Melville is a city of 589 people in Louisiana. 9% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, below the 36% national rate. There are 787 fewer people here than in 2000. At a median age of 45.5, this is an older place than the country as a whole. Home values have more than doubled since 2000, reaching $71,700. That trails the Louisiana median by roughly 42%.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $35,500, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Older
median age 45.5
US median: 38.9
Less educated
9% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Stable housing
home values roughly flat, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Melville
What changed most since 1990
Poverty rate46.7% → 24.8%(−21.9 pts)US over the same years: −0.8 pts
Population1,562 → 589(−62%)US over the same years: +35%
Median age30.9 → 45.5(+14.6 years)US over the same years: +6.0 years
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Over time
Melville, decade by decade
Melville population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
1,562
$25,374
$58,562
5.6%
62.7
2000
1,376
$33,677
$62,847
7.2%
66.4
2010
1,041
$20,166
$59,988
4.6%
66.0
2020
759
–
$121,204
6.0%
66.7
2024
589
$35,500
$71,700
9.2%
68.2
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
