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Gueydan is a small town of 1,464 people in Vermilion Parish, Louisiana. It's about 31 miles from Lafayette, LA and 173 miles from Houston, TX, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 91°F and winter highs 61°F, with almost no snow. The typical home is valued around $74k and rent runs about $747 a month.
1,464people
$74kTypical home
$747/moRent
91° / 61°Summer / winter
0"Snow
248Sunny days
109Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,464
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 1,609 people per sq mi
- 173 mi to Houston, TX
- 31 mi to Lafayette, LA
- 15 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $74k (≈$469/mo)
- Median rent $747/mo
- Median household income $28k
- Property tax about 0.3% of value
- 18.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 91°F
- Winter highs around 61°F
- Steamy summers (dew point 74°F)
- 248 sunny days a year (113 totally clear)
- 117 cloudy days a year
- 40 of 90 winter days are gray
- 109 days a year with rain or snow
- Basically no snow
- Snow days are rare
- 1 day a year over 100°F
- Rarely drops below 10°F
- Breezy
Safety
- Very low violent crime (40 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (292 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 37
- 38% of households have kids
- 20% are 65 or older
- 10% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 3% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 32 min
- 1% walk or take transit to work
- 33 mi to LFT airport
- 134 mi to MSY (major hub)
- 33 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 72% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1975
- 81% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Flat, open land
- Elevation 26 ft
- 26 mi to the ocean
- 12 mi to a big lake
- 74 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 5 mi to the nearest campground
- 3 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 48 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 7 bars within 25 mi
- 23 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 6 museums within 25 mi
- No breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 41 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the top 8% of Louisiana districts (reading)
- 5 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 15 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 41 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 26 mi to the nearest vet
- 24 mi to the nearest dog park
- 5 congregations per 10k people
- 31 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Vermilion Parish: R+64 in 2024
- Louisiana: R+22 in 2024
Natural hazards
- High hurricane risk
- High tornado risk
- Very low wildfire risk
- Very low earthquake risk
- Low flood risk
- Low drought risk
- Very low winter storm risk
- Moderate heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk