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Buras, LA

757 Population
2.3 square miles 329.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.2 ±12.3 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: 38.9 ±0.1
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Louisiana: 37.8 ±0.1

Economics

$25,510 ±$11,223 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: $37,547 ±$464
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Louisiana: $34,211 ±$247
$57,596 ±$56,137 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: $62,271 ±$1,005
  • a little less than the amount in Louisiana: $60,023 ±$491

29.7% ±26.2% (225  ±221) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: 18.3% 177,337 (±0.6% / ±5,312)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Louisiana: 18.9% 848,769 (±0.3% / ±14,766)

37.5 minutes ±30.8 (9,775  ±8,999) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.5 times the figure in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: 24.5 9,996,485 (±0.3 / ±152,754)
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Louisiana: 25.8 47,566,968 (±0.2 / ±402,285)

Families

313 ±136 Number of households
  • the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: 397,029 ±1,760
  • Louisiana: 1,783,168 ±5,717
2.4 ±1.5 (757  ±328) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: 2.4 970,389 (±0 / ±355)
  • a little less than the figure in Louisiana: 2.5 4,497,152

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

536 ±132 Number of housing units
  • the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: 463,532 ±245
  • Louisiana: 2,094,002 ±454

N/A Median value of owner-occupied housing units

1.3% ±3.8% (10  ±29.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent of the rate in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: 11.3% 110,457 (±0.4% / ±4,309.9)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Louisiana: 11.9% 543,392 (±0.2% / ±10,090.1)

Social

42.4% ±17.1% (216  ±122) High school grad or higher
  • about half the rate in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: 87.5% 606,045 (±0.9% / ±6,015.2)
  • about half the rate in Louisiana: 86.9% 2,702,854 (±0.5% / ±14,218.9)
N/A Bachelor's degree or higher

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

40% ±16.7% (303  ±182) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: 9.5% 93,444
  • more than double the rate in Louisiana: 4.7% 218,450

N/A Population with veteran status
N/A Total veterans ±14 N/A Male ±14 N/A Female ±14

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