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Electric companies in Lafourche Parish, Louisiana

Lafourche Parish, LA ranks 6th of 64 Louisiana counties for tornado risk, FEMA score 94.5. Lafourche Parish, LA has 96,670 residents. Lafourche Parish, LA: 2 utilities listed by EIA. Lafourche Parish, LA: home electricity prices of 11.05 to 13.48 cents per kWh.

Lafourche Parish, LA on the map

Lafourche Parish, LA and nearby counties, shaded by storm eventsSt. John the BaptistSt. JamesTerrebonneSt. CharlesLafourcheJefferson

Lafourche Parish, LA darker: more storm events

Outage risk in Lafourche Parish, LA

Lafourche Parish, LA, NWS storm events 2015 to 2025: 21 in all, 21.7 per 100,000 residents of 96,670, rank 64 of 64 Louisiana counties. Property damage in Lafourche Parish, LA: $1K.

Events by year in Lafourche Parish, LA

events a year, Lafourche Parish, LA

  1. 4'15
  2. 3'16
  3. 5'17
  4. 1'18
  5. 3'19
  6. 1'20
  7. 0'21
  8. 1'22
  9. 1'23
  10. 1'24
  11. 1'25

Events by type

events by type, Lafourche Parish, LA

  • Thunderstorm and high wind16
  • Tornado5
Lafourche Parish, LA outage-linked hazards
Lafourche Parish, LAFEMAScoreRankEventsPeakDamage
Lafourche Parish, LA, thunderstorm and high windRelatively Moderate56.630 of 64162015 (3)$1K
Lafourche Parish, LA, tornadoRelatively High94.56 of 6452017 (2)$0
Lafourche Parish, LA, hurricane and tropical stormRelatively High97.710 of 640none$0
Lafourche Parish, LA, ice stormVery Low1.464 of 640none$0
Lafourche Parish, LA, winter storm and heavy snowRelatively Low54.79 of 640none$0
Lafourche Parish, LA, heat waveRelatively Moderate92.112 of 640none$0

Electric utilities in Lafourche Parish, LA

Utility listed for Lafourche Parish, LATypeHome price ¢/kWhYearly bill at 1,202 kWhShare of Lafourche Parish, LA median income of $63,439
Entergy Louisiana LLC in Lafourche Parish, LAInvestor Owned11.05$1,5942.51%
South Louisiana Elec Coop Assn in Lafourche Parish, LACooperative13.48$1,9433.06%

Prices are statewide utility averages, not a county price.

Facts about Lafourche Parish, LA

Residents of Lafourche Parish, LA, ACS 2023
96,67015 of 64 Louisiana counties
Households in Lafourche Parish, LA
37,3972.58 people each
Owner-occupied homes in Lafourche Parish, LA
78.3%29,285 owner and 8,112 renter households
Median household income in Lafourche Parish, LA
$63,43919 of 64 Louisiana counties
Housing units in Lafourche Parish, LA
41,1643,767 vacant or seasonal, 9.2% of the units
Homes heated by electricity in Lafourche Parish, LA
66.7%24,931 homes, 29 of 64 Louisiana counties
Utilities listed for Lafourche Parish, LA
22 with a home price: Entergy Louisiana LLC, South Louisiana Elec Coop Assn
Lowest home price in Lafourche Parish, LA
11.05 ¢/kWhEntergy Louisiana LLC, 18.0% below the highest
Highest home price in Lafourche Parish, LA
13.48 ¢/kWhSouth Louisiana Elec Coop Assn
Monthly bill gap in Lafourche Parish, LA
$29between the two at 1,202 kWh, $349 a year, 0.55% of the Lafourche Parish, LA median income
ZIP areas touching Lafourche Parish, LA
1370301 to 70394
Outage-linked storm events in Lafourche Parish, LA
21NWS storm events, 2015 to 2025
Homes built before 1980 in Lafourche Parish, LA
47.8%median year built 1981
Flood claims in Lafourche Parish, LA
984NFIP 2015 to 2025, $36.5M paid
Home energy burden in Lafourche Parish, LA
2.4%$1,708 a year on electricity (DOE LEAD)

Electricity price since 2015 in Lafourche Parish, LA

Entergy Louisiana LLC charged Lafourche Parish, LA homes 8.95 ¢/kWh in 2015. Lafourche Parish, LA: 11.05 ¢ in 2024, 23% up. Lafourche Parish, LA: against 26% up for the Louisiana average.

Lafourche Parish, LA: a 1,202 kWh month at that price. Lafourche Parish, LA: $108 in 2015, $133 in 2024. Lafourche Parish, LA: $1,594 a year, 2.5% of the $63,439 median income.

