Bayou BlueLA
Public schools that outperform most of Louisiana. This town in Louisiana has a population of 12,218.
Is Bayou Blue a good place to live?
Strong in places, weak in others. Its lowest grade is for health: CDC estimates put its residents' health behind 95% of the country. Bayou Blue’s overall C− puts it 96th of 161 in Louisiana. It comes out better than just over a fifth of U.S. towns. Incomes are weaker too — the median household income is $64K, and 24% of residents live below the poverty line. Hazard risk is weaker too: FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 96% of U.S. communities, with hurricanes at the top. Where it does best is schools: its schools outperform just over four fifths of the state's. At about $189K, a typical home costs 3 years of the Houma metro’s $64K median household income.
Figures: schools, state test and graduation results · health, CDC PLACES · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · FEMA National Risk Index · home values, Zillow.
How Bayou Blue grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Louisiana), ordered by how far Bayou Blue is from typical.
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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
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.
Bayou Blue: a quarter of adults worry about having enough food, where Louisiana’s towns sit at 26% and U.S. towns at 14%. In Bayou Blue, 47% of adults have obesity. Only 10 of the 161 Louisiana towns we compare have a lower share of adults who had a checkup this year than Bayou Blue. 22% of adults in Bayou Blue report frequent mental distress; 22% smoke cigarettes.
| 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
Bayou Blue’s public schools outperform 81% of Louisiana districts
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 the reason it’s listed. The 3 public schools in Bayou Blue teach 1,277 students between them.
| 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
Natural hazards: very high risk in Bayou Blue, mostly hurricanes
Federal disaster aid has reached households in Bayou Blue after 3 declared disasters, most recently in 2024. Expected losses in Bayou Blue break down as 66% from hurricanes and 11% from inland flooding. Also worth knowing: since 1991, Bayou Blue has seen 16 flood insurance claims paid out.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · 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.
Bayou Blue had 1,435 jobs in 2023, down 291 from 2013. Its average commute is 31 minutes, above both Louisiana’s towns (24 minutes) and U.S. towns (25 minutes). Among working residents in the town, 2.4% work locally. The top destinations are Bayou Cane (13%), Thibodaux (7%) and Gray (4%).
| 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
In Bayou Blue, expect mild winters and hot summers
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°.
Snowfall is close to zero. The town’s January low comes in at 44°F.
| 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 keeps 0.3% of its land conserved
Trails run 2.8 miles in 1 park or preserve. The trail density in Bayou Blue is 0.1 miles per square mile. Parks and preserves here: one, of 12 acres.
| 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 $268K at the median
For households in Bayou Blue, the share who live in a home they own is 90%. Sellers in Bayou Blue got 99.1% of the asking price, typically. On the market here: a median 49 days to sell.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Bayou Blue
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.
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+.
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