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Ruston, LA

22,284 Population
21.2 square miles 1,051.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

24.3 ±1.1 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Ruston, LA Micro Area: 28.6 ±0.4
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Louisiana: 38 ±0.1
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$21,473 ±$1,882 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Ruston, LA Micro Area: $25,888 ±$1,327
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Louisiana: $35,038 ±$248
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$31,120 ±$1,970 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Ruston, LA Micro Area: $39,172 † ±$4,326
  • about half the amount in Louisiana: $60,756 ±$408
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

39.8% ±4.7% (7,888  ±922) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Ruston, LA Micro Area: 31.2% 13,575 (±2.4% / ±1,058)
  • more than double the rate in Louisiana: 18.9% 848,967 (±0.3% / ±13,955)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

15.1 minutes ±1.5 (106,250  ±16,726) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Ruston, LA Micro Area: 19.2 323,675 (±1.5 / ±31,165)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Louisiana: 25.7 46,906,036 (±0.2 / ±362,947)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

8,796 ±536 Number of households
  • the Ruston, LA Micro Area: 18,487 ±414
  • Louisiana: 1,804,780 ±5,143
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.1 (19,721  ±120) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Ruston, LA Micro Area: 2.4 43,488 (±0.1 / ±161)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Louisiana: 2.5 4,488,126
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

2.2% ±1.2% (154  ±84) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Ruston, LA Micro Area: 3.5% † 479 (±2.1% / ±283)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Louisiana: 5.7% 61,378 (±0.2% / ±2,325)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

9,563 ±487 Number of housing units
  • the Ruston, LA Micro Area: 20,827 ±77
  • Louisiana: 2,108,902 ±333
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$225,300 ±$21,355 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Ruston, LA Micro Area: $210,100 ±$13,148
  • a little higher than the amount in Louisiana: $216,500 ±$1,367
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

16.1% ±3.4% (3,563  ±752.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Ruston, LA Micro Area: 11.7% † 5,599 (±2% / ±939.5)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Louisiana: 11.4% 520,360 (±0.2% / ±10,157.4)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

92.9% ±6% (10,029  ±818.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Ruston, LA Micro Area: 90.2% 23,900 (±4.5% / ±1,187.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in Louisiana: 87.3% 2,711,692 (±0.5% / ±14,180.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
40.2% ±4.4% (4,335  ±516.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Ruston, LA Micro Area: 36.2% 9,583 (±2.9% / ±756.7)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Louisiana: 27% 840,382 (±0.3% / ±8,276.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

4% ±1.6% (884  ±355) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Ruston, LA Micro Area: 3.2% 1,521
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Louisiana: 4.9% 224,537
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

2.9% ±0.9% (545  ±176) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Ruston, LA Micro Area: 4.5% † 1,757 (±0.7% / ±288)
  • about half the rate in Louisiana: 6.1% 212,834 (±0.1% / ±3,526)
  • about half the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
545 Total veterans ±176 460 Male ±149 85 Female ±98

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