Bayou Gauche, Louisiana

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Population in July 2007: 1,912.

Males: 962	(50.3%)
Females: 950	(49.7%)

Median resident age:	34.1 years
Louisiana median age:	34.0 years

Zip codes: 70030.

Estimated median household income in 2007: $67,295 (it was $51,667 in 2000)

Bayou Gauche:	$67,295
Louisiana:	$40,926

Estimated per capita income in 2007: $30,004

Bayou Gauche:	$30,004
Louisiana:	$21,934

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $167,406 (it was $104,400 in 2000)

Bayou Gauche:	$167,406
Louisiana:	$126,800

Mean prices in 2007: All housing units: $191,949; Detached houses: $208,848; Mobile homes: $44,129; Occupied boats, RVs, vans, etc.: $17,500

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Races in Bayou Gauche:

White Non-Hispanic (96.0%)
Black (1.5%)
Hispanic (1.5%)
Other race (0.8%)

2008 cost of living index in Bayou Gauche: 85.1 (less than average, U.S. average is 100)

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Ancestries: French (25.4%), United States (23.7%), German (14.6%), French Canadian (12.0%), English (7.6%), Irish (5.9%).

Current Local Time: CST time zone

Elevation: 3 feet

Land area: 17.6 square miles.

Population density: 109 people per square mile

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For population 25 years and over in Bayou Gauche

High school or higher: 75.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher: 8.9%
Graduate or professional degree: 3.1%
Unemployed: 5.3%
Mean travel time to work: 26.1 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Bayou Gauche CDP

Never married: 25.2%
Now married: 63.1%
Separated: 1.5%
Widowed: 4.3%
Divorced: 6.0%

5 residents are foreign born

This place:	0.3%
Louisiana:	2.6%

According to our research there were no registered sex offenders living in this place in early 2007.

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000:

Bayou Gauche:	0.2% ($199)
Louisiana:	0.3% ($199)

Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Kenner, LA (16.9 miles , pop. 70,517).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: New Orleans, LA (24.7 miles , pop. 484,674).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Houston, TX (297.0 miles , pop. 1,953,631).

Nearest cities: Des Allemands, LA (1.4 miles ), Paradis, LA (1.9 miles ), Boutte, LA (2.4 miles ), Luling, LA (2.7 miles ), Hahnville, LA (3.2 miles ), Destrehan, LA (3.2 miles ), Taft, LA (3.3 miles) , New Sarpy, LA (3.3 miles ).

Latitude: 29.83 N, Longitude: 90.43 W

Area code commonly used in this area: 985

Bayou Gauche household income distribution

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Most common industries for males (%):

Construction (19%)
Chemicals (18%)
Repair and maintenance (6%)
Public administration (6%)
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (5%)
Transportation equipment (4%)

Most common industries for females (%):

Educational services (24%)
Accommodation and food services (10%)
Health care (7%)
Finance and insurance (7%)
Food (5%)
Construction (5%)
Chemicals (5%)

Most common occupations for males (%)

Other production occupations including supervisors (15%)
Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (10%)
Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (9%)
Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (6%)
Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
Carpenters (5%)
Material moving workers except laborers and material movers, hand (4%)

Most common occupations for females (%)

Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (13%)
Secretaries and administrative assistants (12%)
Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (8%)
Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (8%)
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)

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Average climate in Bayou Gauche, Louisiana

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Bayou Gauche, Louisiana average temperatures

Bayou Gauche, Louisiana average precipitation

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Bayou Gauche-area historical tornado activity is slightly below Louisiana state average. It is 58% greater than the overall U.S. average.

On 10/3/1964, a category 4 (max. wind speeds 207-260 mph) tornado 16.1 miles away from the Bayou Gauche place center killed 22 people and injured 165 people and caused between $500,000 and $5,000,000 in damages.

On 12/6/1983, a category 4 tornado 17.6 miles away from the place center injured 25 people and caused between $5,000,000 and $50,000,000 in damages.

Bayou Gauche-area historical earthquake activity is near Louisiana state average. It is 99% smaller than the overall U.S. average.

