Grosse Tete vs White Castle

A side-by-side comparison of Grosse Tete and White Castle: population, income, housing, and more.

Grosse Tete and White Castle are places in Louisiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

White Castle has the higher population (2,278 vs 294 in Grosse Tete). Grosse Tete has the higher median household income ($54,250 vs $19,314 in White Castle). White Castle has the higher median home value ($102,000 vs $99,300 in Grosse Tete).

Population, income & housing

	Grosse Tete	White Castle
Population	294	2,278
Median age	52.3 yrs	30.0 yrs
Median household income	$54,250	$19,314
Median home value	$99,300	$102,000
Median gross rent	—	$675
Housing units	211	968
Homeownership rate	74.3%	39.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.8%	10.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	21.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grosse Tete	White Castle
Population	731 → 294 (-59.8%)	1,833 → 2,278 (+24.3%)
Median household income	$45,750 → $54,250 (+18.6%)	$30,729 → $19,314 (-37.1%)
Median home value	$90,300 → $99,300 (+10.0%)	$89,400 → $102,000 (+14.1%)
Median gross rent	$846 → $850 (+0.5%)	$520 → $675 (+29.8%)

Grosse Tete

Population

731294

Median household income

$45,750$54,250

Median home value

$90,300$99,300

Median gross rent

$846$850

White Castle

Population

1,8332,278

Median household income

$30,729$19,314

Median home value

$89,400$102,000

Median gross rent

$520$675

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Grosse Tete	White Castle
Under 5	6.8%	9.4%
5 to 17	7.8%	24.3%
18 to 24	0.0%	11.8%
25 to 34	24.8%	14.9%
35 to 44	1.0%	14.8%
45 to 54	17.0%	6.8%
55 to 64	22.8%	6.3%
65 to 74	9.5%	6.1%
75 and over	10.2%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grosse Tete	White Castle
White (non-Hispanic)	69.0%	4.4%
Black or African American	29.9%	94.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.0%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grosse Tete	White Castle
No high school diploma	5.6%	25.6%
High school graduate	56.2%	42.4%
Some college or associate's	33.5%	22.1%
Bachelor's degree	1.2%	4.8%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grosse Tete	White Castle
Drove alone	86.7%	77.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	18.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	3.3%
Other means	13.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grosse Tete	White Castle
1-unit, detached	56.4%	52.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	12.1%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	20.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	40.3%	13.4%

Poverty & households

	Grosse Tete	White Castle
Poverty rate	13.6%	51.4%
Average household size	2.10	2.78
Mean commute (minutes)	59	24
Median year structure built	1990	1980