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Golden Meadow town, Louisiana: commercial real estate data.
Golden Meadow town is a Census town of 1,854 people across 2.45 square miles of land, in Lafourche Parish. Median household income is $71,875, 76.6 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 1 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $440,000.
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Golden Meadow
What Golden Meadow is
- Census place typetown
- Land area2.45 sq mi
- Water area0.48 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land758 plus or minus 172
- County holding the largest share of its areaLafourche Parish, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How many people live in Golden Meadow
- Population1,854 plus or minus 420
- Median age42.1 plus or minus 8.7
- Population under 18381 plus or minus 124
- Share under 1820.6 percent plus or minus 4.8
- Population 65 and over323 plus or minus 93
- Share 65 and over17.4 percent
- Households731 plus or minus 146
- Family households470 plus or minus 125
- Share of households that are families64.3 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Income and work in Golden Meadow
- Median household income$71,875
- Per capita income$33,354
- Civilian labor force867 plus or minus 277
- Employed857 plus or minus 278
- Unemployed10 plus or minus 14
- Unemployment rate1.2 percent plus or minus 1.6
- Adults 25 and over1,257 plus or minus 255
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher83.0 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher15.4 percent plus or minus 6.0
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree5.5 percent plus or minus 3.2
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Golden Meadow
- Housing units895
- Occupied units731 plus or minus 146
- Vacant units164 plus or minus 70
- Vacancy rate18.3 percent plus or minus 7.2
- Owner occupied560 plus or minus 128
- Renter occupied171 plus or minus 93
- Ownership rate76.6 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$141,600
- Median gross rent, monthly$693 plus or minus $155
- Annual rent as a share of median income11.6 percent plus or minus 2.7
- Single family units791
- Share single family88.4 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more44 plus or minus 44
- Share in buildings of two or more4.9 percent plus or minus 4.9
- Mobile homes60 plus or minus 35
- Median year structure built1960
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Golden Meadow gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute792 plus or minus 276
- Commuting under 15 minutes458 plus or minus 168
- Share commuting under 15 minutes57.8 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more215 plus or minus 91
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more27.1 percent plus or minus 6.6
- Drove alone79.5 percent
- Carpooled12.6 percent plus or minus 7.5
- Public transport1.4 percent plus or minus 1.1
- Walked2.8 percent plus or minus 2.4
- Worked from home2.0 percent plus or minus 1.0
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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SBA loans in Golden Meadow (7(a))
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$440,000
- Average approval$440,000
- Median approval$440,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$440,000
- Largest approval$440,000
- Jobs supported40
- Jobs per approval40.0
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Paid in full1
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more0.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders1
- Distinct industries by NAICS1
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 1 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Lafourche Parish, not Golden Meadow
Lafourche Parish context, not Golden Meadow figures
These are Lafourche Parish figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Golden Meadow measurements.
- Establishments in Lafourche Parish1,685
- Employment at those establishments, Lafourche Parish28,210
- Covered employment, Lafourche Parish34,853
- Average annual pay, Lafourche Parish$67,112
- Average weekly wage, Lafourche Parish$1,291
- Housing units permitted, Lafourche Parish323
- Of those, single family, Lafourche Parish315
- County product, 2024, Lafourche Parish$6,287,199,000
- County product change over the prior year, Lafourche Parish5.1 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Lafourche Parish$48,647
Every figure in this section is published for Lafourche Parish as a whole and is not a measurement of Golden Meadow. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Golden Meadow questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Golden Meadow, Louisiana?
1,854, in 731 households. Golden Meadow town covers 2.45 square miles of land, which is 758 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Golden Meadow in?
Lafourche Parish, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Golden Meadow?
$71,875. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $141,600. Median gross rent is $693 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Golden Meadow businesses?
1 7(a) approvals totalling $440,000, across 1 lenders, median approval $440,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Golden Meadow, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Golden Meadow borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Golden Meadow. only 1 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page Golden Meadow figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Lafourche Parish as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Golden Meadow.
Is zoning published for Golden Meadow?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.