Census-designated place · Lafourche Parish, Louisiana

Chackbay, Louisiana

Chackbay is a census-designated place in Lafourche Parish, Louisiana, part of the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA metro area. It has 5,436 residents. Chackbay, Louisiana has a quality-of-life score of 16 out of 100 (very low), ranking #13,131 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Louisiana it ranks #66 of 262 cities and towns. It ranks best on uninsured residents (under 65) (low), effective property tax rate (low) and comfortable days (high). It ranks worst on job growth (low), rent as share of income (high) and depression (high).

16Very low

Quality-of-life score: #13,131 of 15,651 cities and towns
Louisiana: #66 of 262 in LA
Population: 5,436 (2020-2024)
Land area: 28 mi²
Density: 195.9 /mi²
FIPS code: 2214100

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 75 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety21#12,308/15,637
Economy54#7,194/15,631
Housing20#11,933/14,977
Health16#13,129/15,609
Healthcare54#7,203/15,650
Environment44#8,629/15,453
Education20#12,525/15,649
Infrastructure18#12,871/15,650
Community6#14,703/15,651
Leisure & amenities46#8,423/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Chackbay, Louisiana ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Lafourche Parish value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Uninsured residents (under 65) · low0.8%
97/100Louisiana 9.2%United States 9.8%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B27010High uncertainty
Effective property tax rate · low0.33%
96/100Louisiana 0.55%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
Comfortable days · high33.8%
93/100Louisiana 29.3%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationLafourche Parish value
Unemployment rate · low1.0%
92/100Louisiana 4.3%United States 4.3%2020-2024U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Census table B23025High uncertainty
Time spent in the emergency room · low121 min
87/100Louisiana 135 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesLafourche Parish value
Drinking water violations · low0
86/100Louisiana 1United States 02024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteLafourche Parish value

Weaknesses

Job growth · low-6.0%
1/100Louisiana -0.5%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataLafourche Parish value
Rent as share of income · high51.0%
2/100Louisiana 32.8%United States 30.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25071At least this value: the publisher's top bracket is open-ended
Depression · high31.0%
3/100Louisiana 27.2%United States 20.7%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Social associations · low4.2 /10k
3/100Louisiana 9.4 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteLafourche Parish value
Public EV charging ports · low0.2 /10k
7/100Louisiana 1.8 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergyLafourche Parish value
Adult obesity · high43.3%
8/100Louisiana 42.3%United States 38.2%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
10.4% (2015-2019) → 78.7% (2020-2024)
+68 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Rent as share of incomeWorsening
17.7% (2015-2019) → 51.0% (2020-2024)
+33 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
Child poverty rateImproving
21.6% (2015-2019) → 4.1% (2020-2024)
−17 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Poverty rateImproving
14.1% (2015-2019) → 7.4% (2020-2024)
−6.7 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%
Uninsured residents (under 65)Improving
7.5% (2015-2019) → 0.8% (2020-2024)
−6.6 pts5 yearsCensus table B27010US 10.8% → 9.8%
Unemployment rateImproving
6.6% (2015-2019) → 1.0% (2020-2024)
−5.6 pts5 yearsCensus table B23025US 3.7% → 4.0%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Chackbay, Louisiana improved on 0 of 10 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 9 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved0

No measure improved by more than its margin of error.

Declined1

Rent / income+33 points17.7% → 51.0%

All 10 measures

Change of every measure of Chackbay, Louisiana between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	33.3 min2015-2019	31.2 min2020-2024	−2.2 min	Within the margin of error	72%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.9%2015-2019	20.2%2020-2024	+1.3 points	Within the margin of error	37%
Broadband subscriptions	85.4%2015-2019	87.5%2020-2024	+2.2 points	Within the margin of error	16%
Effective property tax rate	0.38%2015-2019	0.33%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	25%
High school diploma or higher	84.2%2015-2019	87.4%2020-2024	+3.2 points	Within the margin of error	70%
Home price to income ratio	2.7×2015-2019	3.3×2020-2024	+0.6×	Within the margin of error	40%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4382015-2019	0.4182020-2024	−0.019	Within the margin of error	67%
Median household income	$62,3012015-2019	$65,9682020-2024	+5.9%	Within the margin of error	12%
Poverty rate	14.1%2015-2019	7.4%2020-2024	−6.7 points	Within the margin of error	86%
Rent as share of income	17.7%2015-2019	51.0%2020-2024	+33 points	Declined	0%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Chackbay, Louisiana five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Chackbay, Louisiana in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Chackbay, Louisiana itself moved −15 points in standing on average over the same 9 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

5,436 residents (±594)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†
50–59†
40–49†
30–39†
20–29†
10–19†
Under 10†

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 60–69 men (+5.8 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

5,436 residents (±594)

Chackbay, Louisiana
Louisiana share

White87%4,743
Black2.2%†119
Hispanic or Latino3.7%†199

Education

3,683 residents (±470)

