Grand Coteau vs Sunset

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

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

Sunset has the higher population (3,026 vs 948 in Grand Coteau). Sunset has the higher median household income ($66,684 vs $48,036 in Grand Coteau). Sunset has the higher median home value ($199,400 vs $87,400 in Grand Coteau).

Population, income & housing

	Grand Coteau	Sunset
Population	948	3,026
Median age	54.2 yrs	32.8 yrs
Median household income	$48,036	$66,684
Median home value	$87,400	$199,400
Median gross rent	$673	$860
Housing units	543	1,220
Homeownership rate	32.2%	72.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.1%	17.2%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grand Coteau	Sunset
Population	821 → 948 (+15.5%)	2,920 → 3,026 (+3.6%)
Median household income	$30,000 → $48,036 (+60.1%)	$39,297 → $66,684 (+69.7%)
Median home value	$97,500 → $87,400 (-10.4%)	$163,100 → $199,400 (+22.3%)
Median gross rent	$636 → $673 (+5.8%)	$626 → $860 (+37.4%)

Grand Coteau

Population

821948

Median household income

$30,000$48,036

Median home value

$97,500$87,400

Median gross rent

$636$673

Sunset

Population

2,9203,026

Median household income

$39,297$66,684

Median home value

$163,100$199,400

Median gross rent

$626$860

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Grand Coteau	Sunset
Under 5	8.3%	12.2%
5 to 17	9.5%	19.8%
18 to 24	10.8%	5.3%
25 to 34	7.3%	16.8%
35 to 44	8.1%	16.9%
45 to 54	8.0%	9.6%
55 to 64	32.2%	9.6%
65 to 74	4.0%	7.4%
75 and over	11.8%	2.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grand Coteau	Sunset
White (non-Hispanic)	30.9%	50.6%
Black or African American	68.7%	34.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	0.0%	13.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grand Coteau	Sunset
No high school diploma	41.1%	20.3%
High school graduate	34.4%	32.5%
Some college or associate's	11.4%	30.0%
Bachelor's degree	7.5%	10.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	6.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grand Coteau	Sunset
Drove alone	88.3%	65.5%
Carpooled	8.9%	13.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	4.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.8%	9.7%
Other means	0.0%	7.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grand Coteau	Sunset
1-unit, detached	44.2%	70.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	17.9%	9.3%
5 to 19 units	22.5%	3.7%
20 or more units	0.7%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	14.7%	14.9%

Poverty & households

	Grand Coteau	Sunset
Poverty rate	37.0%	15.6%
Average household size	2.00	3.03
Mean commute (minutes)	21	38
Median year structure built	1966	1983