What is the population of Bayou Vista CDP?

Bayou Vista CDP has 3,931 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #131 of 489 in Louisiana.

What is the median household income in Bayou Vista CDP?

Median household income in Bayou Vista CDP is $47,726 a year, 39.2% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Bayou Vista CDP?

Median gross rent is $928 a month and the median home value is $152,700, so rent absorbs about 23.3% of median household income.

Is Bayou Vista CDP affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 3.2× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Bayou Vista CDP is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 23.3% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Bayou Vista, LA population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Bayou Vista, Louisiana (Bayou Vista, LA — Census place “Bayou Vista CDP”) is 3,931 residents, ranking #131 of 489 places in Louisiana. Median household income is $47,726, the median home is worth $152,700 and median gross rent runs $928 a month. Looking for the Bayou Vista Louisiana ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Bayou Vista, LA: 70380.

Population: 3,931Bayou Vista CDP residents
Median household income: $47,726Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $152,700Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $928Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 37.5 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 74.7%Owner-occupied households

Bayou Vista ZIP codes (Louisiana)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Bayou Vista.

The Bayou Vista LA ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

70380

What the numbers mean in Bayou Vista CDP

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Bayou Vista CDP median would spend about 23.3% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 3.2× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 24.1% of residents and 74.7% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Bayou Vista CDP, LA in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Bayou Vista CDP is a small town in Louisiana, with 3,931 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #131 of 489 ranked by population — larger than 73% of them. The median age here is 37.5 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in Bayou Vista CDP earn a median of $47,726 a year, 39.2% below the national figure of $78,538 and 11% below the $53,775 median for the 268 Louisiana cities we cover. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 24.1% of residents here, well above the 12.4% national rate, which is the single clearest signal in this dataset that median income here is carried by a narrow band of households.

The typical owner-occupied home in Bayou Vista CDP is valued at $152,700, 49.7% below the national figure and 12% below the $173,000 peer median, while median gross rent runs $928 a month, 34% below the national figure, or roughly $11,136 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 23.3% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 3.2×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 74.7% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Bayou Vista CDP?: Bayou Vista CDP has 3,931 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #131 of 489 in Louisiana.
What is the median household income in Bayou Vista CDP?: Median household income in Bayou Vista CDP is $47,726 a year, 39.2% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Bayou Vista CDP?: Median gross rent is $928 a month and the median home value is $152,700, so rent absorbs about 23.3% of median household income.
Is Bayou Vista CDP affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 3.2× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Bayou Vista CDP is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 23.3% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Bayou Vista CDP data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.