With 15,732 people, Thibodaux is a city in Louisiana. 2% of residents were born outside the United States. Density works out to 2,316 people per square mile. Home values have roughly tripled since 2000, reaching $232,500. Median household income is $52,072, under the $82,259 national median. The poverty rate is 19.6%, above the 12.5% national rate.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $52,072, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Mid-age
median age 39.0
US median: 38.9
Average education
35% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 82%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Thibodaux
What changed most since 1990
Poverty rate33.8% → 19.6%(−14.2 pts)US over the same years: −0.8 pts
Black share31.6% → 23.1%(−8.5 pts)US over the same years: +0.2 pts
Homes owned by their occupants52.3% → 61.6%(+9.3 pts)US over the same years: +0.9 pts
Thibodaux's population equals 16% of Lafourche Parish's. Its number of households without a car equals 35% of the county's. Its number of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher equals 26% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)21.7%(115)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)11.9%(63)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era40.9%(217)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War11.5%(61)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 531 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Thibodaux, decade by decade
Thibodaux population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
14,035
$40,624
$120,723
17.1%
56.6
2000
14,431
$48,633
$127,880
21.4%
60.5
2010
14,566
$57,157
$208,880
25.6%
62.7
2020
15,948
$46,560
$203,017
30.2%
70.3
2024
15,732
$52,072
$232,500
34.6%
61.6
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
