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Thibodaux, LA

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Population
15,573
U.S. Census Population Estimates Program · 2025
Elevation
12 ft
Median Home Value
$232,500
U.S. Census American Community Survey 5-Year · 2024
Median Rent
$960/mo
U.S. Census American Community Survey 5-Year · 2024
Median Income
$52,072
U.S. Census American Community Survey 5-Year · 2024

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OverallBest places in LouisianaPopulation rankingHighest population places in LouisianaNearest larger communityHouma, Louisiana16 miles away · 31,735 residents.

About Thibodaux

Thibodaux is the seat of Lafourche Parish in south Louisiana and home to Nicholls State University. The area's documented Indigenous history includes the Chawasha, related to the Chitimacha, and the city later grew within bayou, plantation, and parish-seat Louisiana. Nicholls gives Thibodaux a college-town layer, while nearby technical education, sugarcane country, foodways, and Bayou Lafourche shape everyday life. Thibodaux feels historic, humid, and deeply local, with university energy sitting inside a strong Cajun and bayou-region setting.

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