Broussard, Louisiana

Population

Growing. Up 16.8% since 2020.

15,799

people, the 21st-largest of Louisiana's cities and towns.

Census Population Estimates, 2025. Rank among Louisiana's cities and towns computed by the Almanac. Sources: Census Population Estimates

The workday

9 in 10 jobs here go to people who live somewhere else.

94.4%

of 13,268 jobs located in Broussard are filled by in-commuters.

Census LEHD LODES, 2023. Sources: Census LEHD LODES

Rent

Median rent is up 78% since the 2005–2009 survey, before inflation.

$1,010

a month. Louisiana's median is $1,064.

Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024 (latest), with earlier 5-year windows. Sources: Census ACS 5-year

The seam

Cross one tract line and median rent doubles.

A $870 gap between neighbors, the sharpest rent edge between adjacent tracts in Lafayette Parish.

• $724 Tract 10.03
• $1,594 Tract 21.06

Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024, adjacent tracts compared by the Almanac. Tract estimates carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year

Room to build

Local wages can carry more rent than the median charged today.

$1,140–$1,710

is the monthly rent range local workforce wages support.

• $1,010 median

Supportable rent computed by the Almanac from 2023 source wage data. Median rent: Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Sources: Computed by the Almanac, Census ACS 5-year

Building

40% of the housing here was built before 2000.

• 2,134 homes permitted in ten years, 2016–2025
• 14% of those were in multifamily buildings
• 40% of all homes were built before 2000

Census Building Permits Survey, 2016–2025; Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Sources: Census Building Permits Survey, Census ACS 5-year

Units needed

Closing the gap would add 0.2–2.4% to the 5,658 homes here.

11–133

is the estimated number of missing housing units, from the lowest to the highest of three estimates.

Range computed by the Almanac from 2023 jobs and household data, using three demand models: 1% of jobs located here, 1% of renter households, and a rate by town size applied to renters. The low end is the lowest of the three and the high end the highest. It is an estimate, not a count. Sources: Computed by the Almanac

Home value

A median home costs 43% more than Louisiana's.

$310,200

median home value in Broussard.

• $310,200 Broussard
• $216,500 Louisiana
• $332,700 U.S.

Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Sources: Census ACS 5-year