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Ruston, LA Urban Area

27,770 Population
24.4 square miles 1,136.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

23.8 ±0.5 Median age
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$19,975 ±$1,723 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$30,269 ±$2,409 Median household income
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

41.2% ±4% (9,588  ±958) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

15.7 minutes ±1.8 (131,790  ±20,595) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

10,557 ±507 Number of households
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.1 (23,246  ±637) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

1.9% ±0.9% (168  ±82) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

11,678 ±465 Number of housing units
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$204,300 ±$20,234 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

16.1% ±3.1% (4,441  ±860.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

92.2% ±6.2% (11,892  ±909.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
38.5% ±4.2% (4,958  ±565.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • 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

4.2% ±1.4% (1,171  ±385) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

3.4% ±0.8% (811  ±198) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
811 Total veterans ±198 696 Male ±173 115 Female ±105

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