Bayou Cane vs Gray

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

Bayou Cane and Gray 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 5,524 in Gray). Bayou Cane has the higher median household income ($73,235 vs $57,472 in Gray). Bayou Cane has the higher median home value ($195,900 vs $155,200 in Gray).

Population, income & housing

	Bayou Cane	Gray
Population	22,143	5,524
Median age	35.3 yrs	39.8 yrs
Median household income	$73,235	$57,472
Median home value	$195,900	$155,200
Median gross rent	$1,046	$1,118
Housing units	9,282	2,329
Homeownership rate	55.8%	85.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.5%	14.1%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bayou Cane	Gray
Population	20,093 → 22,143 (+10.2%)	5,944 → 5,524 (-7.1%)
Median household income	$53,668 → $73,235 (+36.5%)	$48,773 → $57,472 (+17.8%)
Median home value	$164,500 → $195,900 (+19.1%)	$150,200 → $155,200 (+3.3%)
Median gross rent	$958 → $1,046 (+9.2%)	$917 → $1,118 (+21.9%)

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

Gray

Population

5,9445,524

Median household income

$48,773$57,472

Median home value

$150,200$155,200

Median gross rent

$917$1,118

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bayou Cane	Gray
Under 5	5.6%	5.6%
5 to 17	19.7%	17.1%
18 to 24	8.6%	8.7%
25 to 34	15.5%	15.4%
35 to 44	17.7%	7.4%
45 to 54	10.9%	16.6%
55 to 64	10.6%	13.5%
65 to 74	6.7%	10.2%
75 and over	4.6%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bayou Cane	Gray
White (non-Hispanic)	59.6%	51.3%
Black or African American	19.8%	40.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	4.9%	2.4%
Asian	2.5%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	10.1%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bayou Cane	Gray
No high school diploma	10.7%	25.5%
High school graduate	43.8%	36.5%
Some college or associate's	27.1%	23.8%
Bachelor's degree	13.4%	8.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	6.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bayou Cane	Gray
Drove alone	82.3%	82.8%
Carpooled	11.2%	9.6%
Public transit	0.0%	1.3%
Walked	2.2%	2.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.3%	3.5%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bayou Cane	Gray
1-unit, detached	55.6%	67.8%
1-unit, attached	4.4%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	6.2%	0.6%
5 to 19 units	16.8%	0.8%
20 or more units	14.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	30.2%

Poverty & households

	Bayou Cane	Gray
Poverty rate	18.7%	11.3%
Average household size	2.59	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	23	24
Median year structure built	1985	1987