Bayou Vista vs Morgan City

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

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

Morgan City has the higher population (11,208 vs 3,931 in Bayou Vista). Morgan City has the higher median household income ($56,729 vs $47,726 in Bayou Vista). Bayou Vista has the higher median home value ($152,700 vs $146,100 in Morgan City).

Population, income & housing

	Bayou Vista	Morgan City
Population	3,931	11,208
Median age	37.5 yrs	41.6 yrs
Median household income	$47,726	$56,729
Median home value	$152,700	$146,100
Median gross rent	$928	$861
Housing units	1,879	5,354
Homeownership rate	74.7%	63.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.6%	15.9%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	7.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bayou Vista	Morgan City
Population	4,316 → 3,931 (-8.9%)	11,206 → 11,208 (+0.0%)
Median household income	$37,659 → $47,726 (+26.7%)	$40,240 → $56,729 (+41.0%)
Median home value	$106,500 → $152,700 (+43.4%)	$132,400 → $146,100 (+10.3%)
Median gross rent	$837 → $928 (+10.9%)	$811 → $861 (+6.2%)

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

Morgan City

Population

11,20611,208

Median household income

$40,240$56,729

Median home value

$132,400$146,100

Median gross rent

$811$861

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bayou Vista	Morgan City
Under 5	5.2%	7.7%
5 to 17	20.8%	16.4%
18 to 24	7.6%	5.8%
25 to 34	12.5%	12.9%
35 to 44	9.7%	10.4%
45 to 54	10.9%	14.2%
55 to 64	13.6%	15.6%
65 to 74	10.8%	10.9%
75 and over	9.0%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bayou Vista	Morgan City
White (non-Hispanic)	87.8%	60.5%
Black or African American	1.3%	17.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.4%
Asian	0.1%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.5%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	4.4%	15.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bayou Vista	Morgan City
No high school diploma	21.0%	20.8%
High school graduate	46.9%	41.8%
Some college or associate's	24.6%	21.5%
Bachelor's degree	7.0%	10.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.6%	5.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bayou Vista	Morgan City
Drove alone	79.6%	84.6%
Carpooled	7.9%	8.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.1%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.1%
Worked from home	12.4%	3.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bayou Vista	Morgan City
1-unit, detached	69.5%	75.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	9.6%	10.9%
5 to 19 units	4.7%	3.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.3%
Mobile home & other	16.3%	5.9%

Poverty & households

	Bayou Vista	Morgan City
Poverty rate	24.1%	20.4%
Average household size	2.32	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	18	29
Median year structure built	1969	1968