Grand Isle vs Jean Lafitte

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

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

Jean Lafitte has the higher population (2,223 vs 644 in Grand Isle). Grand Isle has the higher median home value ($266,100 vs $207,600 in Jean Lafitte). Since 2019, Jean Lafitte's population has grown faster (+22.3% vs -13.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Grand Isle	Jean Lafitte
Population	644	2,223
Median age	54.0 yrs	31.9 yrs
Median household income	—	$61,703
Median home value	$266,100	$207,600
Median gross rent	$1,118	$973
Housing units	1,703	850
Homeownership rate	75.7%	81.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.7%	10.9%
Unemployment rate	7.3%	17.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grand Isle	Jean Lafitte
Population	740 → 644 (-13.0%)	1,818 → 2,223 (+22.3%)
Median household income	—	$55,671 → $61,703 (+10.8%)
Median home value	$203,600 → $266,100 (+30.7%)	$159,600 → $207,600 (+30.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,009 → $1,118 (+10.8%)	$1,020 → $973 (-4.6%)

Grand Isle

Population

740644

Median home value

$203,600$266,100

Median gross rent

$1,009$1,118

Jean Lafitte

Population

1,8182,223

Median household income

$55,671$61,703

Median home value

$159,600$207,600

Median gross rent

$1,020$973

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Grand Isle	Jean Lafitte
Under 5	0.0%	12.0%
5 to 17	10.1%	17.8%
18 to 24	6.2%	12.9%
25 to 34	9.2%	10.7%
35 to 44	7.8%	16.3%
45 to 54	20.7%	8.9%
55 to 64	30.1%	9.5%
65 to 74	9.3%	7.5%
75 and over	6.7%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grand Isle	Jean Lafitte
White (non-Hispanic)	93.0%	84.9%
Black or African American	1.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.9%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	4.8%	9.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grand Isle	Jean Lafitte
No high school diploma	12.6%	17.8%
High school graduate	36.7%	40.8%
Some college or associate's	26.9%	30.5%
Bachelor's degree	20.4%	6.2%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grand Isle	Jean Lafitte
Drove alone	81.1%	87.2%
Carpooled	7.5%	3.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.2%	5.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.3%	2.2%
Other means	4.9%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grand Isle	Jean Lafitte
1-unit, detached	79.2%	67.8%
1-unit, attached	3.5%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	4.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.5%	30.1%

Poverty & households

	Grand Isle	Jean Lafitte
Poverty rate	31.3%	13.3%
Average household size	1.78	3.17
Mean commute (minutes)	25	33
Median year structure built	1976	1992