Elmwood vs Grand Isle

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

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

Elmwood has the higher population (6,022 vs 644 in Grand Isle). Grand Isle has the higher median home value ($266,100 vs $188,300 in Elmwood). Since 2019, Elmwood's population has grown faster (+5.7% vs -13.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Elmwood	Grand Isle
Population	6,022	644
Median age	33.3 yrs	54.0 yrs
Median household income	$83,268	—
Median home value	$188,300	$266,100
Median gross rent	$1,474	$1,118
Housing units	4,017	1,703
Homeownership rate	13.5%	75.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	63.0%	23.7%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	7.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elmwood	Grand Isle
Population	5,698 → 6,022 (+5.7%)	740 → 644 (-13.0%)
Median household income	$57,396 → $83,268 (+45.1%)	—
Median home value	$209,800 → $188,300 (-10.2%)	$203,600 → $266,100 (+30.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,226 → $1,474 (+20.2%)	$1,009 → $1,118 (+10.8%)

Elmwood

Population

5,6986,022

Median household income

$57,396$83,268

Median home value

$209,800$188,300

Median gross rent

$1,226$1,474

Grand Isle

Population

740644

Median home value

$203,600$266,100

Median gross rent

$1,009$1,118

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elmwood	Grand Isle
Under 5	3.8%	0.0%
5 to 17	13.3%	10.1%
18 to 24	4.3%	6.2%
25 to 34	36.8%	9.2%
35 to 44	11.1%	7.8%
45 to 54	8.7%	20.7%
55 to 64	9.5%	30.1%
65 to 74	10.0%	9.3%
75 and over	2.6%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elmwood	Grand Isle
White (non-Hispanic)	45.4%	93.0%
Black or African American	27.1%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	12.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.7%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	11.3%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elmwood	Grand Isle
No high school diploma	1.7%	12.6%
High school graduate	7.2%	36.7%
Some college or associate's	28.0%	26.9%
Bachelor's degree	33.6%	20.4%
Graduate or professional degree	29.5%	3.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elmwood	Grand Isle
Drove alone	82.7%	81.1%
Carpooled	7.8%	7.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	6.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.1%	0.3%
Other means	0.0%	4.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elmwood	Grand Isle
1-unit, detached	7.1%	79.2%
1-unit, attached	3.5%	3.5%
2 to 4 units	6.4%	4.8%
5 to 19 units	50.3%	2.2%
20 or more units	32.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	10.5%

Poverty & households

	Elmwood	Grand Isle
Poverty rate	5.8%	31.3%
Average household size	1.70	1.78
Mean commute (minutes)	20	25
Median year structure built	1990	1976