Bayou Cane vs Chauvin

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

Bayou Cane and Chauvin 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 2,531 in Chauvin). Bayou Cane has the higher median household income ($73,235 vs $50,976 in Chauvin). Bayou Cane has the higher median home value ($195,900 vs $93,500 in Chauvin).

Population, income & housing

	Bayou Cane	Chauvin
Population	22,143	2,531
Median age	35.3 yrs	33.1 yrs
Median household income	$73,235	$50,976
Median home value	$195,900	$93,500
Median gross rent	$1,046	$1,044
Housing units	9,282	1,014
Homeownership rate	55.8%	73.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.5%	3.9%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	11.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bayou Cane	Chauvin
Population	20,093 → 22,143 (+10.2%)	2,408 → 2,531 (+5.1%)
Median household income	$53,668 → $73,235 (+36.5%)	$39,071 → $50,976 (+30.5%)
Median home value	$164,500 → $195,900 (+19.1%)	$84,400 → $93,500 (+10.8%)
Median gross rent	$958 → $1,046 (+9.2%)	$641 → $1,044 (+62.9%)

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

Chauvin

Population

2,4082,531

Median household income

$39,071$50,976

Median home value

$84,400$93,500

Median gross rent

$641$1,044

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bayou Cane	Chauvin
Under 5	5.6%	0.6%
5 to 17	19.7%	24.7%
18 to 24	8.6%	15.8%
25 to 34	15.5%	12.5%
35 to 44	17.7%	9.6%
45 to 54	10.9%	7.0%
55 to 64	10.6%	12.5%
65 to 74	6.7%	8.1%
75 and over	4.6%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bayou Cane	Chauvin
White (non-Hispanic)	59.6%	83.6%
Black or African American	19.8%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	4.9%	6.7%
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%	6.0%
Hispanic or Latino	10.1%	3.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bayou Cane	Chauvin
No high school diploma	10.7%	35.2%
High school graduate	43.8%	40.8%
Some college or associate's	27.1%	20.2%
Bachelor's degree	13.4%	3.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	0.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bayou Cane	Chauvin
Drove alone	82.3%	64.1%
Carpooled	11.2%	26.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.2%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.3%	6.1%
Other means	1.0%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bayou Cane	Chauvin
1-unit, detached	55.6%	86.5%
1-unit, attached	4.4%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	6.2%	0.4%
5 to 19 units	16.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	14.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	10.2%

Poverty & households

	Bayou Cane	Chauvin
Poverty rate	18.7%	18.8%
Average household size	2.59	2.89
Mean commute (minutes)	23	28
Median year structure built	1985	1968