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Melville is a Census town of 589 people across 1.26 square miles of land, in St. Landry Parish. Median household income is $35,500, 61.2 percent of occupied homes are owned.
Underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency.
Melville
What Melville is
- Census place typetown
- Land area1.26 sq mi
- Water area0.03 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land469 plus or minus 177
- County holding the largest share of its areaSt. Landry Parish, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Melville
How many people live in Melville
- Population589 plus or minus 222
- Median age45.5 plus or minus 15.9
- Population under 18120 plus or minus 82
- Share under 1820.4 percent plus or minus 11.7
- Population 65 and over196 plus or minus 69
- Share 65 and over33.3 percent plus or minus 17.1
- Households242 plus or minus 77
- Family households149 plus or minus 66
- Share of households that are families61.6 percent plus or minus 19.0
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Melville
Income and work in Melville
- Median household income$35,500 plus or minus $28,749
- Per capita income$19,576
- Civilian labor force198 plus or minus 97
- Employed186 plus or minus 96
- Unemployed12 plus or minus 20
- Unemployment rate6.1 percent plus or minus 9.7
- Adults 25 and over415 plus or minus 141
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher82.9 percent plus or minus 39.4
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher9.2 percent plus or minus 8.9
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree2.9 percent plus or minus 4.5
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Melville
Housing in Melville
- Housing units371 plus or minus 85
- Occupied units242 plus or minus 77
- Vacant units129 plus or minus 54
- Vacancy rate34.8 percent plus or minus 12.2
- Owner occupied148 plus or minus 55
- Renter occupied94 plus or minus 49
- Ownership rate61.2 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$71,700 plus or minus $41,471
- Single family units217 plus or minus 65
- Share single family58.5 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more99 plus or minus 51
- Share in buildings of two or more26.7 percent plus or minus 12.5
- Mobile homes55 plus or minus 36
- Median year structure built1974
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Melville
How Melville gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute147 plus or minus 91
- Commuting under 15 minutes26 plus or minus 30
- Share commuting under 15 minutes17.7 percent plus or minus 17.6
- Commuting 30 minutes or more96 plus or minus 87
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more65.3 percent plus or minus 43.1
- Drove alone51.6 percent plus or minus 19.1
- Carpooled27.4 percent plus or minus 40.0
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.0 percent
- Worked from home21.0 percent plus or minus 19.2
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Melville
Flood risk in Melville
- NFIP communityTown of Melville
- NFIP community number220172
- Participating in the NFIPYes
- Community Rating System classNone
- Currently effective map date08/05/10
The Town of Melville participates in the National Flood Insurance Program as community 220172 and carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
Federal Emergency Management Agency, NFIP Community Status Book (OpenFEMA), as of 2026-09-26.
St. Landry Parish, not Melville
St. Landry Parish context, not Melville figures
- Establishments in St. Landry Parish1,559
- Covered employment, St. Landry Parish23,554
- Average annual pay, St. Landry Parish$47,117
- Housing units permitted, St. Landry Parish139
Every figure in this section is published for St. Landry Parish as a whole and is not a measurement of Melville.
All St. Landry Parish figures →
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Parcel detail, zoning and the flood zone at an address are not on this page; they resolve at the address in the platform. How this page was built →
Common questions
Melville questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Melville, Louisiana?
589, in 242 households. Melville town covers 1.26 square miles of land, which is 469 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Melville in?
St. Landry Parish, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Melville?
$35,500. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $71,700. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Is Melville in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Melville appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as Melville, town of, community 220172, with no Community Rating System class, so no CRS discount applies. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page Melville figures?
No, and they are labeled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for St. Landry Parish as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Melville.
Is zoning published for Melville?
No. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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