Grand Coteau vs Washington

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

Grand Coteau and Washington 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 864 in Washington). Grand Coteau has the higher median household income ($48,036 vs $36,944 in Washington). Washington has the higher median home value ($115,300 vs $87,400 in Grand Coteau).

Population, income & housing

	Grand Coteau	Washington
Population	948	864
Median age	54.2 yrs	26.3 yrs
Median household income	$48,036	$36,944
Median home value	$87,400	$115,300
Median gross rent	$673	$618
Housing units	543	486
Homeownership rate	32.2%	45.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.1%	11.8%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grand Coteau	Washington
Population	821 → 948 (+15.5%)	1,020 → 864 (-15.3%)
Median household income	$30,000 → $48,036 (+60.1%)	$23,333 → $36,944 (+58.3%)
Median home value	$97,500 → $87,400 (-10.4%)	$127,900 → $115,300 (-9.9%)
Median gross rent	$636 → $673 (+5.8%)	$450 → $618 (+37.3%)

Grand Coteau

Population

821948

Median household income

$30,000$48,036

Median home value

$97,500$87,400

Median gross rent

$636$673

Washington

Population

1,020864

Median household income

$23,333$36,944

Median home value

$127,900$115,300

Median gross rent

$450$618

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Grand Coteau	Washington
Under 5	8.3%	23.7%
5 to 17	9.5%	7.8%
18 to 24	10.8%	14.4%
25 to 34	7.3%	17.5%
35 to 44	8.1%	2.3%
45 to 54	8.0%	5.9%
55 to 64	32.2%	15.0%
65 to 74	4.0%	7.5%
75 and over	11.8%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grand Coteau	Washington
White (non-Hispanic)	30.9%	28.5%
Black or African American	68.7%	59.7%
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%	9.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grand Coteau	Washington
No high school diploma	41.1%	17.7%
High school graduate	34.4%	41.0%
Some college or associate's	11.4%	29.5%
Bachelor's degree	7.5%	10.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	0.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grand Coteau	Washington
Drove alone	88.3%	87.0%
Carpooled	8.9%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	9.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.8%	3.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grand Coteau	Washington
1-unit, detached	44.2%	55.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	7.4%
2 to 4 units	17.9%	25.9%
5 to 19 units	22.5%	0.8%
20 or more units	0.7%	3.5%
Mobile home & other	14.7%	7.2%

Poverty & households

	Grand Coteau	Washington
Poverty rate	37.0%	29.5%
Average household size	2.00	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	21	52
Median year structure built	1966	1966