Grand Coteau vs Melville

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

Grand Coteau and Melville 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 684 in Melville). Grand Coteau has the higher median household income ($48,036 vs $41,406 in Melville). Melville has the higher median home value ($111,900 vs $87,400 in Grand Coteau).

Population, income & housing

	Grand Coteau	Melville
Population	948	684
Median age	54.2 yrs	37.8 yrs
Median household income	$48,036	$41,406
Median home value	$87,400	$111,900
Median gross rent	$673	—
Housing units	543	391
Homeownership rate	32.2%	70.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.1%	11.6%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grand Coteau	Melville
Population	821 → 948 (+15.5%)	1,164 → 684 (-41.2%)
Median household income	$30,000 → $48,036 (+60.1%)	$26,577 → $41,406 (+55.8%)
Median home value	$97,500 → $87,400 (-10.4%)	$71,800 → $111,900 (+55.8%)
Median gross rent	$636 → $673 (+5.8%)	$390 → $400 (+2.6%)

Grand Coteau

Population

821948

Median household income

$30,000$48,036

Median home value

$97,500$87,400

Median gross rent

$636$673

Melville

Population

1,164684

Median household income

$26,577$41,406

Median home value

$71,800$111,900

Median gross rent

$390$400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Grand Coteau	Melville
Under 5	8.3%	12.3%
5 to 17	9.5%	15.6%
18 to 24	10.8%	9.1%
25 to 34	7.3%	8.6%
35 to 44	8.1%	8.6%
45 to 54	8.0%	8.0%
55 to 64	32.2%	11.8%
65 to 74	4.0%	15.4%
75 and over	11.8%	10.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grand Coteau	Melville
White (non-Hispanic)	30.9%	38.2%
Black or African American	68.7%	56.7%
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	0.0%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grand Coteau	Melville
No high school diploma	41.1%	16.9%
High school graduate	34.4%	53.4%
Some college or associate's	11.4%	18.1%
Bachelor's degree	7.5%	9.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	2.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grand Coteau	Melville
Drove alone	88.3%	57.4%
Carpooled	8.9%	22.4%
Public transit	0.0%	5.9%
Walked	0.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.8%	14.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grand Coteau	Melville
1-unit, detached	44.2%	56.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	17.9%	14.6%
5 to 19 units	22.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.7%	5.9%
Mobile home & other	14.7%	23.0%

Poverty & households

	Grand Coteau	Melville
Poverty rate	37.0%	34.4%
Average household size	2.00	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	21	43
Median year structure built	1966	1974