Web Design in Houma, Louisiana

A small business website that fits Houma

Mining, oil and gas are a real industry here: 76 establishments with employees in the 2023 count, far more than the national share. Crews from out of town look for services from a phone, on short notice. Say clearly the area you cover, what equipment you run and how to send a job request. That is the work a small business website does best: saying the obvious things clearly.

Houma counted 31,735 residents in 2025, down from 33,344 in 2020 (−4.8%). A smaller market is a known market: what moves them is a recommendation they can check. Prove that you are open, current and good at what you do: an up-to-date hours page and recent work. A short, accurate page does more here than a clever one.

Houma has been around since 1834; that is more than a century and a half of local history. History cuts both ways for a small business: the old names have recognition, and the new ones have to explain themselves faster. Just opened? Then the website has to do what years of reputation does for the older names: explain exactly what you do and for whom.

Hot months, wet months: Houma through the year

By the 1991-2020 normals of the Houma weather station (7.8 miles from Houma), August highs average 91°F and January lows average 44°F. About 65 inches of rain and melted snow fall in a normal year, most of it in July. The high reaches 90°F or more on about 76 days a year. With this much rain, roofing, gutters and drainage work never run out of calls, often on short notice. Plan the website around your busy season: send the changes by email a few weeks ahead.

A web designer’s view of Houma’s businesses

The Census counted 480 establishments with employees in 2023 in ZIP code 70363, which includes Houma and its surroundings. Here is part of that mix, with what each website should show:

• Boat dealers, 3 in the count. What works online: the brands you carry, service and storage information and a contact form.
• Pest control companies, 6 in the count. What works online: the pests you treat, the areas you cover and a form for inspection requests.
• Quick-service restaurants, 18 in the count. What works online: today’s hours, the menu and photos that look like what customers get.
• Hardware stores, 3 in the count. What works online: departments, store hours and services such as key cutting or rentals.

County-wide, Terrebonne Parish counts 2,598 businesses with employees and 8,341 self-employed or nonemployer businesses (2023). The county’s largest sectors by number of employer establishments are retail trade (16.7%), health care and social assistance (10.7%) and professional, scientific and technical services (9.3%).

What the Census counts in Houma

There are 13,346 households, and 72.4% of them own their home. Median household income in Houma is $58,194, in line with the Louisiana median ($60,756). Median age: 34.9 in Houma, 38.0 in Louisiana. A typical home here is worth $205,900; the median rent is $1,058 (Louisiana medians: $216,500 and $1,064).

The annual estimates show a slow decline, from 33,344 in 2020 to 31,735 in 2025. Statewide, the change was −0.9%. In a stable market, reputation matters, and a website lets customers check yours at any hour.

Who lives in Houma, and what that means for your website

Children under 5 are 9.9% of the population, a sign of many young families. Pediatric care, child care and family services compete hard for these parents online.

Trips to work are short here: 49.6% take under 15 minutes. Short commutes keep Houma spending close to home.

Half the homes in Houma were built before 1973. The older housing in Houma keeps roofers, plumbers and remodelers busy.

Mapping the area around Houma

Distances from Houma: Lockport (12 miles northeast), Thibodaux (16 miles northwest), Golden Meadow (29 miles southeast), Morgan City (30 miles west) and Napoleonville (31 miles northwest). New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park lies within 47 miles of Houma. Houma sits about 10 feet above sea level. For big-city shopping and services, Kenner (65,136 residents) is 40 miles away. Houma covers 14.5 square miles of land and 0.1 square miles of water, about 2,194 residents per square mile. A service area page that lists the towns you cover, from Houma to Morgan City and Golden Meadow, answers the first question many customers have: do you come to me?

Your website for $89 a month, step by step

Aria works from Curitiba, Brazil, and has built websites for small businesses since 2008. We work with businesses remotely, so a company in Houma gets the same plan, at $89 a month, without meetings or visits.

1. Start with the online sign-up, which takes about 5 minutes, and send your material by email.
2. Within 5 business days you get a temporary link with the whole website, built on a proven template with your brand.
3. Ask for adjustments by email, approve, and after the first monthly fee the site goes live on your domain.

After launch, changes to text, photos and prices are requested by email and are part of the monthly fee; quick questions go by email too.

The legal basics for Houma businesses online

These are some of the Louisiana and federal rules a small business with a website runs into:

• The name customers see must match your legal name or a trade name registered with Louisiana. La. R.S. 51:211 et seq.
• A federal rule (16 CFR Part 465) makes it unlawful to write, buy or sell fake reviews and testimonials, so the reviews on a business website have to be real. 16 CFR Part 465

This is general information, not legal advice. Your county, your city hall or an attorney can confirm what applies to you.