Destrehan vs St. Rose

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

Destrehan and St. Rose 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 7,271 in St. Rose). Destrehan has the higher median household income ($100,189 vs $70,379 in St. Rose). Destrehan has the higher median home value ($303,400 vs $215,100 in St. Rose).

Population, income & housing

	Destrehan	St. Rose
Population	11,786	7,271
Median age	40.2 yrs	39.9 yrs
Median household income	$100,189	$70,379
Median home value	$303,400	$215,100
Median gross rent	$1,154	$835
Housing units	4,710	2,802
Homeownership rate	76.8%	78.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.3%	23.0%
Unemployment rate	9.6%	8.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Destrehan	St. Rose
Population	11,398 → 11,786 (+3.4%)	7,352 → 7,271 (-1.1%)
Median household income	$93,831 → $100,189 (+6.8%)	$49,816 → $70,379 (+41.3%)
Median home value	$239,500 → $303,400 (+26.7%)	$152,700 → $215,100 (+40.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,103 → $1,154 (+4.6%)	$730 → $835 (+14.4%)

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

St. Rose

Population

7,3527,271

Median household income

$49,816$70,379

Median home value

$152,700$215,100

Median gross rent

$730$835

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Destrehan	St. Rose
Under 5	5.2%	1.8%
5 to 17	19.1%	21.2%
18 to 24	8.5%	7.0%
25 to 34	11.3%	13.1%
35 to 44	11.2%	11.7%
45 to 54	12.2%	13.1%
55 to 64	17.6%	17.1%
65 to 74	9.0%	11.3%
75 and over	5.9%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Destrehan	St. Rose
White (non-Hispanic)	69.5%	35.8%
Black or African American	16.7%	42.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	1.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.8%
Two or more races	2.6%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	8.6%	18.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Destrehan	St. Rose
No high school diploma	9.4%	13.6%
High school graduate	23.7%	26.5%
Some college or associate's	25.6%	36.9%
Bachelor's degree	30.4%	14.6%
Graduate or professional degree	10.9%	8.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Destrehan	St. Rose
Drove alone	84.3%	79.3%
Carpooled	5.1%	5.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	3.4%
Worked from home	6.7%	8.1%
Other means	3.3%	3.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Destrehan	St. Rose
1-unit, detached	75.0%	64.6%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	16.1%	0.9%
5 to 19 units	4.8%	10.3%
20 or more units	0.7%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	1.8%	19.9%

Poverty & households

	Destrehan	St. Rose
Poverty rate	12.3%	6.4%
Average household size	2.71	2.98
Mean commute (minutes)	28	26
Median year structure built	1985	1988