Lafourche Parish vs Terrebonne Parish

A side-by-side comparison of Lafourche Parish and Terrebonne Parish: population, income, housing, and more.

Lafourche Parish and Terrebonne Parish are counties in Louisiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Terrebonne Parish has the higher population (107,362 vs 96,670 in Lafourche Parish). Terrebonne Parish has the higher median household income ($64,819 vs $63,439 in Lafourche Parish). Lafourche Parish has the higher median home value ($190,800 vs $189,100 in Terrebonne Parish).

Population, income & housing

	Lafourche Parish	Terrebonne Parish
Population	96,670	107,362
Median age	39.0 yrs	37.3 yrs
Median household income	$63,439	$64,819
Median home value	$190,800	$189,100
Median gross rent	$933	$1,010
Housing units	41,164	47,236
Homeownership rate	78.3%	73.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.4%	17.7%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lafourche Parish	Terrebonne Parish
Population	98,108 → 96,670 (-1.5%)	112,054 → 107,362 (-4.2%)
Median household income	$55,506 → $63,439 (+14.3%)	$48,747 → $64,819 (+33.0%)
Median home value	$158,000 → $190,800 (+20.8%)	$152,500 → $189,100 (+24.0%)
Median gross rent	$793 → $933 (+17.7%)	$853 → $1,010 (+18.4%)

Lafourche Parish

Population

98,10896,670

Median household income

$55,506$63,439

Median home value

$158,000$190,800

Median gross rent

$793$933

Terrebonne Parish

Population

112,054107,362

Median household income

$48,747$64,819

Median home value

$152,500$189,100

Median gross rent

$853$1,010

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lafourche Parish	Terrebonne Parish
Under 5	6.0%	6.6%
5 to 17	17.0%	18.7%
18 to 24	8.9%	8.1%
25 to 34	12.8%	13.2%
35 to 44	13.5%	13.2%
45 to 54	11.8%	11.6%
55 to 64	13.8%	13.2%
65 to 74	9.6%	9.6%
75 and over	6.6%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lafourche Parish	Terrebonne Parish
White (non-Hispanic)	74.8%	64.2%
Black or African American	13.1%	19.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.2%	4.7%
Asian	0.7%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.3%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	5.8%	6.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lafourche Parish	Terrebonne Parish
No high school diploma	17.1%	16.7%
High school graduate	38.6%	39.9%
Some college or associate's	23.8%	25.6%
Bachelor's degree	13.7%	11.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	6.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lafourche Parish	Terrebonne Parish
Drove alone	80.8%	81.0%
Carpooled	9.9%	11.2%
Public transit	0.4%	0.3%
Walked	2.3%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.0%	3.6%
Other means	2.5%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lafourche Parish	Terrebonne Parish
1-unit, detached	72.2%	70.5%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	4.9%	3.6%
5 to 19 units	3.4%	4.3%
20 or more units	1.5%	5.1%
Mobile home & other	16.3%	14.8%

Poverty & households

	Lafourche Parish	Terrebonne Parish
Poverty rate	18.0%	16.5%
Average household size	2.52	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	26	24
Median year structure built	1981	1982