Lafourche: 10 yearly prices
YearEntergy Louisiana LLC, Lafourche Parish, LALafourche: Gap to Louisiana averageLafourche: Gap to U.S. average
2015, Lafourche8.95-0.38-3.70
2016, Lafourche8.59-0.75-3.96
2017, Lafourche8.90-0.84-3.99
2018, Lafourche8.52-1.07-4.35
2019, Lafourche8.98-0.82-4.03
2020, Lafourche9.15-0.52-4.00
2021, Lafourche10.89-0.13-2.77
2022, Lafourche12.70-0.23-2.34
2023, Lafourche11.01-0.54-4.99
2024, Lafourche11.05-0.68-5.43

Lafourche Parish, LA: EIA-861 home prices, 2015 to 2024, not a Lafourche Parish, LA price.

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Cost of living with electricity in Lafourche Parish, LA

Lafourche Parish, LA: electricity $1,708 a year per home (DOE LEAD), all home energy $1,865, 2.4% of $77,914 income. 36,828 households in Lafourche Parish, LA spend about $62.9 million a year on electricity and $68.7 million on all home energy. Lower-income homes in Lafourche Parish, LA ($16,820 a year) spend 9.5% of income, 4.0 times the all-home figure.

Energy burden in Lafourche Parish, LA

% of income on energy, Lafourche Parish, LA

  • All households2.4
  • Lower income9.5
  • Owners2.3
  • Renters3.7
  • Louisiana counties2.7
Lafourche Parish, LA home energy cost by household group
Lafourche Parish, LAHomesIncomePowerGasOtherBurden
Lafourche Parish, LA, all households36,828$77,914$1,708$147$102.4%
Lafourche Parish, LA, lower income11,189$16,820$1,456$116$209.5%
Lafourche Parish, LA, owners28,826$90,147$1,854$171$122.3%
Lafourche Parish, LA, renters8,002$33,849$1,183$60$33.7%

Housing and heating in Lafourche Parish, LA

Lafourche Parish, LA: 19,690 of 41,164 homes were built before 1980 and 10,686 in 2000 or later. Lafourche Parish, LA has 29,725 detached houses, 2,009 homes in 5+ unit buildings, 6,728 mobile homes, and 8,112 of 37,397 households rent.

Age of homes in Lafourche Parish, LA

% of homes by decade built, Lafourche Parish, LA

  1. 5pre-40
  2. 440s
  3. 950s
  4. 1160s
  5. 1970s
  6. 1580s
  7. 1190s
  8. 1300s
  9. 1210s
  10. 120+

Heating fuel in Lafourche Parish, LA

% of homes by main fuel, Lafourche Parish

  • Electricity66.7
  • Utility gas31.8
Lafourche Parish, LA housing against Louisiana counties
Lafourche Parish, LAValueState medianGapRank (1 = highest)
Lafourche Parish, LA, median year built19811982-1 years34 of 64
Lafourche Parish, LA, built before 198047.8%47.1%+0.7 points32 of 64
Lafourche Parish, LA, built 2000 or later26.0%25.0%+1.0 points28 of 64
Lafourche Parish, LA, detached houses72.2%67.8%+4.4 points15 of 64
Lafourche Parish, LA, apartments in 5+ unit buildings4.9%3.5%+1.4 points24 of 64
Lafourche Parish, LA, mobile homes16.3%20.1%-3.7 points48 of 64
Lafourche Parish, LA, renter households21.7%28.1%-6.4 points49 of 64
Lafourche Parish, LA, median home value$190,800$150,850+$39,95019 of 64
Lafourche Parish, LA, median gross rent a month$933$806+$12721 of 63
Lafourche Parish, LA, people per household2.522.54-0.0235 of 64

Flood claims and flood insurance in Lafourche Parish, LA

Lafourche Parish, LA: 984 NFIP flood claims in 2015 to 2025, $36.5M paid, median paid claim $29,275.

7,963 of 34,592 residential structures in Lafourche Parish, LA carry an NFIP contract. 8,492 NFIP policies of any type were in force in Lafourche Parish, LA on 8 Sep 2026. Lafourche Parish, LA lists 413 repetitive-loss properties, 86 of them severe repetitive loss.

Lafourche Parish, LA: claims history, not an outage count.

Flood claims by year in Lafourche Parish, LA

flood claims a year, Lafourche Parish, LA

  1. 19'15
  2. 17'16
  3. 49'17
  4. <5'18
  5. 24'19
  6. 93'20
  7. 628'21
  8. <5'22
  9. <5'23
  10. 140'24
  11. 5'25
Lafourche Parish, LA flood claims and flood insurance
Lafourche Parish, LAValueMedian countyRank (1 = highest)
Lafourche Parish, LA, claims 2015-2025984—14 of 62
Lafourche Parish, LA, paid 2015-2025$36.5M—15 of 62
Lafourche Parish, LA, median paid claim$29,275——
Lafourche Parish, LA, claims per 1,000 homes28.414.318 of 62
Lafourche Parish, LA, homes with flood insurance23.0%7.3%14 of 64
Lafourche Parish, LA, policies in force8,492——
Lafourche Parish, LA, repetitive-loss properties413——

Lafourche Parish, LA: OpenFEMA NFIP, claims as of 8 Sep 2026, insured share as of 3 Aug 2026; counts under 5 are hidden.

