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Settled in 1855, this town now has 9,585 residents.
Cheap to live in, with trade-offs. Where it falls short is health: residents are less healthy than 97% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. Raceland grades B− overall and ranks 33rd of 161 in Louisiana. On that grade it does better than 48% of U.S. towns. Hazard risk is weaker too — FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 96% of U.S. communities, with hurricanes at the top. Its strongest subject is cost of living (A): a typical home costs about $172K, 2.7 years of the Houma metro’s $64K median household income. It is strong on schools as well: its schools outperform 84% of the state's. Jean Baptiste Thibodaux House is on the National Register of Historic Places.
Figures: home values, Zillow · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · schools, state test and graduation results · health, CDC PLACES · FEMA National Risk Index · National Register of Historic Places.
Where Raceland beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Raceland Lower Elementary School | PK–2 | 330 |
| Raceland Upper Elementary School | 3–5 | 302 |
| Raceland Middle School | 6–8 | 289 |
Where Raceland’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Louisiana), ordered by how far Raceland is from typical.
Its grades run from A for cost of living (better than 93% of comparable towns) to D− for hazard risk (better than 2%), so the B− overall blends very different results.
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Census counts: 2,025 in 1950, 9,768 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1890 and 7 maps from 1892 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Raceland 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.
Ordered by what stands out in Raceland.
Raceland 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.
Within Louisiana it is less healthy than 68% of the 161 graded towns: much of Louisiana scores lower on these measures.
For adults in Raceland, the share who say their health is fair or poor is 27%. 49% of adults have obesity here, above both Louisiana’s towns (43%) and U.S. towns (35%). Two figures for adults locally: 46% have high blood pressure, 29% have been diagnosed with depression.
| Raceland | Louisiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 49% | 43% | 35% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 46% | 44% | 35% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 27% | 23% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 19% | 14% |
| What stands out | Raceland | LA |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 23.4% | 18.1% |
| More adults with obesity | 49.3% | 40% |
| More adults with COPD | 10.4% | 8.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
That grade comes with an A for cost of living: the typical home is worth about $172K.
One of its 3 schools is below, with the reason it’s listed. Its public schools are run by the Lafourche Parish school district.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Raceland Lower Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–2 | Grades PK–2 | 330 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within LA on state tests and graduation
Flood insurance has paid out on 360 claims in Raceland since 1980. Of the losses FEMA expects here, 61% come from hurricanes and 14% from tornadoes. Federal disaster aid has reached households in Raceland after 11 declared disasters, most recently in 2026.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
6.7 miles of trail. In Raceland, the trail density is 0.3 miles per square mile.
| Raceland | Louisiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 0.1% | 1.2% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.3 miles per square mile | 0.2 | 0.4 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
For Raceland, the typical journey to work is 28 minutes. Jobs here fell by 417 from 2013 to 2023, to 1,699. 14% of residents live below the poverty line locally, below the Louisiana town median (20%) but above the median of U.S. towns (9.6%). The top destinations are Thibodaux (12%), Bayou Cane (5%) and New Orleans (4%).
| Raceland | Louisiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 14% | 20% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 28 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 5% | 9.8% | 8% |
| Median household income | $60,000 | $56,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
The Thibodaux 4 Se weather station, 9 miles away, records that the frost-free season runs about 311 days, longer than in 95% of U.S. towns. January nights average 44°, milder than in 96% of U.S. towns; July afternoons average 91.5°.
The January low in Raceland is 44°F. Snow almost never falls.
| Raceland | Louisiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| January low | 44°F | 42°F | 22°F |
| July high | 92°F | 92°F | 85°F |
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The typical value, about $172K, is 15% below its November 2020 peak.
A home in Raceland typically sold within 138 days of listing. Among 159 Louisiana towns, just 6 have a lower median rent than Raceland. Four fifths of Raceland households live in a home they own. Homes locally are typically worth about $172,000, about the same as a year ago, 20% below the Louisiana typical home.
| Raceland | Louisiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $629 a month | $992 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 80% | 68% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Raceland’s age of the median resident is 43.4 years. Adults 35 to 64 are 44% of residents (37% statewide). The share of residents in Raceland who are under 18: 20%. College graduates make up 18% of adults 25 and older, against 27% across Louisiana.
| Raceland | Louisiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 43.4 years | 37.8 years | 40.5 years |
| Under 18 | 20% | 24% | 22% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 18% | 20% | 29% |
| Aged 65 or older | 16% | 17% | 18% |
52% women, 48% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±3 points. Across Louisiana, 51.1% of residents are women.
| Raceland | LA | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 8.2% | 12.6% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 11.6% | 10.9% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 7.6% | 9.1% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 12.3% | 13.3% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 14.3% | 13.3% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 11.7% | 11.5% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 18.4% | 12.6% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 10% | 10.2% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 6% | 6.5% | 7% |
| No diploma | 18.6% | 12.7% | 10.4% |
| High school | 39.1% | 32.5% | 26% |
| Some college | 15.5% | 20.4% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 9.4% | 7.3% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 12.8% | 17% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 4.7% | 10.1% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
2 within 15 miles of the center of Raceland
About 4 of every 100 Raceland residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Louisiana.
4 notable people were born in Raceland.
Census-designated place in Louisiana, United States
Raceland is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) on Bayou Lafourche in Lafourche Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 9,768 in 2020. It is part of the Houma–Bayou Cane–Thibodaux metropolitan statistical area. According to the Louisiana Office of Tourism, Raceland was named for the Race family that once owned a large plantation named "Raceland" on Bayou Lafourche. Raceland sugar plantation was founded by Ebeneezer Eaton Kittredge and his son in law Fayette Clay Ewing. On April 19, 1855, a daughter of Kittredge, Olivia Corrinne, married George W. Race. The plantation was named Raceland the same year in honor of the young couple who made it their first …
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One town shares a border with Raceland.
Mathews has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Raceland and Mathews report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Raceland with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Raceland grades B− overall, better than 48% of U.S. towns and #33 of 161 in Louisiana. It grades D− for health and A− for schools. Hazard risk is its weak spot, with a D−.
Not for the area. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades A.
4 notable people were born here, including Aaron Loup and Ron Estay.
