Destrehan vs Luling

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

Destrehan 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 11,786 in Destrehan). Destrehan has the higher median household income ($100,189 vs $82,273 in Luling). Destrehan has the higher median home value ($303,400 vs $268,400 in Luling).

Population, income & housing

	Destrehan	Luling
Population	11,786	13,873
Median age	40.2 yrs	38.2 yrs
Median household income	$100,189	$82,273
Median home value	$303,400	$268,400
Median gross rent	$1,154	$1,570
Housing units	4,710	5,448
Homeownership rate	76.8%	87.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.3%	32.7%
Unemployment rate	9.6%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Destrehan	Luling
Population	11,398 → 11,786 (+3.4%)	14,049 → 13,873 (-1.3%)
Median household income	$93,831 → $100,189 (+6.8%)	$89,034 → $82,273 (-7.6%)
Median home value	$239,500 → $303,400 (+26.7%)	$219,000 → $268,400 (+22.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,103 → $1,154 (+4.6%)	$1,149 → $1,570 (+36.6%)

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

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)

	Destrehan	Luling
Under 5	5.2%	6.2%
5 to 17	19.1%	21.0%
18 to 24	8.5%	6.7%
25 to 34	11.3%	11.3%
35 to 44	11.2%	16.6%
45 to 54	12.2%	13.1%
55 to 64	17.6%	9.9%
65 to 74	9.0%	10.3%
75 and over	5.9%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Destrehan	Luling
White (non-Hispanic)	69.5%	66.3%
Black or African American	16.7%	18.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	1.7%
Asian	1.6%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.6%	6.8%
Hispanic or Latino	8.6%	5.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Destrehan	Luling
No high school diploma	9.4%	8.3%
High school graduate	23.7%	25.0%
Some college or associate's	25.6%	34.0%
Bachelor's degree	30.4%	25.2%
Graduate or professional degree	10.9%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Destrehan	Luling
Drove alone	84.3%	82.7%
Carpooled	5.1%	5.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	0.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.7%	11.7%
Other means	3.3%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Destrehan	Luling
1-unit, detached	75.0%	88.2%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	16.1%	3.4%
5 to 19 units	4.8%	3.0%
20 or more units	0.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.8%	3.3%

Poverty & households

	Destrehan	Luling
Poverty rate	12.3%	11.6%
Average household size	2.71	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	28	25
Median year structure built	1985	1984