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Melville, LA

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Melville, LA: 1 USPS ZIP, population 1,664. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.

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ACS city ledger plate

Sheet MELVILLE-LA · Melville, LA 1 ZIPs · 1,664 pop · #24218/25278 · St. Landry Parish

INC-LOW · RANK-BOTTOM · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-LOW

  • INC-LOW $37,405
  • RANK-BOTTOM #24218/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Krotz Springs
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 81% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 1,664
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $118,300

Nearest income peer: Krotz Springs, LA (+ $1,061 income $)

Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.

Income neighbourhood around Melville

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Melville on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.

median HH income

What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.

Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-25

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Melville, LA sits among US cities with one of the lowest household incomes among US cities, on a village-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

4th pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
1,664
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$37,405
avg ZIP median income

Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.

Lower-income footing on only 1 ZIP ($37,405 average) · poverty 13.4%. The primary code (71353) carries the ACS household fields that matter.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (81.0%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Melville as a pure owner town.

Within Louisiana, Minden is the closest lower-income city and Logansport the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Melville.

Population concentration

One ZIP, 71353, is all of Melville

There is no split to weigh here: 71353 holds every one of Melville's 1,664 ACS residents. City-level and ZIP-level numbers on this site are the same number twice, check the ZIP page for the income/tenure/commute breakdown.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Sparse ZBP book inside single-ZIP Melville

Citywide ZBP: 9 establishments, 418 employees , annual payroll $11,293k (~5 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 71353 (9 units) ; leading NAICS Other services (except public administration) (3) .

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ZIP Codes in Melville, LA

These ZIP codes sit in St. Landry Parish, which covers 13 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Melville. See the St. Landry Parish roll-up →

Every one of the 9 cities sharing St. Landry Parish reports a higher average ZIP median income than Melville, Opelousas, Eunice and Arnaudville among them. That gap is the county's income spread, not a measure of the housing or commute picture below. Sunset marks the far end of that range at $62,281, 67% above Melville.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
71353 1,664 $37,405 9 9
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Melville roll-ups here are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial or relocation advice. ACS and Census ZBP figures are estimates; confirm the current table against Census before a money or move decision involving Melville, .