Ama vs Bayou Gauche

A side-by-side comparison of Ama and Bayou Gauche: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Ama has the higher population (1,473 vs 1,463 in Bayou Gauche). Bayou Gauche has the higher median household income ($149,107 vs $70,652 in Ama). Bayou Gauche has the higher median home value ($295,900 vs $213,300 in Ama).

Population, income & housing

	Ama	Bayou Gauche
Population	1,473	1,463
Median age	45.0 yrs	39.4 yrs
Median household income	$70,652	$149,107
Median home value	$213,300	$295,900
Median gross rent	$1,151	—
Housing units	579	540
Homeownership rate	86.9%	94.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.1%	33.2%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ama	Bayou Gauche
Population	1,172 → 1,473 (+25.7%)	1,819 → 1,463 (-19.6%)
Median household income	$57,794 → $70,652 (+22.2%)	$68,191 → $149,107 (+118.7%)
Median home value	$143,300 → $213,300 (+48.8%)	$224,800 → $295,900 (+31.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,600 → $1,151 (-28.1%)	—

Ama

Population

1,1721,473

Median household income

$57,794$70,652

Median home value

$143,300$213,300

Median gross rent

$1,600$1,151

Bayou Gauche

Population

1,8191,463

Median household income

$68,191$149,107

Median home value

$224,800$295,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ama	Bayou Gauche
Under 5	12.6%	7.9%
5 to 17	15.3%	18.3%
18 to 24	4.4%	4.0%
25 to 34	7.9%	7.8%
35 to 44	9.7%	18.1%
45 to 54	8.1%	16.3%
55 to 64	17.9%	14.7%
65 to 74	13.4%	12.7%
75 and over	10.6%	0.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ama	Bayou Gauche
White (non-Hispanic)	52.1%	100.0%
Black or African American	42.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	0.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ama	Bayou Gauche
No high school diploma	8.1%	5.0%
High school graduate	46.7%	35.2%
Some college or associate's	31.0%	26.6%
Bachelor's degree	9.3%	18.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	14.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ama	Bayou Gauche
Drove alone	86.6%	94.1%
Carpooled	11.0%	2.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.4%	3.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ama	Bayou Gauche
1-unit, detached	76.7%	87.2%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	20.6%	12.8%

Poverty & households

	Ama	Bayou Gauche
Poverty rate	13.4%	0.0%
Average household size	2.75	2.87
Mean commute (minutes)	30	21
Median year structure built	1987	1992