Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Home to 3 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
1.3% of residents live below the poverty line in Grand Cane, against 20% in Louisiana’s towns and 9.6% across U.S. towns. Only 6 of the 160 Louisiana towns we compare have a lower rent at the middle of the market than Grand Cane. Its National Register listings include Grand Cane United Methodist Church and Bank of Grand Cane. Grand Cane has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
Where Grand Cane beats most towns.
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Census counts: 351 in 1890, a peak of 485 in 1910, 217 in 2020. The archive holds 3 old photos and papers going back to 2004 and 4 maps from 1945 on.
3 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Grand Cane, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.
Ordered by what stands out in Grand Cane.
Grand Cane’s peak summer temperature stands at 93°F, where Louisiana’s towns sit at 92°F and U.S. towns at 85°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central School Corporation PrivateLargest high schoolGrades PK–12 | Grades PK–12 | 153 | – |
NCES · EDFacts
Half the trips to work are shorter than 25 miles. The top destinations are Shreveport (29%), Mansfield (12%) and Bossier City (4%).
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Grand Cane does better than the Louisiana average on 6 of 32 CDC measures and worse on 11. Among adults locally, 53% have high blood pressure.
| Grand Cane | Louisiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 16% | 12% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 53% | 44% | 35% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 27% | 19% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 85% | 82% | 79% |
| What stands out | Grand Cane | LA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer binge drinkers | 13.5% | 16.9% |
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 14.8% | 18.1% |
| More adults with COPD | 13.9% | 8.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Here, 29% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree, against 27% in Louisiana as a whole. Adults 18 to 34 are 18% of residents (22% statewide); adults 35 to 64 are 42% of residents (37% statewide).
| Grand Cane | Louisiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 41.6 years | 37.8 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 29% | 20% | 29% |
Somewhere between 7% and 100% women
The Census survey reached too few of Grand Cane’s residents to say more: its margin here is ±50.6 points. Across Louisiana, 51.1% of residents are women.
| Grand Cane | LA | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 12.3% | 12.6% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 11% | 10.9% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 4.8% | 9.1% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 12.8% | 13.3% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 20.3% | 13.3% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 11.5% | 11.5% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 10.1% | 12.6% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 8.8% | 10.2% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 8.4% | 6.5% | 7% |
| No diploma | 1.2% | 12.7% | 10.4% |
| High school | 36.2% | 32.5% | 26% |
| Some college | 9.2% | 20.4% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 24.5% | 7.3% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 21.5% | 17% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 7.4% | 10.1% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 200, single groups can be off by several points
The risk rating from FEMA for Grand Cane comes to 40 of 100. Of the losses FEMA expects locally, 47% come from inland flooding and 12% from strong winds. Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in three fifths of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
In Grand Cane, 80% of households are owner-occupiers.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
None within 15 miles of Grand Cane; the nearest are
About 6 of every 100 Grand Cane residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Louisiana.
3 places in Grand Cane on the National Register of Historic Places.
Village in Louisiana, United States
Grand Cane is a village in DeSoto Parish, Louisiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, Grand Cane had a population of 217. It is part of the Shreveport–Bossier City Metropolitan Statistical Area. It is the hometown of women's basketball pioneer Linda Gamble.
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Grand Cane has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real. Home to 3 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
2 notable people were born here, including Rudy Leopold and B. H. "Johnny" Rogers.
