Cankton vs Grand Coteau

A side-by-side comparison of Cankton and Grand Coteau: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Grand Coteau has the higher population (948 vs 610 in Cankton). Grand Coteau has the higher median home value ($87,400 vs $83,500 in Cankton). Since 2019, Grand Coteau's population has grown faster (+15.5% vs -6.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Cankton	Grand Coteau
Population	610	948
Median age	24.8 yrs	54.2 yrs
Median household income	—	$48,036
Median home value	$83,500	$87,400
Median gross rent	$676	$673
Housing units	263	543
Homeownership rate	89.4%	32.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.4%	13.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cankton	Grand Coteau
Population	651 → 610 (-6.3%)	821 → 948 (+15.5%)
Median household income	$56,563 → $39,917 (-29.4%)	$30,000 → $48,036 (+60.1%)
Median home value	$86,700 → $83,500 (-3.7%)	$97,500 → $87,400 (-10.4%)
Median gross rent	$682 → $676 (-0.9%)	$636 → $673 (+5.8%)

Cankton

Population

651610

Median household income

$56,563$39,917

Median home value

$86,700$83,500

Median gross rent

$682$676

Grand Coteau

Population

821948

Median household income

$30,000$48,036

Median home value

$97,500$87,400

Median gross rent

$636$673

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cankton	Grand Coteau
Under 5	9.8%	8.3%
5 to 17	20.7%	9.5%
18 to 24	22.3%	10.8%
25 to 34	8.2%	7.3%
35 to 44	16.9%	8.1%
45 to 54	7.9%	8.0%
55 to 64	5.1%	32.2%
65 to 74	5.9%	4.0%
75 and over	3.3%	11.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cankton	Grand Coteau
White (non-Hispanic)	85.7%	30.9%
Black or African American	8.4%	68.7%
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	3.1%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cankton	Grand Coteau
No high school diploma	9.0%	41.1%
High school graduate	42.4%	34.4%
Some college or associate's	30.2%	11.4%
Bachelor's degree	13.9%	7.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.5%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cankton	Grand Coteau
Drove alone	79.7%	88.3%
Carpooled	3.8%	8.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.4%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.1%	1.8%
Other means	7.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cankton	Grand Coteau
1-unit, detached	55.9%	44.2%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	17.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	22.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	41.1%	14.7%

Poverty & households

	Cankton	Grand Coteau
Poverty rate	29.3%	37.0%
Average household size	2.93	2.00
Mean commute (minutes)	27	21
Median year structure built	1988	1966