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Carencro, LA

8,984 Population
7.8 square miles 1,146.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

33 ±2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 36 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Louisiana: 36.9 ±0.1

Economics

$23,558 ±$3,118 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: $27,955 ±$510
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Louisiana: $27,923 ±$194
$39,162 ±$6,374 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: $51,955 ±$1,036
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Louisiana: $49,469 ±$392

19% ±5.6% (1,651  ±484) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 19.1% 91,848 (±0.7% / ±3,574)
  • about the same as the rate in Louisiana: 19.2% 871,467 (±0.3% / ±12,866)

26.8 minutes ±3 (109,825  ±16,775) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 25.7 5,431,350 (±0.5 / ±120,588)
  • a little higher than the figure in Louisiana: 25.7 50,112,660 (±0.2 / ±377,143)

Families

3,533 ±295 Number of households
  • the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 181,798 ±1,238
  • Louisiana: 1,739,497 ±5,804
2.5 ±0.2 (8,818  ±115) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 2.7 482,216 (±0 / ±669)
  • a little less than the figure in Louisiana: 2.6 4,535,299 (±0)

8% ±3.8% (184  ±89) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 6.3% 7,377 (±0.6% / ±670)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Louisiana: 5.5% 61,097 (±0.2% / ±2,174)

Housing

3,922 ±319 Number of housing units
  • the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 209,491 ±257
  • Louisiana: 2,059,918 ±324

$167,300 ±$11,231 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: $157,100 ±$2,103
  • a little higher than the amount in Louisiana: $163,100 ±$677

12.1% ±4.8% (1,063  ±421.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 13.9% 66,892 (±0.7% / ±3,492.5)
  • a little less than the rate in Louisiana: 12.8% 589,150 (±0.2% / ±9,736.2)

Social

79.9% ±6.9% (4,815  ±516.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 84.1% 273,938 (±1.2% / ±3,925.7)
  • a little less than the rate in Louisiana: 85.2% 2,663,447 (±0.4% / ±11,873.5)
19.2% ±4.4% (1,155  ±277.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 23.4% 76,167 (±0.7% / ±2,109.2)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Louisiana: 24.1% 753,585 (±0.2% / ±6,078.1)

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

1.3% ±1.1% (117  ±97) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 3.3% 16,081 (±0.2% / ±1,097)
  • about one-third of the rate in Louisiana: 4.2% 194,206 (±0.1% / ±3,504)

5% ±1.9% (327  ±127) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area: 6.2% 22,692 (±0.3% / ±1,141)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Louisiana: 6.9% 243,335 (±0.1% / ±3,588)
327 Total veterans ±127 278 Male ±107 49 Female ±43

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