Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 1,908.
Bayou Gauche’s best subject grades are an A+ for incomes and an A for schools; its weakest is a D− for walkability. Bayou Gauche’s median household income is $163,000, against $56,000 in Louisiana’s towns and $80,000 across U.S. towns. No town in Louisiana scores higher than Bayou Gauche on incomes. FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 95% of U.S. communities, with hurricanes at the top. 48% of the land in Bayou Gauche is conserved, above both the Louisiana town median (1.2%) and the median of U.S. towns (4.3%). On the outdoors, just 13 of Louisiana’s 255 towns do better. Bayou Gauche has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Coastal flooding makes up 15% of the storm damage FEMA expects here.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA · OpenStreetMap
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Louisiana), ordered by how far Bayou Gauche is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
The archive holds 2 old photos and papers going back to 1973.
Explore the history →Bayou Gauche is unincorporated, so St. Charles 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.
Ordered by what stands out in Bayou Gauche.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Bayou Gauche Park | — | 8 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Most working residents leave Bayou Gauche for work: only 1% work in town. Jobs based in Bayou Gauche grew to 102 in 2023, 37 more than in 2013. The top destinations are Luling (16%), Hahnville (9%) and Metairie (7%).
| Bayou Gauche | Louisiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 1.1% | 9.8% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 24 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Adults 18 to 34 are 10% of residents (22% statewide); adults 35 to 64 are 49% of residents (37% statewide). 27% of residents are under 18 in Bayou Gauche. 25% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 27% across Louisiana.
| Bayou Gauche | Louisiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 18 | 27% | 24% | 22% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 25% | 20% | 29% |
| Median age | 39.4 years | 37.8 years | 40.5 years |
42% women, 58% men
About 139 men for every 100 women (the survey’s margin: ±5.1 points). Across Louisiana, 51.1% of residents are women. Among residents 75 and older, 90% are men (LA 42%).
| Bayou Gauche | LA | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 10.9% | 12.6% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 15.9% | 10.9% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 4.3% | 9.1% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 5.9% | 13.3% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 19.9% | 13.3% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 8.2% | 11.5% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 21% | 12.6% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 6.3% | 10.2% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 7.7% | 6.5% | 7% |
| No diploma | 7.7% | 12.7% | 10.4% |
| High school | 38.1% | 32.5% | 26% |
| Some college | 9% | 20.4% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 20.7% | 7.3% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 13.8% | 17% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 10.8% | 10.1% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 1,900, single groups can be off by several points
Bayou Gauche has warm winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. The July high in Bayou Gauche is 92°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
11% of Bayou Gauche adults have diabetes. Only 6 of the 162 Louisiana towns we compare have a lower share of adults who have obesity than Bayou Gauche. 28% of Bayou Gauche adults have been diagnosed with depression.
| Bayou Gauche | Louisiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 17% | 16% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 16% | 12% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 26% | 14% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 27% | 19% |
| What stands out | Bayou Gauche | LA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 6.3% | 12.4% |
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 9.2% | 18.1% |
| More binge drinkers | 21% | 16.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Among 162 Louisiana towns, just 1 have a higher share of households owning their home than Bayou Gauche.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Bayou Gauche. Close and well known come first.
Big draw23 mi Stadium & arenaCaesars Superdome
Big draw33 mi LakeLake Pontchartrain
23 mi MuseumNational World War II Museum707K visitors a year
21 mi MuseumWhitney Plantation Historic District
14 mi National Historical ParkJean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve227K visitors a year
24 mi GardenCity ParkCaesars Superdome: Infrogmation of New Orleans, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Lake Pontchartrain: Mersh13, CC BY-SA 3.0 · National World War II Museum: Nolabob, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Whitney Plantation Historic District: Bill Leiser, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve: No machine-readable author provided. Jan Kronsell assumed (based on copyright cl, CC BY-SA 3.0 · City Park: Infrogmation of New Orleans, CC BY 2.5
None within 15 miles of Bayou Gauche; the nearest are
About 3 of every 100 Bayou Gauche residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Louisiana.
Where Bayou Gauche’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Census-designated place in Louisiana, United States
Bayou Gauche is a census-designated place and fishing village, with an adjacent natural bayou and wetlands. It is located in St. Charles Parish, Louisiana, United States. As of 2020, its population was 2,161.
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3 towns share a border with Bayou Gauche.
| Town | LA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bayou Gauche | — | — | B+ | — | A | B |
| Boutte | — | — | C− | — | A | D |
| Des Allemands | — | — | A | — | A | C |
| Paradis | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Bayou Gauche, Boutte and Des Allemands have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Bayou Gauche, Boutte and Des Allemands report no FBI crime data of their own. Paradis isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Bayou Gauche with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Not for the area. The typical home is worth about $308,000, 44% above 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+.