On 12/20/2005 at 00:52:20, a magnitude 3.0 (3.0 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi, Class: Light, Intensity: II - III) earthquake occurred 34.1 miles away from Bayou Gauche center
Magnitude types: regional Lg-wave magnitude (LG)

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Hospitals/medical centers near Bayou Gauche:

LULING REHABILITATION HOSPITAL (about 8 miles; LULING, LA)
ST CHARLES HOSPITAL (about 8 miles; LULING, LA)
ST ANNE GENERAL HOSPITAL (about 16 miles; RACELAND, LA)

Operable nuclear power plant near Bayou Gauche:

11 miles: Waterford 3 in Taft, LA.

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Bayou Gauche:

TULANE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA (about 21 miles; NEW ORLEANS, LA; Full-time enrollment: 10,230)
LOYOLA UNIVERSITY NEW ORLEANS (about 21 miles; NEW ORLEANS, LA; FT enrollment: 4,399)
XAVIER UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA (about 22 miles; NEW ORLEANS, LA; FT enrollment: 3,659)
NICHOLLS STATE UNIVERSITY (about 23 miles; THIBODAUX, LA; FT enrollment: 6,244)
DELGADO COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 24 miles; NEW ORLEANS, LA; FT enrollment: 8,193)
LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY-HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER (about 24 miles; NEW ORLEANS, LA; FT enrollment: 2,496)
UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS (about 27 miles; NEW ORLEANS, LA; FT enrollment: 12,442)

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Lake: Simoneaux Ponds (A). Display/hide its location on the map

Average household size:

This place:	3.0 people
Louisiana:	2.6 people

Percentage of family households:

This place:	85.1%
Whole state:	69.8%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:

This place:	6.7%
Whole state:	5.0%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)

Lesbian couples: 0.7% of all households
Gay men: 0.2% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:

This place:	1.7%
Whole state:	19.6%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:

This place:	1.1%
Whole state:	9.4%

Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Bayou Gauche, LA

Bayou Gauche compared to Louisiana state average:

Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
Hispanic race population percentage below state average.
Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
Renting percentage significantly below state average.
House age significantly below state average.
Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly below state average.

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Bayou Gauche mode of transportation to work chart

Most commonly used house heating fuel:
	Electricity (51%) Utility gas (48%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)

Religion statistics for Bayou Gauche

Adherents

Name	Catholic Church	Southern Baptist Convention	United Methodist Church	Assemblies of God	Presbyterian Church (USA)
Adherents	71.6%	20.5%	3.3%	1.9%	1.0%
Congregations	28.6%	25.0%	14.3%	10.7%	3.6%

Name	Mennonite Church USA	Churches of Christ	Armenian Apostolic Church/Catholicossate of Cilicia	Episcopal Church	Other religions
Adherents	0.5%	0.4%	0.3%	0.3%	0.2%
Congregations	3.6%	3.6%	3.6%	3.6%	3.6%

Source: Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center.
Tables represent county-level data.

11.89% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($39,829 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	11.89%
Louisiana average:	8.89%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:

from Jefferson Parish, LA	4.38% ($38,994 average AGI)
from Orleans Parish, LA	2.56% ($41,896)
from St. Bernard Parish, LA	1.07% ($44,188)

9.83% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($36,631 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	9.83%
Louisiana average:	13.45%

0.06% of residents moved to foreign countries ($322 average AGI)
St. Charles Parish: 0.06%
Louisiana average: 0.07%

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:

to Jefferson Parish, LA	1.68% ($29,712 average AGI)
to St. John the Baptist Parish, LA	0.83% ($28,843)
to Harris County, TX	0.53% ($38,988)

Strongest AM radio stations in Bayou Gauche:

