Bayou Goula, LA

Census Place

2024 Population

208

US Senator

Bill Cassidy

Republican Party

US Senator

John Kennedy

Republican Party

2024 Median Age

41.3

63.9% 1-year increase

2024 Poverty Rate

33.2%

59.8% 1-year increase

2022 Median Household Income

$83,258

2019 Median Property Value

$96,500

Economy

The economy of Bayou Goula, LA employs 99 people. In 2024, the largest industries in Bayou Goula, LA were Health Care & Social Assistance (31 people), Construction (22 people), and Transportation & Warehousing (15 people), and the highest paying industries were Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($24,087).

Employment

Occupations

2024 Value

± 115

−34.4%

1 Year decline

± 226%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Bayou Goula, LA declined at a rate of −34.4%, from 151 employees to 99 employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Bayou Goula, LA, are Office & Administrative Support Occupations (48 people), Transportation Occupations (15 people), and Education Instruction, & Library Occupations (12 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Bayou Goula, LA.

Unemployment Insurance Claims

Data is only available at the state level. Showing data for Louisiana.

This chart shows weekly unemployment insurance claims in Louisiana (not-seasonally adjusted) compared with the four states with the most similar impact.

The most recent data point uses Advance State Claims data, which can be revised in subsequent weeks.

Industries

Employment by Industries

2024 Value

± 115

−34.4%

1 Year decline

± 226%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Bayou Goula, LA declined at a rate of −34.4%, from 151 employees to 99 employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Bayou Goula, LA, are Health Care & Social Assistance (31 people), Construction (22 people), and Transportation & Warehousing (15 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Bayou Goula, LA, though some of these residents may live in Bayou Goula, LA and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

Median Earnings by Industry

$63,068

Median earning men ± $53,188

$24,087

Median earning women ± $30,504

The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2024 are .

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2024 are Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($24,087).

Housing & Living

The median property value in Bayou Goula, LA was $96,500 in 2019, which is 0.29 times smaller than the national average of $332,700. Between 2018 and 2019 the median property value increased from $155,600 to $96,500, a 38% decrease. The homeownership rate in Bayou Goula, LA is 34.4%, which is lower than the national average of 65.2%.

People in Bayou Goula, LA have an average commute time of 20.6 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Bayou Goula, LA is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.

Housing

Property

$96,500

Median Property Value 2019

±$68,867

$43

Median Property Taxes

±$58

The following chart display owner-occupied housing units distributed between a series of property tax buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. In Bayou Goula, LA the largest share of households pay taxes in the None range.

The chart underneath the paragraph shows the property taxes in Bayou Goula, LA compared to it's parent and neighbor geographies.

Equity

Household Income

Please note that the buckets used in this visualization were not evenly distributed by ACS when publishing the data.

$83,258

Median Household Income

± $59,422

125

Number of Households

± 88

The following chart displays the households in Bayou Goula, LA distributed between a series of income buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households have an income in the $10k - $15k range.

Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for Bayou Goula, LA is from Louisiana.

0.464

2024 Wage GINI in Louisiana

0.465

2023 Wage GINI in Louisiana

In 2024, the income inequality in Louisiana was 0.464 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 0.265% decline from 2023 to 2024, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat more even. The GINI for Louisiana was lower than than the national average of 0.474. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Louisiana in comparison to the national average.

This chart shows the number of workers in Louisiana across various wage buckets compared to the national average.

Transportation

Commuter Transportation

Drove Alone (100%)

Most Common Commute in 2024

In 2024, 100% of workers in Bayou Goula, LA drove alone to work, followed by those who carpooled to work (0%) and those who used public transit to get to work (0%).

The following chart shows the number of households using each mode of transportation over time, using a logarithmic scale on the y-axis to help better show variations in the smaller means of commuting.

Commute Time

20.6 minutes

Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Bayou Goula, LA have a shorter commute time (20.6 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.4 minutes). Additionally, 0% of the workforce in Bayou Goula, LA have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

The chart below shows how the median household income in Bayou Goula, LA compares to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

Car Ownership

2 cars

Average Number

The following chart displays the households in Bayou Goula, LA distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Bayou Goula, LA have 2 cars.

Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

33.2% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Bayou Goula, LA (69 out of 208 people) live below the poverty line, a number that is higher than the national average of 12.5%. The largest demographic living in poverty are Males 55 - 64, followed by Males 25 - 34 and then Females 55 - 64.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Bayou Goula, LA is Black, followed by White and Native American.

The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.

Social Needs

Data only available at the state level.

Most prevalent states

California
35,798 individuals
New York
5,087 individuals

In 2017, California had the highest estimated number of chronically homeless individuals in the nation, at 35,798, followed by New York (5,087).

The following map shows the estimated number of chronically homeless individuals by state over multiple years.

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