Carencro vs Lafayette

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

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

Lafayette has the higher population (121,537 vs 10,882 in Carencro). Carencro has the higher median household income ($70,217 vs $61,454 in Lafayette). Lafayette has the higher median home value ($251,300 vs $211,200 in Carencro).

Population, income & housing

	Carencro	Lafayette
Population	10,882	121,537
Median age	34.2 yrs	37.1 yrs
Median household income	$70,217	$61,454
Median home value	$211,200	$251,300
Median gross rent	$924	$1,065
Housing units	4,818	58,905
Homeownership rate	68.3%	55.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.9%	40.6%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carencro	Lafayette
Population	8,984 → 10,882 (+21.1%)	126,666 → 121,537 (-4.0%)
Median household income	$39,162 → $70,217 (+79.3%)	$51,264 → $61,454 (+19.9%)
Median home value	$167,300 → $211,200 (+26.2%)	$195,400 → $251,300 (+28.6%)
Median gross rent	$759 → $924 (+21.7%)	$890 → $1,065 (+19.7%)

Carencro

Population

8,98410,882

Median household income

$39,162$70,217

Median home value

$167,300$211,200

Median gross rent

$759$924

Lafayette

Population

126,666121,537

Median household income

$51,264$61,454

Median home value

$195,400$251,300

Median gross rent

$890$1,065

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carencro	Lafayette
Under 5	7.9%	6.1%
5 to 17	20.0%	15.2%
18 to 24	5.5%	10.0%
25 to 34	18.7%	15.6%
35 to 44	12.3%	12.8%
45 to 54	10.2%	10.2%
55 to 64	11.0%	12.9%
65 to 74	7.5%	10.9%
75 and over	7.0%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carencro	Lafayette
White (non-Hispanic)	39.8%	57.8%
Black or African American	49.7%	28.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	2.4%	2.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.7%	0.2%
Two or more races	5.1%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	2.2%	7.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carencro	Lafayette
No high school diploma	12.6%	9.1%
High school graduate	35.8%	25.3%
Some college or associate's	35.7%	24.9%
Bachelor's degree	12.6%	27.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	13.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carencro	Lafayette
Drove alone	81.9%	80.4%
Carpooled	2.5%	5.6%
Public transit	0.4%	0.6%
Walked	1.3%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	12.8%	9.5%
Other means	1.0%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carencro	Lafayette
1-unit, detached	71.2%	64.3%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	2.8%
2 to 4 units	2.5%	6.8%
5 to 19 units	11.7%	14.8%
20 or more units	3.3%	8.9%
Mobile home & other	10.3%	2.3%

Poverty & households

	Carencro	Lafayette
Poverty rate	17.5%	19.1%
Average household size	2.48	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	31	20
Median year structure built	1987	1981