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Grand Coteau, LA

959 Population
2.4 square miles 395.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

54.9 ±18 Median age
  • about 1.5 times the figure in the Opelousas, LA Micro Area: 37.8 ±0.4
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Louisiana: 38 ±0.1
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$19,637 ±$4,752 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Opelousas, LA Micro Area: $25,412 ±$1,110
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Louisiana: $35,038 ±$248
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$34,730 ±$34,114 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Opelousas, LA Micro Area: $44,462 ±$2,416
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Louisiana: $60,756 ±$408
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

45.7% ±9.9% (432  ±158) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Opelousas, LA Micro Area: 26.8% 21,477 (±2.2% / ±1,789)
  • more than double the rate in Louisiana: 18.9% 848,967 (±0.3% / ±13,955)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

23.6 minutes ±6 (6,680  ±3,248) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Opelousas, LA Micro Area: 29.8 828,540 (±1.1 / ±46,122)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Louisiana: 25.7 46,906,036 (±0.2 / ±362,947)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

486 ±173 Number of households
  • the Opelousas, LA Micro Area: 32,183 ±482
  • Louisiana: 1,804,780 ±5,143
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
1.9 ±0.9 (918  ±280) Persons per household
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Opelousas, LA Micro Area: 2.5 80,508 (±0 / ±22)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Louisiana: 2.5 4,488,126
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

14.6% ±17.2% (25  ±32) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in the Opelousas, LA Micro Area: 6.2% † 1,112 (±1.7% / ±300)
  • more than double the rate in Louisiana: 5.7% 61,378 (±0.2% / ±2,325)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

558 ±177 Number of housing units
  • the Opelousas, LA Micro Area: 37,229 ±122
  • Louisiana: 2,108,902 ±333
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$117,500 ±$85,595 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Opelousas, LA Micro Area: $142,500 ±$9,546
  • about half the amount in Louisiana: $216,500 ±$1,367
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

2.7% ±2.3% (25  ±22.3) Moved since previous year
  • about one-third of the rate in the Opelousas, LA Micro Area: 7.9% † 6,378 (±1.3% / ±1,045.1)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Louisiana: 11.4% 520,360 (±0.2% / ±10,157.4)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

60.8% ±26.6% (419  ±117.4) High school grad or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Opelousas, LA Micro Area: 81.4% 43,289 (±3% / ±1,583.3)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Louisiana: 87.3% 2,711,692 (±0.5% / ±14,180.6)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
20.5% ±4% (141  ±54.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Opelousas, LA Micro Area: 14.9% 7,918 (±1.3% / ±704.3)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Louisiana: 27% 840,382 (±0.3% / ±8,276.4)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

1.8% ±2% (17  ±20) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Opelousas, LA Micro Area: 1.6% 1,326
  • about one-third of the rate in Louisiana: 4.9% 224,537
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

16.2% ±18.5% (124  ±148) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in the Opelousas, LA Micro Area: 4.6% † 2,769 (±0.7% / ±433)
  • more than double the rate in Louisiana: 6.1% 212,834 (±0.1% / ±3,526)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
124 Total veterans ±148 113 Male ±147 11 Female ±20

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