Carencro vs Duson

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

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

Carencro has the higher population (10,882 vs 1,369 in Duson). Carencro has the higher median household income ($70,217 vs $24,330 in Duson). Carencro has the higher median home value ($211,200 vs $57,400 in Duson).

Population, income & housing

	Carencro	Duson
Population	10,882	1,369
Median age	34.2 yrs	40.8 yrs
Median household income	$70,217	$24,330
Median home value	$211,200	$57,400
Median gross rent	$924	$754
Housing units	4,818	731
Homeownership rate	68.3%	60.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.9%	8.2%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	10.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carencro	Duson
Population	8,984 → 10,882 (+21.1%)	1,712 → 1,369 (-20.0%)
Median household income	$39,162 → $70,217 (+79.3%)	$27,604 → $24,330 (-11.9%)
Median home value	$167,300 → $211,200 (+26.2%)	$79,400 → $57,400 (-27.7%)
Median gross rent	$759 → $924 (+21.7%)	$767 → $754 (-1.7%)

Carencro

Population

8,98410,882

Median household income

$39,162$70,217

Median home value

$167,300$211,200

Median gross rent

$759$924

Duson

Population

1,7121,369

Median household income

$27,604$24,330

Median home value

$79,400$57,400

Median gross rent

$767$754

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carencro	Duson
Under 5	7.9%	9.7%
5 to 17	20.0%	19.1%
18 to 24	5.5%	5.3%
25 to 34	18.7%	10.1%
35 to 44	12.3%	11.8%
45 to 54	10.2%	12.4%
55 to 64	11.0%	18.4%
65 to 74	7.5%	7.5%
75 and over	7.0%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carencro	Duson
White (non-Hispanic)	39.8%	64.4%
Black or African American	49.7%	21.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	2.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.6%
Two or more races	5.1%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.2%	8.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carencro	Duson
No high school diploma	12.6%	46.9%
High school graduate	35.8%	33.3%
Some college or associate's	35.7%	11.6%
Bachelor's degree	12.6%	8.2%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carencro	Duson
Drove alone	81.9%	73.0%
Carpooled	2.5%	14.3%
Public transit	0.4%	0.8%
Walked	1.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.8%	3.8%
Other means	1.0%	8.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carencro	Duson
1-unit, detached	71.2%	47.7%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.5%	2.2%
5 to 19 units	11.7%	4.1%
20 or more units	3.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.3%	46.0%

Poverty & households

	Carencro	Duson
Poverty rate	17.5%	38.6%
Average household size	2.48	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	31	22
Median year structure built	1987	1988