Castor vs Lucky

A side-by-side comparison of Castor and Lucky: population, income, housing, and more.

Castor and Lucky are places in Louisiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Castor has the higher population (373 vs 186 in Lucky). Castor has the higher median household income ($35,250 vs $24,063 in Lucky). Since 2019, Castor's population has grown faster (+14.1% vs -14.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Castor	Lucky
Population	373	186
Median age	34.5 yrs	37.8 yrs
Median household income	$35,250	$24,063
Median home value	$92,100	—
Median gross rent	$385	$863
Housing units	201	105
Homeownership rate	65.2%	79.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.5%	11.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Castor	Lucky
Population	327 → 373 (+14.1%)	218 → 186 (-14.7%)
Median household income	$29,000 → $35,250 (+21.6%)	$12,083 → $24,063 (+99.1%)
Median home value	$106,300 → $92,100 (-13.4%)	$39,000 → $45,600 (+16.9%)

Castor

Population

327373

Median household income

$29,000$35,250

Median home value

$106,300$92,100

Lucky

Population

218186

Median household income

$12,083$24,063

Median home value

$39,000$45,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Castor	Lucky
Under 5	10.5%	5.4%
5 to 17	25.5%	12.9%
18 to 24	5.4%	14.0%
25 to 34	9.1%	10.2%
35 to 44	11.3%	21.5%
45 to 54	17.7%	4.3%
55 to 64	5.9%	11.3%
65 to 74	1.6%	14.0%
75 and over	13.1%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Castor	Lucky
White (non-Hispanic)	68.9%	45.2%
Black or African American	26.5%	53.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Castor	Lucky
No high school diploma	15.1%	22.2%
High school graduate	42.5%	38.9%
Some college or associate's	26.9%	27.0%
Bachelor's degree	11.4%	10.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.1%	1.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Castor	Lucky
Drove alone	61.3%	91.7%
Carpooled	17.1%	8.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	17.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.5%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Castor	Lucky
1-unit, detached	51.7%	55.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	42.8%	44.8%

Poverty & households

	Castor	Lucky
Poverty rate	46.9%	32.8%
Average household size	2.32	2.04
Mean commute (minutes)	44	38
Median year structure built	1981	1983