WWL (870 AM; 50 kW; NEW ORLEANS, LA; Owner: ENTERCOM NEW ORLEANS LICENSE, LLC)
WLNO (1060 AM; 50 kW; NEW ORLEANS, LA; Owner: COMMUNICOM CO. OF LOUISIANA, L.P.)
WFNO (830 AM; 5 kW; NORCO, LA; Owner: WFNO, L.L.C.)
WTIX (690 AM; 10 kW; NEW ORLEANS, LA; Owner: WTIX, INC.)
WYLD (940 AM; 10 kW; NEW ORLEANS, LA; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
KTIB (640 AM; 5 kW; THIBODAUX, LA; Owner: LA TERR BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
WSMB (1350 AM; 5 kW; NEW ORLEANS, LA; Owner: ENTERCOM NEW ORLEANS LICENSE, LLC)
WODT (1280 AM; 5 kW; NEW ORLEANS, LA; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
WOMN (1110 AM; daytime; 30 kW; FRANKLINTON, LA; Owner: PITTMAN BROADCASTING SERVICES, LLC.)
WVOG (600 AM; 1 kW; NEW ORLEANS, LA; Owner: F.W. ROBERT BROADCASTING CO., INC.)
KLEB (1600 AM; 5 kW; GOLDEN MEADOW, LA; Owner: COASTAL BROADCASTING OF LAROSE, INC.)
WSHO (800 AM; 1 kW; NEW ORLEANS, LA; Owner: SHADOWLANDS COMMUNICATIONS, L.L.C.)
WSJC (810 AM; 50 kW; MAGEE, MS; Owner: FAMILY TALK RADIO)

Strongest FM radio stations in Bayou Gauche:

KSTE-FM (104.1 FM; HOUMA, LA; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
WCKW-FM (92.3 FM; LAPLACE, LA; Owner: 222 CORPORATION)
KCIL (107.5 FM; HOUMA, LA; Owner: GUARANTY BROADCASTING COMPANY OF HOUMA, LLC)
KLRZ (100.3 FM; LAROSE, LA; Owner: COASTAL BROADCASTING OF LAROSE, INC.)
WTIX-FM (94.3 FM; GALLIANO, LA; Owner: FLEUR DE LIS BROADCASTING, INC.)
WQUE-FM (93.3 FM; NEW ORLEANS, LA; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
WYLD-FM (98.5 FM; NEW ORLEANS, LA; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
WLMG (101.9 FM; NEW ORLEANS, LA; Owner: ENTERCOM NEW ORLEANS LICENSE, LLC)
WEZB (97.1 FM; NEW ORLEANS, LA; Owner: ENTERCOM NEW ORLEANS LICENSE, LLC)
WTKL (95.7 FM; NEW ORLEANS, LA; Owner: ENTERCOM NEW ORLEANS LICENSE, LLC)
WPRF (94.9 FM; RESERVE, LA; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
WNOE-FM (101.1 FM; NEW ORLEANS, LA; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
WRNO-FM (99.5 FM; NEW ORLEANS, LA; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
WWNO (89.9 FM; NEW ORLEANS, LA; Owner: LOUISIANA STATE UNIV & A & M COLLEGE)
WKZN (105.3 FM; KENNER, LA; Owner: ENTERCOM NEW ORLEANS LICENSE, LLC)
WWOZ (90.7 FM; NEW ORLEANS, LA; Owner: FRIENDS OF WWOZ, INC.)
KKND (106.7 FM; PORT SULPHUR, LA; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
WBSN-FM (89.1 FM; NEW ORLEANS, LA; Owner: PROVIDENCE EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION)
KMEZ (102.9 FM; BELLE CHASSE, LA; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
WRBH (88.3 FM; NEW ORLEANS, LA; Owner: RADIO FOR THE BLIND & HANDICAPPED, INC.)

TV broadcast stations around Bayou Gauche:

