Castor vs Mount Lebanon

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

Castor and Mount Lebanon 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 161 in Mount Lebanon). Mount Lebanon has the higher median home value ($259,100 vs $92,100 in Castor). Since 2019, Mount Lebanon's population has grown faster (+123.6% vs +14.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Castor	Mount Lebanon
Population	373	161
Median age	34.5 yrs	23.3 yrs
Median household income	$35,250	—
Median home value	$92,100	$259,100
Median gross rent	$385	—
Housing units	201	56
Homeownership rate	65.2%	83.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.5%	34.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Castor	Mount Lebanon
Population	327 → 373 (+14.1%)	72 → 161 (+123.6%)
Median household income	$29,000 → $35,250 (+21.6%)	$24,844 → $26,953 (+8.5%)
Median home value	$106,300 → $92,100 (-13.4%)	$266,700 → $259,100 (-2.8%)

Castor

Population

327373

Median household income

$29,000$35,250

Median home value

$106,300$92,100

Mount Lebanon

Population

72161

Median household income

$24,844$26,953

Median home value

$266,700$259,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Castor	Mount Lebanon
Under 5	10.5%	5.6%
5 to 17	25.5%	1.2%
18 to 24	5.4%	44.1%
25 to 34	9.1%	12.4%
35 to 44	11.3%	3.1%
45 to 54	17.7%	9.3%
55 to 64	5.9%	8.1%
65 to 74	1.6%	5.0%
75 and over	13.1%	11.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Castor	Mount Lebanon
White (non-Hispanic)	68.9%	32.9%
Black or African American	26.5%	67.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Castor	Mount Lebanon
No high school diploma	15.1%	0.0%
High school graduate	42.5%	43.0%
Some college or associate's	26.9%	22.8%
Bachelor's degree	11.4%	24.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.1%	10.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Castor	Mount Lebanon
Drove alone	61.3%	94.5%
Carpooled	17.1%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	17.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.5%	5.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Castor	Mount Lebanon
1-unit, detached	51.7%	89.3%
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%	10.7%

Poverty & households

	Castor	Mount Lebanon
Poverty rate	46.9%	5.0%
Average household size	2.32	3.04
Mean commute (minutes)	44	27
Median year structure built	1981	1963