Chackbay, Louisiana
Louisiana share

No high school diploma13%†463
High school or GED45%1,653
Some college15%†567

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

2,124 households (±231)

Chackbay, Louisiana
Louisiana share

Under $25k9.8%†209
$25k–50k32%†682
$50k–75k14%†289
$75k–100k16%†342
$100k–150k10%†223
$150k–200k8.2%†175
$200k or more9.6%†204

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $100k–150k (−9.5 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

2,124 households (±231)

Chackbay, Louisiana
Louisiana share

Own94%1,988
Rent6.4%†136

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

136 households (±91)

Chackbay, Louisiana
Louisiana share

Under $75035%†47
$750–1,00010%†14
$1,000–1,50035%†48

Home values

1,988 homes (±258)

Chackbay, Louisiana
Louisiana share

Under $150k27%†538
$150k–250k36%†706
$250k–400k24%†478

Age of homes

2,296 homes (±236)

Chackbay, Louisiana
Louisiana share

2010 or later11%†252
2000–200918%†416
1980–199932%†734

Size of homes

2,296 homes (±236)

Chackbay, Louisiana
Louisiana share

Studio2.8%†64
1 bedroom0.0%0
2 bedrooms12%†279

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

2,422 workers (±431)

Chackbay, Louisiana
Louisiana share

Drive alone79%1,919
Carpool14%†338
Public transit0.0%0
Walk0.0%0
Bike0.0%0
Work from home6.2%†149
Other0.7%†16

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Work from home (+4.7 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

2,273 workers (±432)

Chackbay, Louisiana
Louisiana share

Under 15 min26%†597
15–29 min27%†618
30–44 min19%†438

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Lafourche Parish, the county holding most of Chackbay's residents.

Lafourche Parish has 1,685 employer establishments, 177 for every 10,000 residents (0.71× the US rate of 248; 0.75× Louisiana's), with 28,210 paid employees at an average annual pay of $66,778. The Census Bureau also counts 7,347 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 1,685; 7,347 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 177; US 248 · Louisiana 236
Paid employees: 28,210
Average annual pay: $66,778; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Lafourche Parish by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Ambulatory health care services	144	15.1	0.73×Fewer than typical	1,782	$70,635	280
Restaurants and other eating places	121	12.7	0.69×Fewer than typical	2,223	$19,289	51
Specialty trade contractors	111	11.7	0.75×Fewer than typical	649	$55,508	685
Limited-service restaurants	59	6.2	0.77×Fewer than typical	1,101	$19,597	14
Building equipment contractors	56	5.9	0.98×About typical	255	$54,780	120
Offices of physicians	53	5.6	0.86×About typical	608	$94,984	46
Insurance agencies and brokerages	52	5.5	1.24×About typical	199	$64,487	115
Gasoline stations	46	4.8	1.49×More than typical	621	$23,502	—
Full-service restaurants	45	4.7	0.62×Fewer than typical	936	$19,924	23
Automotive repair and maintenance	41	4.3	0.86×About typical	156	$38,962	104
Construction of buildings	40	4.2	0.56×Fewer than typical	158	$63,741	238
Offices of other health practitioners	38	4	0.66×Fewer than typical	240	$38,471	111

Rank places for an industry Open Lafourche Parish

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 95,199 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $1.3M of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Chackbay, Louisiana: $231 per resident (US $1,995).

Obligations: $1.3M; +21% vs FY2025
Per resident: $231; US $1,995
Sole-source: 0.0%; US 30%
Single offer: 99%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Department of the Army$1.3M100%
Food Safety and Inspection Service$2,8050.2%
Agricultural Research Service$2,3360.2%

Top recipients

ONSHORE MATERIALS, L.L.C.$1.3M100%
FICKETT STRUCTURAL SOLUTIONS INC$5,7660.5%
MJ NAQUIN INC$2,8050.2%
GROUP ONE INTERNATIONAL LLC$2,3360.2%
WOODLAND HEIGHTS INC$00.0%
BIOINFOEXPERTS LLC

Spending by fiscal year

11.4KFY2017
17KFY2018
6.4KFY2019
3.5MFY2020
590.8KFY2021
804KFY2022
641.7KFY2023
2.2MFY2024

Top industries (NAICS)

Other heavy and civil engineering construction · 2379$1.3M100%
Architectural, engineering, and related services · 5413$5,7660.5%
Agriculture, construction, and mining machinery manufacturing · 3331$2,8050.2%
Commercial and industrial machinery and equipment repair and maintenance · 8113$2,3360.2%

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Chackbay, Louisiana, so they do not add up across cities.

Chackbay, Louisiana's figures are part of those of Lafourche Parish, LA ($2.3B in FY2026), never added to them: 0.1% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Chackbay is mostly in Lafourche Parish.

See federal money in Lafourche Parish

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Chackbay, Louisiana is split between congressional districts: each representative is shown with the share of its residents in their district (current boundaries).

House

Senate

Bill CassidyR-

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Lafourche Parish25100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA32

Other cities and towns in Lafourche Parish

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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