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Carencro city, Louisiana: commercial real estate data.
Carencro city is a Census city of 11,619 people across 7.86 square miles of land, in Lafayette Parish. Median household income is $63,401, 66.4 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 12 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $6.2 m.
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Carencro
What Carencro is
- Census place typecity
- Land area7.86 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,479
- County holding the largest share of its areaLafayette Parish, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How many people live in Carencro
- Population11,619
- Median age32.8
- Population under 183,725
- Share under 1832.1 percent
- Population 65 and over1,694 plus or minus 387
- Share 65 and over14.6 percent plus or minus 3.3
- Households4,443
- Family households2,899
- Share of households that are families65.2 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Income and work in Carencro
- Median household income$63,401 plus or minus $19,282
- Per capita income$30,868
- Civilian labor force5,503
- Employed5,137
- Unemployed366 plus or minus 304
- Unemployment rate6.7 percent plus or minus 5.5
- Adults 25 and over7,045
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher88.1 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher15.9 percent plus or minus 5.7
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree1.6 percent plus or minus 1.1
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Carencro
- Housing units5,007
- Occupied units4,443
- Vacant units564 plus or minus 267
- Vacancy rate11.3 percent plus or minus 5.2
- Owner occupied2,952
- Renter occupied1,491 plus or minus 372
- Ownership rate66.4 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$214,800
- Median gross rent, monthly$944
- Annual rent as a share of median income17.9 percent plus or minus 5.5
- Single family units3,503
- Share single family70.0 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more864 plus or minus 289
- Share in buildings of two or more17.3 percent plus or minus 5.6
- Mobile homes640 plus or minus 268
- Median year structure built1988
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Carencro gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute4,326
- Commuting under 15 minutes900 plus or minus 286
- Share commuting under 15 minutes20.8 percent plus or minus 6.3
- Commuting 30 minutes or more1,420 plus or minus 360
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more32.8 percent plus or minus 7.7
- Drove alone80.8 percent
- Carpooled1.6 percent plus or minus 1.6
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked1.0 percent plus or minus 1.2
- Worked from home15.2 percent plus or minus 7.3
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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SBA loans in Carencro (7(a))
- Approvals12
- Gross approval$6,201,600
- Average approval$516,800
- Median approval$195,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$2,072,000
- Largest approval$2,390,000
- Jobs supported119
- Jobs per approval9.9
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Paid in full1
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more16.7 percent
- Share to franchises50.0 percent
- Distinct lenders8
- Distinct industries by NAICS11
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 1 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
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SBA loans in Carencro (504)
- Approvals4
- Gross approval$2,600,000
- Average approval$650,000
- Median approval$969,000
- Largest approval$1,056,000
- Jobs supported86
- Loans with a final outcome2
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs1
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Lafayette Parish, not Carencro
Lafayette Parish context, not Carencro figures
These are Lafayette Parish figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Carencro measurements.
- Establishments in Lafayette Parish8,844
- Employment at those establishments, Lafayette Parish132,799
- Covered employment, Lafayette Parish137,173
- Average annual pay, Lafayette Parish$58,120
- Average weekly wage, Lafayette Parish$1,118
- Housing units permitted, Lafayette Parish1,592
- Of those, single family, Lafayette Parish1,574
- County product, 2024, Lafayette Parish$19,778,244,000
- County product change over the prior year, Lafayette Parish4.8 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Lafayette Parish$54,015
Every figure in this section is published for Lafayette Parish as a whole and is not a measurement of Carencro. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Carencro questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Carencro, Louisiana?
11,619, in 4,443 households. Carencro city covers 7.86 square miles of land, which is 1,479 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Carencro in?
Lafayette Parish, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Carencro?
$63,401. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $214,800. Median gross rent is $944 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Carencro businesses?
12 7(a) approvals totalling $6.2 m, across 8 lenders, median approval $195,000, plus 4 504 approvals worth $2.6 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Carencro, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Carencro borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Carencro. only 1 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page Carencro figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Lafayette Parish as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Carencro.
Is zoning published for Carencro?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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