Mathews is a community in Lafourche Parish, Louisiana, home to about 1,598 people across 4.0 square miles. Its ZIP code is 70375, and parts of 70394 are in Mathews too.
Homes sold for a median of $105 per square foot in the three months ending August 2026, a balanced market.
Mostly Mathews
Mostly Raceland; part is in Mathews
Each card is that ZIP code’s whole market, including any part outside Mathews. Seller’s market: under 4 months of supply; buyer’s market: over 6. Methodology
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| Nearest major airport | Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (MSY)28 miles away |
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| Nearest city of 250,000+ | New Orleans, LA46 miles away |
| Nearest city of 1 million+ | Houston, TX287 miles away |
Straight-line distances from the center of Mathews; driving is longer.
Source: Airports from OurAirports (scheduled passenger service); city centers and populations from the U.S. Census Bureau.
Source: Members of Congress from the congress-legislators project; districts from the Census Bureau’s relationship files; governor and mayor from Wikidata.
Mathews had 2,273 residents in the 2020 census, up 13% since 2000.
It’s the 219th largest of 487 towns in Louisiana by population.
Lafourche Parish grew from 28,882 residents in 1900 to 97,557 in 2020.
Lafourche Parish, 1900–2020
Source: U.S. Census Bureau decennial censuses (counties 1900–1990 from the Bureau’s historical county file).
Average highs peak around 92°F in summer, and winter lows average 45°F. About 71.3 inches of rain and melted snow fall in a typical year.
Source: NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Thibodaux 4 Se, LA weather station (11 miles away).
28,210 jobs at 1,685 businesses in Lafourche Parish. The biggest industries by employees:
Source: U.S. Census Bureau County Business Patterns 2023 (private employers; jobs counted where people work).
1 doctors and other health care providers list an office in Mathews.
Nearest hospitals
Providers with an office here
| Dentists | 1 |
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Source: Hospitals from CMS Hospital General Information (ratings are CMS overall star ratings); straight-line distances; providers from the CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), by practice address and primary specialty.
Grocery stores
Counts are within about 1.5 miles of the center of town.
Source: Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (openstreetmap.org/copyright), as mapped by volunteers; it can miss places or include closed ones.
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Shares ZIP codes with Raceland and Lockport Heights.
Town boundaries don’t always match ZIP codes: a ZIP code can cross into neighboring towns, and a town can share a ZIP code with its neighbors. Facts describe the town itself; market figures describe whole ZIP codes.