Broussard vs Carencro

A side-by-side comparison of Broussard and Carencro: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Broussard has the higher population (13,791 vs 10,882 in Carencro). Broussard has the higher median household income ($116,613 vs $70,217 in Carencro). Broussard has the higher median home value ($301,000 vs $211,200 in Carencro).

Population, income & housing

	Broussard	Carencro
Population	13,791	10,882
Median age	33.9 yrs	34.2 yrs
Median household income	$116,613	$70,217
Median home value	$301,000	$211,200
Median gross rent	$982	$924
Housing units	5,510	4,818
Homeownership rate	82.9%	68.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.5%	15.9%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Broussard	Carencro
Population	11,913 → 13,791 (+15.8%)	8,984 → 10,882 (+21.1%)
Median household income	$82,677 → $116,613 (+41.0%)	$39,162 → $70,217 (+79.3%)
Median home value	$214,400 → $301,000 (+40.4%)	$167,300 → $211,200 (+26.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,210 → $982 (-18.8%)	$759 → $924 (+21.7%)

Broussard

Population

11,91313,791

Median household income

$82,677$116,613

Median home value

$214,400$301,000

Median gross rent

$1,210$982

Carencro

Population

8,98410,882

Median household income

$39,162$70,217

Median home value

$167,300$211,200

Median gross rent

$759$924

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Broussard	Carencro
Under 5	7.4%	7.9%
5 to 17	22.3%	20.0%
18 to 24	6.3%	5.5%
25 to 34	15.1%	18.7%
35 to 44	18.4%	12.3%
45 to 54	10.1%	10.2%
55 to 64	11.8%	11.0%
65 to 74	6.5%	7.5%
75 and over	2.2%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Broussard	Carencro
White (non-Hispanic)	73.4%	39.8%
Black or African American	18.6%	49.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.7%	2.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	2.5%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	4.8%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Broussard	Carencro
No high school diploma	9.2%	12.6%
High school graduate	25.2%	35.8%
Some college or associate's	25.1%	35.7%
Bachelor's degree	32.5%	12.6%
Graduate or professional degree	8.0%	3.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Broussard	Carencro
Drove alone	91.3%	81.9%
Carpooled	1.2%	2.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	3.9%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.7%	12.8%
Other means	0.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Broussard	Carencro
1-unit, detached	85.0%	71.2%
1-unit, attached	5.5%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	1.6%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	3.8%	11.7%
20 or more units	0.8%	3.3%
Mobile home & other	3.3%	10.3%

Poverty & households

	Broussard	Carencro
Poverty rate	16.5%	17.5%
Average household size	2.83	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	21	31
Median year structure built	2003	1987