Louisiana · Census place 49730
Melville, LA population, income and ZIP codes
Quick answer
The population of the city of Melville, Louisiana (Melville, LA — Census place “Melville town”) is 684 residents, ranking #321 of 489 places in Louisiana. Median household income is $41,406, the median home is worth $111,900 and median gross rent runs — a month. Looking for the Melville Louisiana ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Melville, LA: 71353.
- Population
- 684Melville town residents
- Median household income
- $41,406Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $111,900Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- —Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 37.8 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 70.4%Owner-occupied households
Melville ZIP codes (Louisiana)
Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Melville.
The Melville LA ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.
What the numbers mean in Melville town
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
The median home costs 2.7× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 34.4% of residents and 70.4% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
Melville town, LA in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
Melville town is a very small community in Louisiana, with 684 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #321 of 489 ranked by population — larger than 34% of them. The median age here is 37.8 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.
Households in Melville town earn a median of $41,406 a year, 47.3% below the national figure of $78,538 and 23% below the $53,775 median for the 268 Louisiana cities we cover. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 34.4% of residents here, well above the 12.4% national rate, which is the single clearest signal in this dataset that median income here is carried by a narrow band of households.
The typical owner-occupied home in Melville town is valued at $111,900, 63.1% below the national figure and 35% below the $173,000 peer median, while median gross rent runs not published a month. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 2.7×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 70.4% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.
With 684 residents, a handful of survey responses moves every median on this page. Compare Melville town against its county rather than against national figures.
The Census withheld gross rent for Melville town because the sample was too thin to publish at this geography. Those values were suppressed at the source, not lost in our dataset, and we do not model a replacement. Everything else on this page comes straight from the ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year tables.
Compare with nearby places
Places of similar size in Louisiana.
- Fordoche town 1,010
- Perry CDP 1,014
- Wisner town 1,020
- Morse village 1,039
- Lawtell CDP 1,044
- Greensburg town 1,050
- Rosedale village 1,099
- French Settlement village 1,099
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Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this area.
- What is the population of Melville town?
- Melville town has 684 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #321 of 489 in Louisiana.
- What is the median household income in Melville town?
- Median household income in Melville town is $41,406 a year, 47.3% below the national figure of $78,538.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in Melville town?
- Median gross rent is not published a month and the median home value is $111,900.
- Is Melville town affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- Homes cost about 2.7× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Melville town is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market.
- How current is this Melville town data?
- All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.