Belle Chasse vs Port Sulphur

A side-by-side comparison of Belle Chasse and Port Sulphur: population, income, housing, and more.

Belle Chasse and Port Sulphur are places in Louisiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Belle Chasse has the higher population (11,046 vs 1,529 in Port Sulphur). Belle Chasse has the higher median household income ($96,381 vs $54,342 in Port Sulphur). Belle Chasse has the higher median home value ($361,800 vs $87,300 in Port Sulphur).

Population, income & housing

	Belle Chasse	Port Sulphur
Population	11,046	1,529
Median age	38.4 yrs	34.2 yrs
Median household income	$96,381	$54,342
Median home value	$361,800	$87,300
Median gross rent	$1,545	—
Housing units	4,468	554
Homeownership rate	77.3%	90.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.0%	10.8%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	13.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belle Chasse	Port Sulphur
Population	14,024 → 11,046 (-21.2%)	1,789 → 1,529 (-14.5%)
Median household income	$66,653 → $96,381 (+44.6%)	$29,688 → $54,342 (+83.0%)
Median home value	$263,400 → $361,800 (+37.4%)	$75,600 → $87,300 (+15.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,379 → $1,545 (+12.0%)	—

Belle Chasse

Population

14,02411,046

Median household income

$66,653$96,381

Median home value

$263,400$361,800

Median gross rent

$1,379$1,545

Port Sulphur

Population

1,7891,529

Median household income

$29,688$54,342

Median home value

$75,600$87,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belle Chasse	Port Sulphur
Under 5	5.3%	7.1%
5 to 17	18.5%	20.6%
18 to 24	7.7%	13.7%
25 to 34	13.0%	10.4%
35 to 44	13.9%	5.2%
45 to 54	13.1%	20.5%
55 to 64	13.5%	10.4%
65 to 74	9.4%	5.2%
75 and over	5.7%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belle Chasse	Port Sulphur
White (non-Hispanic)	75.9%	15.2%
Black or African American	9.4%	57.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.8%	0.9%
Asian	2.6%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	2.0%	20.7%
Hispanic or Latino	8.2%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belle Chasse	Port Sulphur
No high school diploma	7.5%	27.3%
High school graduate	31.5%	41.2%
Some college or associate's	32.0%	20.6%
Bachelor's degree	20.4%	1.5%
Graduate or professional degree	8.7%	9.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belle Chasse	Port Sulphur
Drove alone	86.8%	86.0%
Carpooled	9.7%	14.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.3%	0.0%
Other means	0.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belle Chasse	Port Sulphur
1-unit, detached	79.7%	6.1%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.1%	93.9%

Poverty & households

	Belle Chasse	Port Sulphur
Poverty rate	7.7%	10.7%
Average household size	2.65	3.33
Mean commute (minutes)	28	30
Median year structure built	1987	2005