Boutte vs Norco

A side-by-side comparison of Boutte and Norco: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Norco has the higher population (2,858 vs 2,283 in Boutte). Boutte has the higher median household income ($78,971 vs $69,833 in Norco). Boutte has the higher median home value ($240,400 vs $230,600 in Norco).

Population, income & housing

	Boutte	Norco
Population	2,283	2,858
Median age	37.9 yrs	37.9 yrs
Median household income	$78,971	$69,833
Median home value	$240,400	$230,600
Median gross rent	$1,232	$1,089
Housing units	870	1,360
Homeownership rate	71.4%	75.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.4%	19.6%
Unemployment rate	12.5%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boutte	Norco
Population	3,030 → 2,283 (-24.7%)	2,850 → 2,858 (+0.3%)
Median household income	$55,063 → $78,971 (+43.4%)	$68,271 → $69,833 (+2.3%)
Median home value	$165,300 → $240,400 (+45.4%)	$162,200 → $230,600 (+42.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,063 → $1,232 (+15.9%)	$939 → $1,089 (+16.0%)

Boutte

Population

3,0302,283

Median household income

$55,063$78,971

Median home value

$165,300$240,400

Median gross rent

$1,063$1,232

Norco

Population

2,8502,858

Median household income

$68,271$69,833

Median home value

$162,200$230,600

Median gross rent

$939$1,089

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boutte	Norco
Under 5	6.3%	10.2%
5 to 17	19.4%	14.8%
18 to 24	7.5%	5.4%
25 to 34	14.4%	16.9%
35 to 44	12.6%	19.7%
45 to 54	16.2%	7.2%
55 to 64	10.1%	13.3%
65 to 74	8.6%	6.7%
75 and over	4.9%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boutte	Norco
White (non-Hispanic)	46.0%	85.3%
Black or African American	40.4%	4.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.9%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	7.8%
Two or more races	2.9%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	10.6%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boutte	Norco
No high school diploma	12.9%	14.1%
High school graduate	30.9%	36.4%
Some college or associate's	40.9%	29.8%
Bachelor's degree	13.3%	14.9%
Graduate or professional degree	2.1%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boutte	Norco
Drove alone	84.3%	93.0%
Carpooled	10.6%	1.4%
Public transit	2.7%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	1.7%
Bicycle	1.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	3.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boutte	Norco
1-unit, detached	68.7%	80.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	5.4%
2 to 4 units	8.9%	5.3%
5 to 19 units	1.7%	0.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	20.7%	8.5%

Poverty & households

	Boutte	Norco
Poverty rate	9.0%	16.3%
Average household size	2.79	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	26	25
Median year structure built	1995	1960