Lafourche Parish, LA: flood claims by state, flood hub.

Climate and electric heating in Lafourche Parish, LA

Lafourche Parish, LA totals 1,243 heating degree days and 3,013 cooling degree days a year (1991-2020 normal).

For heating, Lafourche Parish, LA is the 62nd coldest of 64 counties in Louisiana: 1,243 against a median of 1,768. For cooling, Lafourche Parish, LA is the 3rd hottest: 3,013 against a median of 2,575.

Lafourche Parish, LA is a cooling county, with 1,770 more cooling than heating degree days.

Lafourche Parish, LA averaged 3,285 cooling degree days in 2016-2025 against a 3,013 normal, 9% more.

Lafourche Parish, LA: electricity heats 66.7% of 37,397 homes; the winter totals 1,243 heating degree days.

Lafourche Parish, LA

  • Heating degree days, 1,243 vs 1,76870
  • Cooling degree days, 3,013 vs 2,575117
  • Electric heat, 66.7% vs 65.5%102
  • LA median county100
Lafourche Parish, LA: degree days, electric heat
Lafourche Parish, LAValueLA median countyLafourche Parish, LA, rank (1 = highest)
Lafourche Parish, LA, heating degree days, 1991-2020 normal1,2431,76862 of 64
Lafourche Parish, LA, heating degree days, 2016-2025 mean1,0771,50262 of 64
Lafourche Parish, LA, cooling degree days, 1991-2020 normal3,0132,5753 of 64
Lafourche Parish, LA, cooling degree days, 2016-2025 mean3,2852,7862 of 64
Lafourche Parish, LA, electric heating, ACS 2019-202366.7%65.5%29 of 64

Lafourche Parish, LA: ACS B25040, 37,397 homes; NOAA nClimDiv, retrieved 7 Oct 2026.

Analyst note on Lafourche Parish, LA

Lafourche Parish, LA counts 96,670 residents in 37,397 households. Lafourche Parish, LA touches 13 ZIP areas, 70301 to 70394, about 7,436 residents each. Household income in Lafourche Parish, LA is $63,439; 29,285 of its 37,397 households own.

24,931 of the 37,397 homes in Lafourche Parish, LA heat with electricity. Lafourche Parish, LA has 41,164 housing units, 3,767 (9.2%) vacant or seasonal, and 8,112 rented homes. Lafourche Parish, LA logged 21 storm events for its 96,670 residents.

The median home in Lafourche Parish, LA dates from 1981. Homes in Lafourche Parish, LA pay $1,708 a year for electricity. Lafourche Parish, LA home electricity prices run Entergy Louisiana LLC to South Louisiana Elec Coop Assn, $29 a month apart at 1,202 kWh.

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Questions on Lafourche Parish, LA

Lafourche Parish, LA: what do homes pay for electricity?

Lafourche Parish, LA homes paid 11.05 to 13.48 cents per kWh in 2024 across 2 listed utilities: $133 to $162 a month at 1,202 kWh, 2.51% to 3.06% of Lafourche Parish, LA income.

Lafourche Parish, LA: how many homes heat with electricity?

Lafourche Parish, LA: 24,931 of 37,397 occupied homes, 66.7%, rank 29 of 64.

Lafourche Parish, LA: median household income?

$63,439 in Lafourche Parish, LA, rank 19 of 64; 96,670 residents, 37,397 households.

Lafourche Parish, LA: outage-linked storms since 2015?

Lafourche Parish, LA: 21 NWS events, peak year 2017.

Lafourche Parish, LA: flood insurance claims since 2015?

Lafourche Parish, LA: 984 NFIP flood claims, $36.5M paid, 28.4 per 1,000 homes, 23.0% of homes insured.

How old are the homes in Lafourche Parish, LA?

Lafourche Parish, LA: median home built 1981; 47.8% predate 1980, 72.2% detached, 4.9% in 5+ unit buildings.

Lafourche Parish, LA: share of income for energy?

Lafourche Parish, LA homes spend $1,708 a year on electricity, $1,865 on all energy: 2.4% of $77,914; 9.5% for lower incomes.

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Lafourche Parish, LA ranks 6th of 64 Louisiana counties for tornado risk, FEMA score 94.5.