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Monroe-Ruston, LA CSA

270,303 Population
3,309.5 square miles 81.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.1 ±1.2 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$29,114 ±$2,004 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$48,789 ±$3,291 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

24.9% ±2.4% (63,846  ±6,271) Persons below poverty line
  • about double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

23 minutes ±0.6 (2,391,345  ±77,789) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

107,253 ±1,884 Number of households
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.4 ±0.1 (257,474  ±2,040) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

5.5% ±1.6% (3,482  ±1,046) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

123,618 ±1,037 Number of housing units
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$183,900 ±$11,712 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

14% ±2.3% (37,404  ±6,088.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

87.5% ±3.8% (156,924  ±7,195.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
27.3% ±2.2% (48,994  ±3,953.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

3.6% ±0.3% (9,285  ±828.4) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 22% 68,845,870 (±0.1% / ±206,858.2)

2% ±0.4% (5,306  ±1,113) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

6.1% ±0.9% (12,847  ±1,956) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
12,847 Total veterans ±1,956 12,014 Male ±1,807 833 Female ±673

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