Bayou L'OurseLA
A town of 2,132. Public schools that outperform most of Louisiana.
Is Bayou L'Ourse a good place to live?
Bayou L'Ourse’s best subject grades are an A+ for cost of living and an A− for schools; its weakest is a D− for hazard risk. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 98% of U.S. towns. Only 16 of Louisiana’s 255 towns score lower on hazard risk. Residents are less healthy than 94% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. Bayou L'Ourse has 1 place on the National Register. Bayou L'Ourse has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Bayou L'Ourse stand out
Where Bayou L'Ourse beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
Bayou L'Ourse lives by the ocean
Coastal flooding makes up 32% of the storm damage FEMA expects here.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA · OpenStreetMap
How Bayou L'Ourse grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Louisiana), ordered by how far Bayou L'Ourse is from typical.
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Moving to Bayou L'Ourse: who provides what
Bayou L'Ourse is unincorporated, so Assumption 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 L'Ourse.
For health, Bayou L'Ourse earns a D
24% of Bayou L'Ourse adults smoke cigarettes, against 19% in Louisiana’s towns and 14% across U.S. towns. 30% of adults have been diagnosed with depression in Bayou L'Ourse. Bayou L'Ourse beats the Louisiana average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 10.
| Bayou L'Ourse | Louisiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 24% | 19% | 14% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 16% | 14% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 27% | 23% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 37% | 34% | 25% |
| What stands out | Bayou L'Ourse | LA |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with COPD | 11.7% | 8.5% |
| More uninsured adults | 12.2% | 8.9% |
| More smokers | 23.5% | 17.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Bayou L'Ourse’s public schools outperform 79% of Louisiana districts
Its public schools are run by the Assumption Parish school district. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bayou L'Ourse Primary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–4 | Grades PK–4 | 150 | B− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within LA on state tests and graduation
Bayou L'Ourse faces a very high natural-hazard risk, led by hurricanes
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 98% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Fewer of Bayou L'Ourse’s working residents work locally than in the typical Louisiana or U.S. town
Among 162 Louisiana towns, just 3 have a lower share of working residents who work in town than Bayou L'Ourse. 17% of Bayou L'Ourse residents live below the poverty line, below Louisiana’s towns (20%) but above U.S. towns (9.6%). The average trip to work in Bayou L'Ourse is 22 minutes.
| Bayou L'Ourse | Louisiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 0.6% | 9.8% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 17% | 20% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 22 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $60,000 | $56,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Mild winters and hot summers in Bayou L'Ourse
Bayou L'Ourse has warm winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. Bayou L'Ourse’s July high is 91°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Homes in Bayou L'Ourse sell for about $145K
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Bayou L'Ourse
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Bayou L'Ourse
About 1 of every 100 Bayou L'Ourse residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Louisiana.
99% of working residents leave Bayou L'Ourse for work
Where Bayou L'Ourse’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Bayou L'Ourse
Census-designated place in Louisiana, United States
Bayou L'Ourse is a census-designated place (CDP) in Assumption Parish, Louisiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, Bayou L'Ourse had a population of 1,806.
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- Area
- 2.7 sq mi
Questions about Bayou L'Ourse
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Bayou L'Ourse, LA a good place to live?
Public schools that outperform most of Louisiana.
Is Bayou L'Ourse, LA expensive?
Not for the area. The typical home is worth about $88,000, 59% 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 A+.