Destrehan vs Norco

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

Destrehan and Norco 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 2,858 in Norco). Destrehan has the higher median household income ($100,189 vs $69,833 in Norco). Destrehan has the higher median home value ($303,400 vs $230,600 in Norco).

Population, income & housing

	Destrehan	Norco
Population	11,786	2,858
Median age	40.2 yrs	37.9 yrs
Median household income	$100,189	$69,833
Median home value	$303,400	$230,600
Median gross rent	$1,154	$1,089
Housing units	4,710	1,360
Homeownership rate	76.8%	75.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.3%	19.6%
Unemployment rate	9.6%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Destrehan	Norco
Population	11,398 → 11,786 (+3.4%)	2,850 → 2,858 (+0.3%)
Median household income	$93,831 → $100,189 (+6.8%)	$68,271 → $69,833 (+2.3%)
Median home value	$239,500 → $303,400 (+26.7%)	$162,200 → $230,600 (+42.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,103 → $1,154 (+4.6%)	$939 → $1,089 (+16.0%)

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

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)

	Destrehan	Norco
Under 5	5.2%	10.2%
5 to 17	19.1%	14.8%
18 to 24	8.5%	5.4%
25 to 34	11.3%	16.9%
35 to 44	11.2%	19.7%
45 to 54	12.2%	7.2%
55 to 64	17.6%	13.3%
65 to 74	9.0%	6.7%
75 and over	5.9%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Destrehan	Norco
White (non-Hispanic)	69.5%	85.3%
Black or African American	16.7%	4.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.9%
Asian	1.6%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	7.8%
Two or more races	2.6%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	8.6%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Destrehan	Norco
No high school diploma	9.4%	14.1%
High school graduate	23.7%	36.4%
Some college or associate's	25.6%	29.8%
Bachelor's degree	30.4%	14.9%
Graduate or professional degree	10.9%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Destrehan	Norco
Drove alone	84.3%	93.0%
Carpooled	5.1%	1.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.7%	3.9%
Other means	3.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Destrehan	Norco
1-unit, detached	75.0%	80.5%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	5.4%
2 to 4 units	16.1%	5.3%
5 to 19 units	4.8%	0.4%
20 or more units	0.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.8%	8.5%

Poverty & households

	Destrehan	Norco
Poverty rate	12.3%	16.3%
Average household size	2.71	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	28	25
Median year structure built	1985	1960