WWL-TV (Channel 4; NEW ORLEANS, LA; Owner: WWL-TV, INC.)
WLPN-LP (Channel 61; NEW ORLEANS, LA; Owner: GLENN R. & KARIN A. PLUMMER)
WHNO (Channel 20; NEW ORLEANS, LA; Owner: LESEA BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
K66FW (Channel 14; NEW ORLEANS, LA; Owner: VENTANA TELEVISION, INC.)
WYES-TV (Channel 12; NEW ORLEANS, LA; Owner: GREATER NEW ORLEANS ED TV FOUNDATION)
WBXN-CA (Channel 10; NEW ORLEANS, LA; Owner: THE BOX WORLDWIDE LLC)
WLAE-TV (Channel 32; NEW ORLEANS, LA; Owner: EDUCATIONAL BROADCASTING FOUNDATION, INC.)
WGNO (Channel 26; NEW ORLEANS, LA; Owner: TRIBUNE TELEVISION NEW ORLEANS, INC.)
WNOL-TV (Channel 38; NEW ORLEANS, LA; Owner: TRIBUNE TELEVISION NEW ORLEANS, INC.)
WVUE (Channel 8; NEW ORLEANS, LA; Owner: EMMIS TELEIVISION LICENSE CORPORATION)
WBRZ-TV (Channel 2; BATON ROUGE, LA; Owner: LOUISIANA TELEVISION BROADCASTING, LLC)
KNOV-LP (Channel 57; NEW ORLEANS, LA; Owner: BEACH TV PROPERTIES, INC.)
WPXL (Channel 49; NEW ORLEANS, LA; Owner: FLINN BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
WDSU (Channel 6; NEW ORLEANS, LA; Owner: NEW ORLEANS HEARST-ARGYLE TELEVISION, INC.)
WGMB (Channel 44; BATON ROUGE, LA; Owner: COMCORP OF BATON ROUGE LICENSE CORP.)
K59DG (Channel 59; NEW ORLEANS, LA; Owner: TRINITY BROADCCASTING NETWORK)
KFOL-CA (Channel 30; HOUMA, LA; Owner: FOLSE COMMUNICATIONS, L.L.C.)

FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers: 2

Bayou Cauche Volunteer Fire Station 1st Street At Forrest Street, Type: Pole, Structure height: 6.3 m, Overall height: 9.3 m, Call Sign: WQFG835
Assigned Frequencies : 1.37000 MHz
Grant Date: 07/12/2006, Expiration Date: 01/08/2007, Cancelation Date: 03/17/2007, Certifier: Jason Tastet
Registrant: Information Station Specialists, Zeelandq, MI 49464, Phone: (616) 772-2300
Bayou Gauche Volunteer Fire Station 1st Street At Forrest Street, Type: Pole, Structure height: 6.3 m, Overall height: 9.3 m, Call Sign: WQFL351
Assigned Frequencies : 1.37000 MHz
Grant Date: 08/09/2006, Expiration Date: 08/09/2016, Certifier: Jason Tastet
Registrant: Information Station Specialists, Zeeland, MI 49464, Phone: (616) 772-2300

	B) Conventional Home Purchase Loans		C) Refinancings		D) Home Improvement Loans		F) Non-occupant Loans on < 5 Family Dwellings (A B C & D)		G) Loans On Manufactured Home Dwelling (A B C & D)
Home Mortgage Disclosure Act Aggregated Statistics For Year 2007 (Based on 1 partial tract)
	Number	Average Value	Number	Average Value	Number	Average Value	Number	Average Value	Number	Average Value
LOANS ORIGINATED	4	$129,542	7	$139,037	2	$28,350	1	$73,410	1	$31,500
APPLICATIONS APPROVED, NOT ACCEPTED	1	$82,070	1	$122,590	0	$0	0	$0	1	$29,570
APPLICATIONS DENIED	2	$165,855	3	$165,813	2	$74,900	0	$0	1	$81,990
APPLICATIONS WITHDRAWN	0	$0	2	$128,010	0	$0	0	$0	0	$0
FILES CLOSED FOR INCOMPLETENESS	0	$0	0	$0	0	$0	0	$0	0	$0

Choose year: 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003

Detailed HMDA statistics for the following Tracts: 0632.00

	A) Conventional Home Purchase Loans
Private Mortgage Insurance Companies Aggregated Statistics For Year 2007 (Based on 1 partial tract)
	Number	Average Value
LOANS ORIGINATED	2	$169,135
APPLICATIONS APPROVED, NOT ACCEPTED	0	$0
APPLICATIONS DENIED	0	$0
APPLICATIONS WITHDRAWN	0	$0
FILES CLOSED FOR INCOMPLETENESS	0	$0

Choose year: 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003

Detailed PMIC statistics for the following Tracts: 0632.00

Conventional Home Purchase Loans

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