Lebeau vs Melville

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

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

Melville has the higher population (684 vs 202 in Lebeau). Melville has the higher median household income ($41,406 vs $15,750 in Lebeau). Melville has the higher median home value ($111,900 vs $80,000 in Lebeau).

Population, income & housing

	Lebeau	Melville
Population	202	684
Median age	29.6 yrs	37.8 yrs
Median household income	$15,750	$41,406
Median home value	$80,000	$111,900
Housing units	121	391
Homeownership rate	58.8%	70.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	11.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lebeau	Melville
Population	—	1,164 → 684 (-41.2%)
Median household income	—	$26,577 → $41,406 (+55.8%)
Median home value	—	$71,800 → $111,900 (+55.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$390 → $400 (+2.6%)

Lebeau

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)

	Lebeau	Melville
Under 5	0.0%	12.3%
5 to 17	0.0%	15.6%
18 to 24	24.3%	9.1%
25 to 34	30.2%	8.6%
35 to 44	0.0%	8.6%
45 to 54	0.0%	8.0%
55 to 64	24.3%	11.8%
65 to 74	21.3%	15.4%
75 and over	0.0%	10.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lebeau	Melville
White (non-Hispanic)	6.9%	38.2%
Black or African American	93.1%	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	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lebeau	Melville
No high school diploma	11.8%	16.9%
High school graduate	71.9%	53.4%
Some college or associate's	16.3%	18.1%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	9.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	2.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lebeau	Melville
Drove alone	30.9%	57.4%
Carpooled	60.5%	22.4%
Public transit	0.0%	5.9%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.6%	14.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lebeau	Melville
1-unit, detached	71.1%	56.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	28.9%	14.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	23.0%

Poverty & households

	Lebeau	Melville
Poverty rate	17.3%	34.4%
Average household size	2.38	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	—	43
Median year structure built	1975	1974