Living in Bayou Country Club, LA
Bayou Country Club is a small town of 1,497 people in Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. It's about 15 miles from Houma, LA and 276 miles from Houston, TX, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 92°F and winter highs 64°F, with almost no snow. The typical home is valued around $332k and rent runs about $928 a month.
1,497people
$332kTypical home
$928/moRent
92° / 64°Summer / winter
0"Snow
261Sunny days
133Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,497
- Part of a metro area
- About 1,924 people per sq mi
- 276 mi to Houston, TX
- 15 mi to Houma, LA
- 2 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $332k (≈$2,096/mo)
- Median rent $928/mo
- Median household income $112k
- Property tax about 0.5% of value
- 3.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 92°F
- Winter highs around 64°F
- Steamy summers (dew point 74°F)
- 261 sunny days a year (111 totally clear)
- 104 cloudy days a year
- 32 of 90 winter days are gray
- 133 days a year with rain or snow
- Basically no snow
- Snow days are rare
- Rarely hits 100°F
- Rarely drops below 10°F
- Breezy
Safety
- Low violent crime (245 per 100k), county-wide
- Low property crime (1,339 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 58
- 21% of households have kids
- 33% are 65 or older
- 40% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 5% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 31 min
- 0% walk or take transit to work
- 35 mi to MSY airport
- 35 mi to MSY (major hub)
- 3 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 92% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1980
- 97% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Flat, open land
- Elevation 26 ft
- 29 mi to the ocean
- 27 mi to a big lake
- 31 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 24 mi to the nearest campground
- 6 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 110 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 38 bars within 25 mi
- 35 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 15 museums within 25 mi
- No breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 32 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the top 12% of Louisiana districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 3 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 14 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- Vet in town
- Dog park in town
- 2 congregations per 10k people
- College in town
Politics
- Lafourche Parish: R+62 in 2024
- Louisiana: R+22 in 2024
Natural hazards
- High hurricane risk
- Moderate tornado risk
- Very low wildfire risk
- Very low earthquake risk
- Very low flood risk
- Low drought risk
- Very low winter storm risk
- High heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk
Some of this place's Census numbers are blended with county figures because its survey sample is small.