Bayou Cane vs Houma

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

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

Houma has the higher population (32,760 vs 22,143 in Bayou Cane). Bayou Cane has the higher median household income ($73,235 vs $54,637 in Houma). Houma has the higher median home value ($207,900 vs $195,900 in Bayou Cane).

Population, income & housing

	Bayou Cane	Houma
Population	22,143	32,760
Median age	35.3 yrs	35.1 yrs
Median household income	$73,235	$54,637
Median home value	$195,900	$207,900
Median gross rent	$1,046	$1,011
Housing units	9,282	15,193
Homeownership rate	55.8%	69.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.5%	23.0%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bayou Cane	Houma
Population	20,093 → 22,143 (+10.2%)	33,334 → 32,760 (-1.7%)
Median household income	$53,668 → $73,235 (+36.5%)	$42,949 → $54,637 (+27.2%)
Median home value	$164,500 → $195,900 (+19.1%)	$157,600 → $207,900 (+31.9%)
Median gross rent	$958 → $1,046 (+9.2%)	$778 → $1,011 (+29.9%)

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

Houma

Population

33,33432,760

Median household income

$42,949$54,637

Median home value

$157,600$207,900

Median gross rent

$778$1,011

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bayou Cane	Houma
Under 5	5.6%	10.4%
5 to 17	19.7%	17.1%
18 to 24	8.6%	7.5%
25 to 34	15.5%	14.9%
35 to 44	17.7%	11.0%
45 to 54	10.9%	10.3%
55 to 64	10.6%	11.8%
65 to 74	6.7%	10.1%
75 and over	4.6%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bayou Cane	Houma
White (non-Hispanic)	59.6%	64.2%
Black or African American	19.8%	20.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	4.9%	2.6%
Asian	2.5%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	10.1%	8.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bayou Cane	Houma
No high school diploma	10.7%	13.1%
High school graduate	43.8%	35.9%
Some college or associate's	27.1%	28.0%
Bachelor's degree	13.4%	15.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	7.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bayou Cane	Houma
Drove alone	82.3%	79.3%
Carpooled	11.2%	11.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	2.2%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.3%	3.3%
Other means	1.0%	4.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bayou Cane	Houma
1-unit, detached	55.6%	83.0%
1-unit, attached	4.4%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	6.2%	4.1%
5 to 19 units	16.8%	2.8%
20 or more units	14.4%	6.1%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	3.1%

Poverty & households

	Bayou Cane	Houma
Poverty rate	18.7%	17.3%
Average household size	2.59	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	23	20
Median year structure built	1985	1973