Broussard, Louisiana

Broussard population, 2020 to 2024

Broussard added 1,770 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +13.1%. In the latest year it moved by +713. Among 59 Louisiana places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 5th; the median place changed by -2.7%. The median place of 5,000+ in Louisiana has 11,686 people, so Broussard is 1.3 times that size.

Broussard covers 18.17 square miles of land and 0.04 of water, for 843 people per square mile of land. The median Louisiana place of 5,000+ has 1,568, so Broussard is less dense than the typical town.

The 2 counties Broussard spans

Broussard crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 15,312 residents as follows; Lafayette Parish holds 98.7% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Broussard

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Broussard by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 70518. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Broussard is

The Census internal point of Broussard is at 30.137400, -91.955800. Baton Rouge, the capital, is 50.9 miles ENE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Youngsville, LA (19,038 people), 3.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Lafayette, LA, 6.4 miles away.

Daylight in Broussard

At 30.14° N, Broussard gets about 14 h 05 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 12 min around the December solstice, a swing of 3 h 53 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Broussard

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Louisiana, measured between internal points. The closest is Youngsville, 3.8 miles away, with 19,038 people.