Houma, LA
Single-footprint Census roll-up for Houma, LA: 3 USPS ZIPs, population 83,445. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.
U.S. Census Bureau, SimpleMaps US ZIP Code Database, delivery-area ZIP coverage
ACS city ledger plate
Sheet HOUMA-LA · Houma, LA 3 ZIPs · 83,445 pop · #14569/25278 · Terrebonne Parish
INC-MID · RANK-MID · ABOVE-PEER · BOOK-FEW · OWN-MID · POP-SMALL · SPREAD-WIDE · HOME-MID
- INC-MID $66,827
- RANK-MID #14569/25278
- ABOVE-PEER over Montegut
- BOOK-FEW 3 ZIPs
- OWN-MID 74% owners
- POP-SMALL 83,445
- SPREAD-WIDE 70363→70360
- HOME-MID $208,433
Nearest income peer: Montegut, LA ( $6,162 income $)
Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Houma
Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Houma on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.
- Gibson · lowest $32,756
Gibson · lowest
$32,756 median HH income
- Gray · near
Gray · near
$56,121 median HH income
- Montegut · near
Montegut · near
$60,665 median HH income
- Houma · this city
Houma · this city
$66,827 median HH income
- Bourg · near
Bourg · near
$73,815 median HH income
- Schriever · near
Schriever · near
$78,488 median HH income
- Theriot · highest
Theriot · highest
$115,455 median HH income
What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.
National city placement
According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Houma, LA sits among US cities with a below-median household income, on a small-city population base, across a handful of delivery areas.
- 42nd pct
- household income vs 25,278 US cities
- 83,445
- city population (Census)
- 3
- USPS ZIP codes covered
- $66,827
- avg ZIP median income
Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.
Below-median income with few delivery areas (3): read cost-of-living from the primary ZIP. Household income $66,827 and poverty 17.3% concentrate in 70364.
Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (73.5%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Houma as a pure owner town.
Within Louisiana, Bethany is the closest lower-income city and Lafayette the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 5 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Houma.
Within-city ZIP comparison
Where the ZIP codes inside Houma differ
Houma's city average masks two linked splits. Median household income runs from $46,748 in ZIP 70363 to $84,890 in ZIP 70360, while home values span $147,400 in 70363 to $286,000 in 70360. Compare the endpoint ZIPs before treating the city-level number as a neighborhood-level answer.
- Income high-to-low ratio
- 1.8×
- Home-value high-to-low ratio
- 1.9×
- Poverty-rate spread
- 11.9 points
70363 to 70360
70363 to 70360
70360 to 70363
Derived from the published ACS 2023 ZIP-level records shown on this site. A high-to-low ratio compares the highest and lowest available ZIP values; it is not a score or forecast.
Population concentration
Houma residents split across a short ZIP set
No ZIP owns Houma: the largest, 70364, is only about 37% of 83,445 residents across 3 codes. Compare at least two ZIPs before treating the city roll-up as a neighborhood answer.
Census ZBP business roll-up
Employer-heavy short list in Houma
Citywide ZBP: 2,187 establishments, 34,894 employees , annual payroll $2,055,052k (~26 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 3 of 3 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 70360 (1,233 units) ; leading NAICS Retail trade (372) · also Health care and social assistance · Professional, scientific, and technical services .
ZIP Codes in Houma, LA
These ZIP codes sit in Terrebonne Parish, which covers 12 ZIP codes in all; 3 of them fall in Houma. See the Terrebonne Parish roll-up →
Houma lands mid-pack among the 8 cities sharing Terrebonne Parish: Bourg, Schriever and Theriot earn more and Gray, Chauvin and Montegut earn less. Theriot marks the far end of that range at $115,455, 73% above Houma.
Side-by-side: Compare 70364 vs 70363 →
Houma roll-ups here are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial or relocation advice. ACS and Census ZBP figures are estimates; confirm the current table against Census before a money or move decision involving Houma, .