Avondale vs Grand Isle

A side-by-side comparison of Avondale and Grand Isle: population, income, housing, and more.

Avondale and Grand Isle are places in Louisiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Avondale has the higher population (5,200 vs 644 in Grand Isle). Grand Isle has the higher median home value ($266,100 vs $143,900 in Avondale). Since 2019, Avondale's population has grown faster (-2.3% vs -13.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Avondale	Grand Isle
Population	5,200	644
Median age	35.5 yrs	54.0 yrs
Median household income	$47,561	—
Median home value	$143,900	$266,100
Median gross rent	$1,411	$1,118
Housing units	1,837	1,703
Homeownership rate	85.5%	75.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.7%	23.7%
Unemployment rate	12.0%	7.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Avondale	Grand Isle
Population	5,321 → 5,200 (-2.3%)	740 → 644 (-13.0%)
Median household income	$40,503 → $47,561 (+17.4%)	—
Median home value	$90,300 → $143,900 (+59.4%)	$203,600 → $266,100 (+30.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,165 → $1,411 (+21.1%)	$1,009 → $1,118 (+10.8%)

Avondale

Population

5,3215,200

Median household income

$40,503$47,561

Median home value

$90,300$143,900

Median gross rent

$1,165$1,411

Grand Isle

Population

740644

Median home value

$203,600$266,100

Median gross rent

$1,009$1,118

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Avondale	Grand Isle
Under 5	6.1%	0.0%
5 to 17	21.8%	10.1%
18 to 24	7.9%	6.2%
25 to 34	14.0%	9.2%
35 to 44	13.4%	7.8%
45 to 54	9.3%	20.7%
55 to 64	9.7%	30.1%
65 to 74	11.1%	9.3%
75 and over	6.8%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Avondale	Grand Isle
White (non-Hispanic)	41.4%	93.0%
Black or African American	32.6%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	7.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	14.9%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Avondale	Grand Isle
No high school diploma	24.5%	12.6%
High school graduate	32.7%	36.7%
Some college or associate's	30.1%	26.9%
Bachelor's degree	7.4%	20.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	3.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Avondale	Grand Isle
Drove alone	80.5%	81.1%
Carpooled	17.1%	7.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	6.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.8%	0.3%
Other means	0.5%	4.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Avondale	Grand Isle
1-unit, detached	94.6%	79.2%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	3.5%
2 to 4 units	0.4%	4.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.2%
20 or more units	1.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	10.5%

Poverty & households

	Avondale	Grand Isle
Poverty rate	32.0%	31.3%
Average household size	2.98	1.78
Mean commute (minutes)	25	25
Median year structure built	1970	1976