Des Allemands vs Destrehan

A side-by-side comparison of Des Allemands and Destrehan: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Destrehan has the higher population (11,786 vs 2,565 in Des Allemands). Destrehan has the higher median household income ($100,189 vs $88,906 in Des Allemands). Destrehan has the higher median home value ($303,400 vs $183,900 in Des Allemands).

Population, income & housing

	Des Allemands	Destrehan
Population	2,565	11,786
Median age	40.3 yrs	40.2 yrs
Median household income	$88,906	$100,189
Median home value	$183,900	$303,400
Median gross rent	$1,685	$1,154
Housing units	1,102	4,710
Homeownership rate	91.4%	76.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.5%	41.3%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	9.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Des Allemands	Destrehan
Population	1,690 → 2,565 (+51.8%)	11,398 → 11,786 (+3.4%)
Median household income	$45,833 → $88,906 (+94.0%)	$93,831 → $100,189 (+6.8%)
Median home value	$127,500 → $183,900 (+44.2%)	$239,500 → $303,400 (+26.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,287 → $1,685 (+30.9%)	$1,103 → $1,154 (+4.6%)

Des Allemands

Population

1,6902,565

Median household income

$45,833$88,906

Median home value

$127,500$183,900

Median gross rent

$1,287$1,685

Destrehan

Population

11,39811,786

Median household income

$93,831$100,189

Median home value

$239,500$303,400

Median gross rent

$1,103$1,154

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Des Allemands	Destrehan
Under 5	3.4%	5.2%
5 to 17	14.1%	19.1%
18 to 24	11.2%	8.5%
25 to 34	17.0%	11.3%
35 to 44	9.0%	11.2%
45 to 54	6.0%	12.2%
55 to 64	19.8%	17.6%
65 to 74	13.3%	9.0%
75 and over	6.3%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Des Allemands	Destrehan
White (non-Hispanic)	79.6%	69.5%
Black or African American	4.1%	16.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.5%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	10.9%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	8.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Des Allemands	Destrehan
No high school diploma	19.5%	9.4%
High school graduate	35.9%	23.7%
Some college or associate's	33.1%	25.6%
Bachelor's degree	6.2%	30.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	10.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Des Allemands	Destrehan
Drove alone	97.5%	84.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	5.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.6%
Bicycle	1.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.1%	6.7%
Other means	0.0%	3.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Des Allemands	Destrehan
1-unit, detached	56.2%	75.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	16.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	43.8%	1.8%

Poverty & households

	Des Allemands	Destrehan
Poverty rate	5.6%	12.3%
Average household size	3.02	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	41	28
Median year structure built	1986	1985