Des Allemands vs Luling

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

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

Luling has the higher population (13,873 vs 2,565 in Des Allemands). Des Allemands has the higher median household income ($88,906 vs $82,273 in Luling). Luling has the higher median home value ($268,400 vs $183,900 in Des Allemands).

Population, income & housing

	Des Allemands	Luling
Population	2,565	13,873
Median age	40.3 yrs	38.2 yrs
Median household income	$88,906	$82,273
Median home value	$183,900	$268,400
Median gross rent	$1,685	$1,570
Housing units	1,102	5,448
Homeownership rate	91.4%	87.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.5%	32.7%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Des Allemands	Luling
Population	1,690 → 2,565 (+51.8%)	14,049 → 13,873 (-1.3%)
Median household income	$45,833 → $88,906 (+94.0%)	$89,034 → $82,273 (-7.6%)
Median home value	$127,500 → $183,900 (+44.2%)	$219,000 → $268,400 (+22.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,287 → $1,685 (+30.9%)	$1,149 → $1,570 (+36.6%)

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

Luling

Population

14,04913,873

Median household income

$89,034$82,273

Median home value

$219,000$268,400

Median gross rent

$1,149$1,570

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Des Allemands	Luling
Under 5	3.4%	6.2%
5 to 17	14.1%	21.0%
18 to 24	11.2%	6.7%
25 to 34	17.0%	11.3%
35 to 44	9.0%	16.6%
45 to 54	6.0%	13.1%
55 to 64	19.8%	9.9%
65 to 74	13.3%	10.3%
75 and over	6.3%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Des Allemands	Luling
White (non-Hispanic)	79.6%	66.3%
Black or African American	4.1%	18.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.5%	1.7%
Asian	0.0%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	10.9%	6.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	5.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Des Allemands	Luling
No high school diploma	19.5%	8.3%
High school graduate	35.9%	25.0%
Some college or associate's	33.1%	34.0%
Bachelor's degree	6.2%	25.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Des Allemands	Luling
Drove alone	97.5%	82.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	5.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.1%	11.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Des Allemands	Luling
1-unit, detached	56.2%	88.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	43.8%	3.3%

Poverty & households

	Des Allemands	Luling
Poverty rate	5.6%	11.6%
Average household size	3.02	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	41	25
Median year structure built	1986	1984