Bayou Cane vs Bourg

A side-by-side comparison of Bayou Cane and Bourg: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bayou Cane has the higher population (22,143 vs 2,386 in Bourg). Bourg has the higher median household income ($100,043 vs $73,235 in Bayou Cane). Bayou Cane has the higher median home value ($195,900 vs $185,100 in Bourg).

Population, income & housing

	Bayou Cane	Bourg
Population	22,143	2,386
Median age	35.3 yrs	40.6 yrs
Median household income	$73,235	$100,043
Median home value	$195,900	$185,100
Median gross rent	$1,046	—
Housing units	9,282	923
Homeownership rate	55.8%	86.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.5%	17.0%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bayou Cane	Bourg
Population	20,093 → 22,143 (+10.2%)	2,479 → 2,386 (-3.8%)
Median household income	$53,668 → $73,235 (+36.5%)	$76,905 → $100,043 (+30.1%)
Median home value	$164,500 → $195,900 (+19.1%)	$174,700 → $185,100 (+6.0%)
Median gross rent	$958 → $1,046 (+9.2%)	—

Bayou Cane

Population

20,09322,143

Median household income

$53,668$73,235

Median home value

$164,500$195,900

Median gross rent

$958$1,046

Bourg

Population

2,4792,386

Median household income

$76,905$100,043

Median home value

$174,700$185,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bayou Cane	Bourg
Under 5	5.6%	5.2%
5 to 17	19.7%	18.6%
18 to 24	8.6%	6.5%
25 to 34	15.5%	8.0%
35 to 44	17.7%	15.9%
45 to 54	10.9%	11.2%
55 to 64	10.6%	16.2%
65 to 74	6.7%	13.7%
75 and over	4.6%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bayou Cane	Bourg
White (non-Hispanic)	59.6%	83.1%
Black or African American	19.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	4.9%	8.7%
Asian	2.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	7.6%
Hispanic or Latino	10.1%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bayou Cane	Bourg
No high school diploma	10.7%	13.2%
High school graduate	43.8%	52.2%
Some college or associate's	27.1%	17.6%
Bachelor's degree	13.4%	6.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	10.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bayou Cane	Bourg
Drove alone	82.3%	79.1%
Carpooled	11.2%	9.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.9%
Walked	2.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.3%	10.1%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bayou Cane	Bourg
1-unit, detached	55.6%	70.2%
1-unit, attached	4.4%	10.5%
2 to 4 units	6.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	16.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	14.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	19.3%

Poverty & households

	Bayou Cane	Bourg
Poverty rate	18.7%	6.6%
Average household size	2.59	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	23	24
Median year structure built	1985	1991