Dulac, Louisiana.
. Houma-Thibodaux, LA metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$411 (+58%) since Jan 2020.
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- Louisiana$1,123
- United States$1,922
Living in Dulac, Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana
Dulac, in Terrebonne Parish, had 1,241 people in the 2020 census. 83% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 17% are rented. Unemployment in Terrebonne Parish was 3.4% in August 2026, and the county had 0.1% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Terrebonne Parish work in schools and health care, then shops.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Dulac is a small community in Terrebonne Parish, and most people here live in homes they own rather than rent, a higher share than in most towns. More residents live below the poverty line than is typical, and few adults hold a four-year degree. Winters are mild, with little or no snow, and summers run hot, with a good deal of rain through the year.
Work. Residents work mostly in schools, hospitals and social care, in shops, in the building trades, and in restaurants, hotels and entertainment. Very few work from home. Across Terrebonne Parish, some of the largest workplaces are Danos, which does contract oil well logging, Terrebonne Parish Schools, and Terrebonne General Health System. Unemployment across the parish is a little lower than a year ago, though the number of jobs has barely changed.
Things to do. For time outdoors, Mandalay National Wildlife Refuge and Pointe-aux-Chenes Wildlife Management Area are both protected areas, each a longer drive away. The Edward Douglass White House, a museum, is also a longer drive from town.
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- 282households
- 4%of adults have a degree
- 20%below the poverty line
- 2%work from home
What people in Terrebonne Parish work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Terrebonne Parish had 47,828 jobs in 2025, 0.1% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 64° and lows near 44°; warmest in August, with highs near 91° and lows near 74°. About 65 inches of rain a year, and little or no snow.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Houma weather station, 18 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Terrebonne Parish
- DanosOil well logging on a contract basis2,557
- Terrebonne Parish SchoolsSchool district1,847FTE
- Terrebonne General Health SystemGeneral hospital1,235FTE
- Performance Energy ServicesBarge sections, prefabricated metal, manufacturing1,187
- Supreme Services & Specialty CompanyServicing oil and gas wells on a contract basis578
- Chet Morrison ContractorsOil and gas field services on a contract basis565
- Southern Regional MedicalGeneral hospital423FTE
- Bollinger Houma ShipyardsShipyard384
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 97 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 13,657 people in all across the county; Dulac has none of its own. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24) and hospitals from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- HurricanesVery high
- Coastal floodingRelatively high
- LightningRelatively high
- TornadoesRelatively high
- Cold wavesRelatively high
- Inland floodingRelatively high
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Dulac’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, very high. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Terrebonne Parish and the Houma-Thibodaux, LA metro.
Dulac home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
Not enough data to draw this yet.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Dulac16
Zip codes with a Dulac address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Dulac — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.
Zillow publishes no zip-level series with this city on the address.