Carencro vs Scott

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

Carencro and Scott 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 8,348 in Scott). Carencro has the higher median household income ($70,217 vs $54,220 in Scott). Carencro has the higher median home value ($211,200 vs $155,700 in Scott).

Population, income & housing

	Carencro	Scott
Population	10,882	8,348
Median age	34.2 yrs	45.6 yrs
Median household income	$70,217	$54,220
Median home value	$211,200	$155,700
Median gross rent	$924	$1,002
Housing units	4,818	4,205
Homeownership rate	68.3%	75.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.9%	18.6%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carencro	Scott
Population	8,984 → 10,882 (+21.1%)	8,729 → 8,348 (-4.4%)
Median household income	$39,162 → $70,217 (+79.3%)	$54,551 → $54,220 (-0.6%)
Median home value	$167,300 → $211,200 (+26.2%)	$137,600 → $155,700 (+13.2%)
Median gross rent	$759 → $924 (+21.7%)	$841 → $1,002 (+19.1%)

Carencro

Population

8,98410,882

Median household income

$39,162$70,217

Median home value

$167,300$211,200

Median gross rent

$759$924

Scott

Population

8,7298,348

Median household income

$54,551$54,220

Median home value

$137,600$155,700

Median gross rent

$841$1,002

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carencro	Scott
Under 5	7.9%	1.4%
5 to 17	20.0%	14.8%
18 to 24	5.5%	9.0%
25 to 34	18.7%	9.7%
35 to 44	12.3%	14.5%
45 to 54	10.2%	13.3%
55 to 64	11.0%	16.8%
65 to 74	7.5%	14.2%
75 and over	7.0%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carencro	Scott
White (non-Hispanic)	39.8%	75.6%
Black or African American	49.7%	12.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	2.4%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.1%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	2.2%	7.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carencro	Scott
No high school diploma	12.6%	13.5%
High school graduate	35.8%	39.4%
Some college or associate's	35.7%	28.5%
Bachelor's degree	12.6%	13.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	5.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carencro	Scott
Drove alone	81.9%	84.4%
Carpooled	2.5%	7.4%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.8%	7.5%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carencro	Scott
1-unit, detached	71.2%	75.5%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.5%	3.2%
5 to 19 units	11.7%	0.5%
20 or more units	3.3%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	10.3%	19.8%

Poverty & households

	Carencro	Scott
Poverty rate	17.5%	15.1%
Average household size	2.48	2.08
Mean commute (minutes)	31	24
Median year structure built	1987	1987