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Carencro, LA

11,619 Population
7.9 square miles 1,479 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.8 ±2.8 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 37.3 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Louisiana: 38 ±0.1

Economics

$30,868 ±$5,584 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: $35,892 ±$760
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Louisiana: $35,038 ±$248
$63,401 ±$19,282 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: $60,892 ±$1,370
  • a little higher than the amount in Louisiana: $60,756 ±$408

24.5% ±9.4% (2,813  ±1,075) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 18.4% 75,025 (±0.9% / ±3,650)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Louisiana: 18.9% 848,967 (±0.3% / ±13,955)

30.2 minutes ±5.6 (130,730  ±29,680) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 25.2 4,279,100 (±0.5 / ±114,876)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Louisiana: 25.7 46,906,036 (±0.2 / ±362,947)

Families

4,443 ±347 Number of households
  • the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 164,378 ±1,323
  • Louisiana: 1,804,780 ±5,143
2.6 ±0.2 (11,493  ±23) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 2.5 408,560 (±0 / ±89)
  • a little higher than the figure in Louisiana: 2.5 4,488,126

7.5% ±4.9% (233  ±154) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 6.4% † 6,218 (±0.7% / ±700)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Louisiana: 5.7% 61,378 (±0.2% / ±2,325)

Housing

5,007 ±442 Number of housing units
  • the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 187,261 ±101
  • Louisiana: 2,108,902 ±333

$214,800 ±$14,522 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: $214,400 ±$3,823
  • about the same as the amount in Louisiana: $216,500 ±$1,367

12.2% ±6.1% (1,407  ±698.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 11% 44,771 (±0.7% / ±2,924.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Louisiana: 11.4% 520,360 (±0.2% / ±10,157.4)

Social

88.2% ±8.2% (6,210  ±721.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 87.3% 243,188 (±1.5% / ±4,227.5)
  • about the same as the rate in Louisiana: 87.3% 2,711,692 (±0.5% / ±14,180.6)
15.9% ±4.9% (1,120  ±350.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 27.6% 76,974 (±1% / ±2,699.6)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Louisiana: 27% 840,382 (±0.3% / ±8,276.4)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

2.6% ±1.9% (297  ±221) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 3.9% 16,244
  • about half the rate in Louisiana: 4.9% 224,537

6.6% ±2.8% (519  ±224) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 5.2% 16,266 (±0.3% / ±1,035)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Louisiana: 6.1% 212,834 (±0.1% / ±3,526)
519 Total veterans ±224 451 Male ±223 68 Female ±88

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