Amelia vs Bayou Vista

A side-by-side comparison of Amelia and Bayou Vista: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bayou Vista has the higher population (3,931 vs 2,161 in Amelia). Amelia has the higher median household income ($48,060 vs $47,726 in Bayou Vista). Bayou Vista has the higher median home value ($152,700 vs $80,400 in Amelia).

Population, income & housing

	Amelia	Bayou Vista
Population	2,161	3,931
Median age	32.9 yrs	37.5 yrs
Median household income	$48,060	$47,726
Median home value	$80,400	$152,700
Median gross rent	$840	$928
Housing units	883	1,879
Homeownership rate	65.9%	74.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.5%	7.6%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Amelia	Bayou Vista
Population	2,215 → 2,161 (-2.4%)	4,316 → 3,931 (-8.9%)
Median household income	$30,833 → $48,060 (+55.9%)	$37,659 → $47,726 (+26.7%)
Median home value	$33,100 → $80,400 (+142.9%)	$106,500 → $152,700 (+43.4%)
Median gross rent	$792 → $840 (+6.1%)	$837 → $928 (+10.9%)

Amelia

Population

2,2152,161

Median household income

$30,833$48,060

Median home value

$33,100$80,400

Median gross rent

$792$840

Bayou Vista

Population

4,3163,931

Median household income

$37,659$47,726

Median home value

$106,500$152,700

Median gross rent

$837$928

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Amelia	Bayou Vista
Under 5	6.8%	5.2%
5 to 17	22.9%	20.8%
18 to 24	11.1%	7.6%
25 to 34	10.1%	12.5%
35 to 44	13.2%	9.7%
45 to 54	16.0%	10.9%
55 to 64	8.4%	13.6%
65 to 74	6.3%	10.8%
75 and over	5.3%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Amelia	Bayou Vista
White (non-Hispanic)	22.3%	87.8%
Black or African American	5.7%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	13.5%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	6.5%
Hispanic or Latino	57.2%	4.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Amelia	Bayou Vista
No high school diploma	38.9%	21.0%
High school graduate	47.7%	46.9%
Some college or associate's	8.9%	24.6%
Bachelor's degree	3.4%	7.0%
Graduate or professional degree	1.0%	0.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Amelia	Bayou Vista
Drove alone	84.0%	79.6%
Carpooled	9.6%	7.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.4%	12.4%
Other means	3.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Amelia	Bayou Vista
1-unit, detached	42.6%	69.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.7%	9.6%
5 to 19 units	3.3%	4.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	52.4%	16.3%

Poverty & households

	Amelia	Bayou Vista
Poverty rate	19.3%	24.1%
Average household size	2.92	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	23	18
Median year structure built	1978	1969