Houma

Houma is a small city (about 33,000 people in 2019, not including suburbs) in south central Louisiana. It is the seat and largest city in Terrebonne Parish, and the center of the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux Metropolitan Statistical Area. The region in total is home to a little over 200,000.



Bayou Terrebonne runs through the town roughly east to west between Main Street and Park Avenue, with the Intracostal Waterway running north to south.

By car
Houma, Louisiana is just off Highway 90 south New Orleans Louisiana.

Directions from New Orleans (approx. 59 miles or 1 hour, 15 minutes):
 * 1) Merge onto I-10 W (9.7 miles)
 * 2) Merge onto I-310 S via exit 220 to Boutte/Houma (12.0 miles)
 * 3) Exit at US-90 W toward Houma (30.07 miles)
 * 4) Turn left at LA-24 E toward Houma (7.3 miles)

Directions from Lafayette, LA (approx. 104 miles or 2 hours, 10 minutes):
 * 1) From I-10, merge onto US-167 S via the US-90/US-167 S exit 103A to Lafayette (2.6 miles)
 * 2) Continue on US-90 E (93.8 miles)
 * 3) Turn right at LA-24 E (7.3 miles)

By train
Amtrak serves the city via its Sunset Limited train, running between New Orleans and Los Angeles. three days a week.



Connect
Telephone area code is 985.

Computer wi-fi can be found at the Coffee Zone listed above.

Go next

 * New Orleans, Louisiana's largest city and most popular visitor destination, is a 90-minute drive to the north east.
 * Lafayette, the main city of Louisiana's "Cajun Country", is just over 2 hours to the west.
 * River Region (Plantation Country), to see the many historic plantations and other attractions in St. Charles, St. John, and St. James parishes.