Grand Isle vs Lafitte

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

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

Grand Isle has the higher population (644 vs 464 in Lafitte). Grand Isle has the higher median home value ($266,100 vs $190,200 in Lafitte). Since 2019, Grand Isle's population has grown faster (-13.0% vs -43.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Grand Isle	Lafitte
Population	644	464
Median age	54.0 yrs	49.4 yrs
Median household income	—	$47,059
Median home value	$266,100	$190,200
Median gross rent	$1,118	—
Housing units	1,703	336
Homeownership rate	75.7%	82.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.7%	14.0%
Unemployment rate	7.3%	10.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grand Isle	Lafitte
Population	740 → 644 (-13.0%)	816 → 464 (-43.1%)
Median household income	—	$58,375 → $47,059 (-19.4%)
Median home value	$203,600 → $266,100 (+30.7%)	$268,800 → $190,200 (-29.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,009 → $1,118 (+10.8%)	—

Grand Isle

Population

740644

Median home value

$203,600$266,100

Median gross rent

$1,009$1,118

Lafitte

Population

816464

Median household income

$58,375$47,059

Median home value

$268,800$190,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Grand Isle	Lafitte
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	10.1%	21.3%
18 to 24	6.2%	1.7%
25 to 34	9.2%	4.5%
35 to 44	7.8%	16.4%
45 to 54	20.7%	18.1%
55 to 64	30.1%	17.7%
65 to 74	9.3%	15.5%
75 and over	6.7%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grand Isle	Lafitte
White (non-Hispanic)	93.0%	99.6%
Black or African American	1.4%	0.0%
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	4.8%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grand Isle	Lafitte
No high school diploma	12.6%	23.8%
High school graduate	36.7%	45.7%
Some college or associate's	26.9%	16.5%
Bachelor's degree	20.4%	13.4%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	0.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grand Isle	Lafitte
Drove alone	81.1%	83.4%
Carpooled	7.5%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.3%	12.4%
Other means	4.9%	4.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grand Isle	Lafitte
1-unit, detached	79.2%	82.7%
1-unit, attached	3.5%	0.0%
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%	17.3%

Poverty & households

	Grand Isle	Lafitte
Poverty rate	31.3%	2.8%
Average household size	1.78	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	25	40
Median year structure built	1976	1981