

14,49415,792

Median household income

$38,269$53,775

Median home value

$166,800$237,400

Median gross rent

$816$989

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Raceland	Thibodaux
Under 5	3.7%	5.6%
5 to 17	16.4%	14.7%
18 to 24	5.7%	15.9%
25 to 34	8.5%	11.4%
35 to 44	15.6%	12.8%
45 to 54	13.1%	10.1%
55 to 64	20.1%	11.9%
65 to 74	10.1%	9.8%
75 and over	6.6%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Raceland	Thibodaux
White (non-Hispanic)	67.4%	65.8%
Black or African American	25.7%	24.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	1.8%
Asian	1.2%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.9%
Two or more races	4.6%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Raceland	Thibodaux
No high school diploma	23.8%	11.9%
High school graduate	41.0%	30.3%
Some college or associate's	24.8%	20.2%
Bachelor's degree	7.3%	22.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.0%	15.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Raceland	Thibodaux
Drove alone	88.5%	77.1%
Carpooled	1.6%	6.1%
Public transit	0.0%	1.3%
Walked	0.1%	8.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	6.4%	4.7%
Other means	3.5%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Raceland	Thibodaux
1-unit, detached	72.2%	63.8%
1-unit, attached	6.9%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	3.4%	17.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	10.7%
20 or more units	0.3%	2.8%
Mobile home & other	17.2%	2.9%

Poverty & households

	Raceland	Thibodaux
Poverty rate	21.0%	22.0%
Average household size	2.49	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	29	22
Median year structure built	1976	1974