Grand Coteau vs Krotz Springs

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

Grand Coteau and Krotz Springs 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 771 in Krotz Springs). Krotz Springs has the higher median household income ($55,000 vs $48,036 in Grand Coteau). Grand Coteau has the higher median home value ($87,400 vs $55,400 in Krotz Springs).

Population, income & housing

	Grand Coteau	Krotz Springs
Population	948	771
Median age	54.2 yrs	42.9 yrs
Median household income	$48,036	$55,000
Median home value	$87,400	$55,400
Median gross rent	$673	—
Housing units	543	427
Homeownership rate	32.2%	70.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.1%	8.7%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	11.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grand Coteau	Krotz Springs
Population	821 → 948 (+15.5%)	961 → 771 (-19.8%)
Median household income	$30,000 → $48,036 (+60.1%)	$22,375 → $55,000 (+145.8%)
Median home value	$97,500 → $87,400 (-10.4%)	$66,500 → $55,400 (-16.7%)
Median gross rent	$636 → $673 (+5.8%)	$574 → $342 (-40.4%)

Grand Coteau

Population

821948

Median household income

$30,000$48,036

Median home value

$97,500$87,400

Median gross rent

$636$673

Krotz Springs

Population

961771

Median household income

$22,375$55,000

Median home value

$66,500$55,400

Median gross rent

$574$342

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Grand Coteau	Krotz Springs
Under 5	8.3%	3.4%
5 to 17	9.5%	20.1%
18 to 24	10.8%	5.2%
25 to 34	7.3%	16.3%
35 to 44	8.1%	5.1%
45 to 54	8.0%	18.9%
55 to 64	32.2%	14.9%
65 to 74	4.0%	5.4%
75 and over	11.8%	10.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grand Coteau	Krotz Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	30.9%	93.8%
Black or African American	68.7%	1.8%
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	0.0%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grand Coteau	Krotz Springs
No high school diploma	41.1%	34.0%
High school graduate	34.4%	34.4%
Some college or associate's	11.4%	22.9%
Bachelor's degree	7.5%	7.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	1.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grand Coteau	Krotz Springs
Drove alone	88.3%	81.2%
Carpooled	8.9%	14.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.8%	4.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grand Coteau	Krotz Springs
1-unit, detached	44.2%	49.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	17.9%	8.7%
5 to 19 units	22.5%	4.2%
20 or more units	0.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	14.7%	37.7%

Poverty & households

	Grand Coteau	Krotz Springs
Poverty rate	37.0%	19.2%
Average household size	2.00	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	21	27
Median year structure built	1966	1970