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River Ridge, LA

13,690 Population
2.8 square miles 4,896.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

47.2 ±5.8 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: 38.6 ±0.1
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Louisiana: 37.2 ±0.1

Economics

$41,915 ±$3,736 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: $32,727 ±$526
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Louisiana: $29,522 ±$268
$72,056 ±$8,162 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: $54,388 ±$906
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Louisiana: $50,800 ±$360

8.5% ±3% (1,160  ±419) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: 16.9% 210,559 (±0.5% / ±6,253)
  • about half the rate in Louisiana: 18.7% 845,230 (±0.3% / ±12,732)

28 minutes ±5.3 (159,250  ±33,159) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: 26.2 14,256,665 (±0.4 / ±236,752)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Louisiana: 25.8 49,507,695 (±0.2 / ±416,330)

Families

5,535 ±724 Number of households
  • the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: 486,509 ±1,980
  • Louisiana: 1,751,956 ±5,502
2.5 ±0.4 (13,690  ±935) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: 2.6 1,248,969 (±0 / ±983)
  • a little less than the figure in Louisiana: 2.6 4,535,225 (±0)

7.2% ±4.6% (172  ±112) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: 4.9% 15,090 (±0.4% / ±1,198)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Louisiana: 5.6% 61,586 (±0.2% / ±2,490)

Housing

6,262 ±720 Number of housing units
  • the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: 559,877 ±419
  • Louisiana: 2,074,664 ±337

$249,300 ±$30,937 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: $205,500 ±$2,818
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Louisiana: $168,100 ±$915

8% ±3.3% (1,077  ±458.6) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: 12.1% 152,780 (±0.4% / ±5,302.5)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Louisiana: 12.6% 578,384 (±0.2% / ±10,155.1)

Social

91.4% ±5.7% (9,187  ±938.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: 87.5% 776,400 (±0.9% / ±7,732)
  • a little higher than the rate in Louisiana: 85.9% 2,695,344 (±0.5% / ±14,333.9)
34.2% ±2.1% (3,436  ±345.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: 31.1% 275,753 (±0.6% / ±4,970.8)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Louisiana: 24.9% 780,547 (±0.3% / ±8,695.6)

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

2% ±0.8% (267  ±116) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: 7.6% 96,536 (±0.2% / ±2,634)
  • about half the rate in Louisiana: 4.1% 193,041 (±0.1% / ±3,395)

5.9% ±1% (642  ±124) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: 6.1% 60,356 (±0.3% / ±2,434)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Louisiana: 6.8% 239,881 (±0.1% / ±4,882)
642 Total veterans ±124 633 Male ±119 9 Female ±22

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