Melville vs Palmetto

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

Melville and Palmetto 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 127 in Palmetto). Melville has the higher median household income ($41,406 vs $26,615 in Palmetto). Since 2019, Palmetto's population has grown faster (-14.2% vs -41.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Melville	Palmetto
Population	684	127
Median age	37.8 yrs	52.1 yrs
Median household income	$41,406	$26,615
Median home value	$111,900	—
Housing units	391	119
Homeownership rate	70.4%	50.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.6%	22.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Melville	Palmetto
Population	1,164 → 684 (-41.2%)	148 → 127 (-14.2%)
Median household income	$26,577 → $41,406 (+55.8%)	$23,523 → $26,615 (+13.1%)
Median home value	$71,800 → $111,900 (+55.8%)	—
Median gross rent	$390 → $400 (+2.6%)	$482 → $653 (+35.5%)

Melville

Population

1,164684

Median household income

$26,577$41,406

Median home value

$71,800$111,900

Median gross rent

$390$400

Palmetto

Population

148127

Median household income

$23,523$26,615

Median gross rent

$482$653

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Melville	Palmetto
Under 5	12.3%	8.7%
5 to 17	15.6%	3.9%
18 to 24	9.1%	6.3%
25 to 34	8.6%	17.3%
35 to 44	8.6%	11.0%
45 to 54	8.0%	26.0%
55 to 64	11.8%	8.7%
65 to 74	15.4%	13.4%
75 and over	10.5%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Melville	Palmetto
White (non-Hispanic)	38.2%	39.4%
Black or African American	56.7%	55.9%
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	5.1%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Melville	Palmetto
No high school diploma	16.9%	28.2%
High school graduate	53.4%	41.7%
Some college or associate's	18.1%	7.8%
Bachelor's degree	9.3%	18.4%
Graduate or professional degree	2.3%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Melville	Palmetto
Drove alone	57.4%	65.5%
Carpooled	22.4%	17.2%
Public transit	5.9%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	8.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.3%	8.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Melville	Palmetto
1-unit, detached	56.5%	62.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.2%
2 to 4 units	14.6%	5.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	23.0%	28.6%

Poverty & households

	Melville	Palmetto
Poverty rate	34.4%	27.0%
Average household size	2.66	1.61
Mean commute (minutes)	43	21
Median year structure built	1974	1975