Carencro vs Youngsville

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

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

Youngsville has the higher population (16,664 vs 10,882 in Carencro). Youngsville has the higher median household income ($113,164 vs $70,217 in Carencro). Youngsville has the higher median home value ($263,200 vs $211,200 in Carencro).

Population, income & housing

	Carencro	Youngsville
Population	10,882	16,664
Median age	34.2 yrs	34.2 yrs
Median household income	$70,217	$113,164
Median home value	$211,200	$263,200
Median gross rent	$924	$1,318
Housing units	4,818	5,854
Homeownership rate	68.3%	89.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.9%	37.3%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carencro	Youngsville
Population	8,984 → 10,882 (+21.1%)	13,407 → 16,664 (+24.3%)
Median household income	$39,162 → $70,217 (+79.3%)	$89,038 → $113,164 (+27.1%)
Median home value	$167,300 → $211,200 (+26.2%)	$222,800 → $263,200 (+18.1%)
Median gross rent	$759 → $924 (+21.7%)	$1,150 → $1,318 (+14.6%)

Carencro

Population

8,98410,882

Median household income

$39,162$70,217

Median home value

$167,300$211,200

Median gross rent

$759$924

Youngsville

Population

13,40716,664

Median household income

$89,038$113,164

Median home value

$222,800$263,200

Median gross rent

$1,150$1,318

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carencro	Youngsville
Under 5	7.9%	7.4%
5 to 17	20.0%	26.2%
18 to 24	5.5%	3.1%
25 to 34	18.7%	16.1%
35 to 44	12.3%	18.8%
45 to 54	10.2%	10.5%
55 to 64	11.0%	7.3%
65 to 74	7.5%	6.8%
75 and over	7.0%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carencro	Youngsville
White (non-Hispanic)	39.8%	84.1%
Black or African American	49.7%	11.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	2.4%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.1%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.2%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carencro	Youngsville
No high school diploma	12.6%	4.5%
High school graduate	35.8%	18.4%
Some college or associate's	35.7%	39.9%
Bachelor's degree	12.6%	26.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	10.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carencro	Youngsville
Drove alone	81.9%	83.8%
Carpooled	2.5%	2.9%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.8%	10.4%
Other means	1.0%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carencro	Youngsville
1-unit, detached	71.2%	86.0%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.5%	0.3%
5 to 19 units	11.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.3%	13.7%

Poverty & households

	Carencro	Youngsville
Poverty rate	17.5%	9.8%
Average household size	2.48	3.03
Mean commute (minutes)	31	25
Median year structure built	1987	2011