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River Ridge, LA

13,435 Population
2.8 square miles 4,805.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.9 ±5 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: 37.4 ±0.1

Economics

$44,989 ±$3,357 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: $33,792 ±$461
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Louisiana: $30,340 ±$236
$78,003 ±$7,223 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: $57,656 ±$748
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Louisiana: $53,571 ±$378

8.5% ±3.1% (1,141  ±424) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: 17.3% 216,021 (±0.5% / ±6,288)
  • about half the rate in Louisiana: 18.8% 850,486 (±0.3% / ±13,168)

27 minutes ±4.9 (159,610  ±33,306) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: 25.9 13,846,145 (±0.2 / ±172,156)
  • a little higher than the figure in Louisiana: 25.9 48,904,560 (±0.2 / ±385,647)

Families

5,541 ±432 Number of households
  • the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: 495,557 ±1,946
  • Louisiana: 1,748,688 ±5,810
2.4 ±0.1 (13,435  ±1,160) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: 2.5 1,248,652 (±0 / ±1,090)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Louisiana: 2.6 4,534,907 (±0)

7.7% ±4.4% (184  ±108) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: 5% 15,103 (±0.3% / ±996)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Louisiana: 5.4% 58,744 (±0.2% / ±2,024)

Housing

6,317 ±450 Number of housing units
  • the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: 569,281 ±512
  • Louisiana: 2,066,323 ±946

$278,700 ±$13,979 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: $214,300 ±$1,789
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Louisiana: $174,000 ±$963

9.5% ±3.5% (1,266  ±474) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: 11.8% 148,486 (±0.4% / ±4,679.7)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Louisiana: 12.4% 569,665 (±0.2% / ±10,792.1)

Social

92.9% ±10.1% (9,129  ±691.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: 88.1% 780,124 (±0.7% / ±6,571.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Louisiana: 86.2% 2,702,260 (±0.4% / ±13,255.8)
36.8% ±2.6% (3,620  ±377.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: 32.2% 285,621 (±0.5% / ±3,994.6)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Louisiana: 25.5% 800,083 (±0.2% / ±7,403.4)

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

2.2% ±0.8% (292  ±108) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: 7.6% 96,914 (±0.2% / ±2,856)
  • about half the rate in Louisiana: 4.2% 196,020 (±0.1% / ±4,092)

6.3% ±1.4% (657  ±158) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area: 5.9% 57,706 (±0.2% / ±1,793)
  • a little less than the rate in Louisiana: 6.6% 232,389 (±0.1% / ±3,848)
657 Total veterans ±158 642 Male ±158 15 Female ±22

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