Bayou BlueLA
A town of 12,218. Public schools that outperform most of Louisiana.
Is Bayou Blue a good place to live?
Bayou Blue gives you more for your money than most places: a typical home costs about $189K, 3 years of the Houma metro’s $64K median household income. It grades C− overall, ranked 96th of 161 in Louisiana. The low prices come with trade-offs. FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 96% of U.S. communities, with hurricanes at the top, and CDC estimates put its residents' health behind 95% of the country. On the plus side, its schools outperform 81% of the state's. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 83% of U.S. towns. Bayou Blue has 2 places on the National Register. Among 161 Louisiana towns, just 8 have a higher share of households owning their home than Bayou Blue.
What makes Bayou Blue stand out
Where Bayou Blue beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Bayou Blue Elementary School | PK–2 | 454 |
| Bayou Blue Upper Elementary School | 3–5 | 427 |
| Bayou Blue Middle School | 6–8 | 396 |
98% of working residents leave Bayou Blue for work
Where Bayou Blue’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Bayou Blue grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Louisiana), ordered by how far Bayou Blue is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Bayou Blue: who provides what
Bayou Blue is unincorporated, so Lafourche Parish and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Bayou Blue.
Bayou Blue pairs an A− for schools with modest home prices, has a longer frost-free season than nearly all U.S. towns and looks healthier within Louisiana than nationally.
A larger share of adults have been diagnosed with depression in Bayou Blue than in most of Louisiana or the rest of the country
Within Louisiana it is less healthy than 60% of the 161 graded towns: much of Louisiana scores lower on these measures.
31% of Bayou Blue adults have been diagnosed with depression, where Louisiana’s towns sit at 27% and U.S. towns at 23%. 47% of Bayou Blue adults have obesity. Bayou Blue beats the Louisiana average on 1 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 13.
| Bayou Blue | Louisiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 27% | 23% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 20% | 17% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 19% | 14% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 47% | 43% | 35% |
| What stands out | Bayou Blue | LA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had a stroke | 4% | 4.3% |
| More smokers | 21.9% | 17.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
For schools, Bayou Blue earns an A−
Its A− for schools comes with a B+ for cost of living: the typical home is worth about $189K.
Its public schools are run by the Lafourche Parish school district. One of its 3 schools is below, with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bayou Blue Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–2 | Grades PK–2 | 454 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within LA on state tests and graduation
Hurricanes leads a very high hazard risk in Bayou Blue
Since 1991, 16 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Bayou Blue.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Most working residents commute out of Bayou Blue
Bayou Blue has 1,435 jobs for its 5,651 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
Most working residents leave Bayou Blue for work: only 2% work in town. 24% of Bayou Blue residents live below the poverty line, above both Louisiana’s towns (20%) and U.S. towns (9.6%). The average trip to work in Bayou Blue is 31 minutes.
| Bayou Blue | Louisiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 24% | 20% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 31 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.4% | 9.8% | 8% |
| Work from home | 9.1% | 5.6% | 11% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Mild winters and hot summers in Bayou Blue
The Thibodaux 4 Se weather station, 11 miles away, records that the frost-free season runs about 311 days, longer than in 95% of U.S. towns. January nights average 44.4°, milder than in 97% of U.S. towns; July afternoons average 91.3°.
Bayou Blue has warm winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. Bayou Blue’s January low is 44°F. Snow is almost unheard of.
| Bayou Blue | Louisiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| January low | 44°F | 42°F | 22°F |
| July high | 91°F | 92°F | 85°F |
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
| Bayou Blue | Louisiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 0.3% | 1.2% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Bayou Blue Rec Walking area | 0.4 mi | 12 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
A home in Bayou Blue sells for about $226K at the median
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Bayou Blue
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Bayou Blue
About 3 of every 100 Bayou Blue residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Louisiana.
About Bayou Blue
Census-designated place in Louisiana, United States
Bayou Blue is a metropolitan area in Lafourche and Terrebonne parishes, Louisiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, Bayou Blue had a population of 13,352. In June 1981, an arson attack on a local nightclub killed five people.
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- Area
- 24 sq mi
- Elevation
- 7 ft
Bayou Blue’s neighbors
3 towns share a border with Bayou Blue.
| Town | LA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bayou Blue | #96 | C− | B+ | — | A− | D |
| Gray | #68 | C | A− | — | A− | D |
| Schriever | #51 | C+ | B+ | — | A− | C− |
| Bourg | — | — | B+ | — | A− | C |
Bourg has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Bayou Blue, Gray, Schriever and Bourg report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Bayou Blue with a neighbor →
Questions about Bayou Blue
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Bayou Blue, LA a good place to live?
Bayou Blue grades C− overall, better than 22% of U.S. towns and #96 of 161 in Louisiana. It grades D for health and A− for schools. Hazard risk is its weak spot, with a D−.
Is Bayou Blue, LA expensive?
Not for the area. The typical home is worth about $189,000, 12% below the Louisiana typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B+.