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A town of 6,690, settled in 1885. Public schools that outperform most of Louisiana.
Schriever gives you more for your money than most places: homes are within reach, about $220K for a typical one, or 3.4 years of the Houma metro’s $64K median household income. It grades C+ overall, ranked 51st of 161 in Louisiana. The low prices come with trade-offs. FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 94% of U.S. communities, with hurricanes at the top, and CDC estimates put its residents' health behind 83% of the country. On the plus side, its public schools beat 77% of Louisiana towns on state tests and graduation. Schriever’s January low is 44°F, where Louisiana’s towns sit at 42°F and U.S. towns at 22°F. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 85% of U.S. towns. Schriever has 4 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them Armitage and St. George Plantation House.
Where Schriever beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Schriever Elementary School | PK–3 | 537 |
Where Schriever’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 Schriever is from typical.
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Census counts: 4,958 in 1990, 6,711 in 2020. The archive holds 8 old photos and papers going back to 1940 and 4 maps from 1892 on.
4 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Schriever is unincorporated, so Terrebonne 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 Schriever.
Schriever 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.
Federal aid has come to Schriever households in 10 declared disasters; the latest was in 2026. FEMA puts 66% of the town’s expected hazard losses down to hurricanes, and 10% to tornadoes. The town has had 12 paid flood insurance claims since 1999.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
That grade comes with a B+ for cost of living: the typical home is worth about $220K.
Its public schools are run by the Terrebonne Parish school district. 537 students attend Schriever’s public school.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Schriever Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–3 | Grades PK–3 | 537 | B+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within LA on state tests and graduation
Within Louisiana it is healthier than 65% of the 161 graded towns: much of Louisiana scores lower on these measures.
14% of Schriever adults have diabetes. In Schriever, just over a fifth of adults worry about having enough food, and 40% have high blood pressure.
| Schriever | Louisiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 43% | 42% | 36% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 26% | 14% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 44% | 35% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 16% | 12% |
| What stands out | Schriever | LA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had a stroke | 3.8% | 4.3% |
| Fewer adults with heart disease | 6.7% | 7.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Only 5% of working residents stay in Schriever for work; the rest commute out. The top destinations are Thibodaux (13%), Bayou Cane (11%) and Gray (4%). For residents locally, the share who live below the poverty line is 14%.
| Schriever | Louisiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 14% | 20% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 4.5% | 9.8% | 8% |
| Median household income | $67,000 | $56,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
The Thibodaux 4 Se weather station records that the frost-free season runs about 311 days, longer than in 95% of U.S. towns. January nights average 43.8°, milder than in 96% of U.S. towns; July afternoons average 91.3°.
Its peak summer temperature stands at 91°F. Snow is a rarity.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Zillow values the typical Schriever home at about $220,000, down 0.5% in a year, close to the Louisiana typical home. In Schriever, 70% of households live in a home they own. Its midpoint rent stands at $990 a month.
| Schriever | Louisiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $990 a month | $990 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 70% | 68% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
2 within 15 miles of the center of Schriever
About 7 of every 100 Schriever residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Louisiana.
4 places in Schriever on the National Register of Historic Places.
CDP in Louisiana, United States
Schriever is a census-designated place (CDP) in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 6,711 in 2020. It is part of the Houma–Bayou Cane–Thibodaux metropolitan statistical area. The community was named for railroad official John George Schriever (1844–1898) during the 1870s opening of the New Orleans, Opelousas and Great Western Railroad line to Houma.
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3 towns share a border with Schriever.
It grades higher overall than all 3 graded towns on its borders; Gray (C) comes closest.
| Town | LA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Schriever | #51 | C+ | B+ | — | A− | C− |
| Thibodaux | #92 | C− | B− | C− | A− | C− |
| Bayou Blue | #96 | C− | B+ | — | A− | D |
| Gray | #68 | C | A− | — | A− | D |
Schriever, Bayou Blue and Gray report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Schriever with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Schriever grades C+ overall, better than 37% of U.S. towns and #51 of 161 in Louisiana. It grades C− 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 B+.
2 notable people were born here, including Sid Gautreaux and Sherman A. Bernard.
