Norco vs St. Rose

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

Norco and St. Rose are places in Louisiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

St. Rose has the higher population (7,271 vs 2,858 in Norco). St. Rose has the higher median household income ($70,379 vs $69,833 in Norco). Norco has the higher median home value ($230,600 vs $215,100 in St. Rose).

Population, income & housing

	Norco	St. Rose
Population	2,858	7,271
Median age	37.9 yrs	39.9 yrs
Median household income	$69,833	$70,379
Median home value	$230,600	$215,100
Median gross rent	$1,089	$835
Housing units	1,360	2,802
Homeownership rate	75.5%	78.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.6%	23.0%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	8.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Norco	St. Rose
Population	2,850 → 2,858 (+0.3%)	7,352 → 7,271 (-1.1%)
Median household income	$68,271 → $69,833 (+2.3%)	$49,816 → $70,379 (+41.3%)
Median home value	$162,200 → $230,600 (+42.2%)	$152,700 → $215,100 (+40.9%)
Median gross rent	$939 → $1,089 (+16.0%)	$730 → $835 (+14.4%)

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

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)

	Norco	St. Rose
Under 5	10.2%	1.8%
5 to 17	14.8%	21.2%
18 to 24	5.4%	7.0%
25 to 34	16.9%	13.1%
35 to 44	19.7%	11.7%
45 to 54	7.2%	13.1%
55 to 64	13.3%	17.1%
65 to 74	6.7%	11.3%
75 and over	5.9%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Norco	St. Rose
White (non-Hispanic)	85.3%	35.8%
Black or African American	4.1%	42.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	7.8%	0.8%
Two or more races	0.3%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	18.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Norco	St. Rose
No high school diploma	14.1%	13.6%
High school graduate	36.4%	26.5%
Some college or associate's	29.8%	36.9%
Bachelor's degree	14.9%	14.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	8.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Norco	St. Rose
Drove alone	93.0%	79.3%
Carpooled	1.4%	5.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	3.4%
Worked from home	3.9%	8.1%
Other means	0.0%	3.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Norco	St. Rose
1-unit, detached	80.5%	64.6%
1-unit, attached	5.4%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	5.3%	0.9%
5 to 19 units	0.4%	10.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	8.5%	19.9%

Poverty & households

	Norco	St. Rose
Poverty rate	16.3%	6.4%
Average household size	2.30	2.98
Mean commute (minutes)	25	26
Median year structure built	1960	1988