Luling vs Norco

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

Luling and Norco 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 2,858 in Norco). Luling has the higher median household income ($82,273 vs $69,833 in Norco). Luling has the higher median home value ($268,400 vs $230,600 in Norco).

Population, income & housing

	Luling	Norco
Population	13,873	2,858
Median age	38.2 yrs	37.9 yrs
Median household income	$82,273	$69,833
Median home value	$268,400	$230,600
Median gross rent	$1,570	$1,089
Housing units	5,448	1,360
Homeownership rate	87.6%	75.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.7%	19.6%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Luling	Norco
Population	14,049 → 13,873 (-1.3%)	2,850 → 2,858 (+0.3%)
Median household income	$89,034 → $82,273 (-7.6%)	$68,271 → $69,833 (+2.3%)
Median home value	$219,000 → $268,400 (+22.6%)	$162,200 → $230,600 (+42.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,149 → $1,570 (+36.6%)	$939 → $1,089 (+16.0%)

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

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)

	Luling	Norco
Under 5	6.2%	10.2%
5 to 17	21.0%	14.8%
18 to 24	6.7%	5.4%
25 to 34	11.3%	16.9%
35 to 44	16.6%	19.7%
45 to 54	13.1%	7.2%
55 to 64	9.9%	13.3%
65 to 74	10.3%	6.7%
75 and over	5.1%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Luling	Norco
White (non-Hispanic)	66.3%	85.3%
Black or African American	18.2%	4.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.7%	0.9%
Asian	1.3%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	7.8%
Two or more races	6.8%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	5.5%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Luling	Norco
No high school diploma	8.3%	14.1%
High school graduate	25.0%	36.4%
Some college or associate's	34.0%	29.8%
Bachelor's degree	25.2%	14.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.5%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Luling	Norco
Drove alone	82.7%	93.0%
Carpooled	5.2%	1.4%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.7%	3.9%
Other means	0.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Luling	Norco
1-unit, detached	88.2%	80.5%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	5.4%
2 to 4 units	3.4%	5.3%
5 to 19 units	3.0%	0.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.3%	8.5%

Poverty & households

	Luling	Norco
Poverty rate	11.6%	16.3%
Average household size	2.65	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	25	25
Median year structure built	1984	1960