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71001

3,747 Population
132.4 square miles 28.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.9 ±5.8 Median age
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in the Ruston, LA Micro Area: 28.6 ±0.4
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Louisiana: 38 ±0.1

Economics

$23,371 ±$2,957 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Ruston, LA Micro Area: $25,888 ±$1,327
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Louisiana: $35,038 ±$248
$30,490 ±$9,422 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

38.8% ±7.3% (1,361  ±293) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Ruston, LA Micro Area: 31.2% 13,575 (±2.4% / ±1,058)
  • about double the rate in Louisiana: 18.9% 848,967 (±0.3% / ±13,955)

24.7 minutes ±4.4 (27,955  ±7,906) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in the Ruston, LA Micro Area: 19.2 323,675 (±1.5 / ±31,165)
  • a little less than the figure in Louisiana: 25.7 46,906,036 (±0.2 / ±362,947)

Families

1,850 ±242 Number of households
  • the Ruston, LA Micro Area: 18,487 ±414
  • Louisiana: 1,804,780 ±5,143
1.9 ±0.3 (3,512  ±364) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Ruston, LA Micro Area: 2.4 43,488 (±0.1 / ±161)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Louisiana: 2.5 4,488,126

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

2,050 ±279 Number of housing units
  • the Ruston, LA Micro Area: 20,827 ±77
  • Louisiana: 2,108,902 ±333

$97,300 ±$10,819 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in the Ruston, LA Micro Area: $210,100 ±$13,148
  • about half the amount in Louisiana: $216,500 ±$1,367

4.9% ±3.3% (183  ±123) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Ruston, LA Micro Area: 11.7% † 5,599 (±2% / ±939.5)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Louisiana: 11.4% 520,360 (±0.2% / ±10,157.4)

Social

87.9% ±7.2% (2,430  ±338.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Ruston, LA Micro Area: 90.2% 23,900 (±4.5% / ±1,187.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Louisiana: 87.3% 2,711,692 (±0.5% / ±14,180.6)
18.1% ±6.4% (499  ±186.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in the Ruston, LA Micro Area: 36.2% 9,583 (±2.9% / ±756.7)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Louisiana: 27% 840,382 (±0.3% / ±8,276.4)

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

0.4% ±0.4% (13  ±16) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent of the rate in the Ruston, LA Micro Area: 3.2% 1,521
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Louisiana: 4.9% 224,537

5.7% ±3.4% (171  ±102) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Ruston, LA Micro Area: 4.5% † 1,757 (±0.7% / ±288)
  • a little less than the rate in Louisiana: 6.1% 212,834 (±0.1% / ±3,526)
171 Total veterans ±102 151 Male ±101 20 Female ±22

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