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71227

4,099 Population
115.3 square miles 35.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.4 ±3.9 Median age
  • about 1.3 times the figure in the Ruston, LA Micro Area: 28.6 ±0.4
  • about the same as the figure in Louisiana: 37.8 ±0.1

Economics

$34,850 ±$5,595 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the Ruston, LA Micro Area: $25,193 ±$1,137
  • about the same as the amount in Louisiana: $34,211 ±$247
$60,810 ±$11,379 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in the Ruston, LA Micro Area: $38,035 † ±$5,384
  • about the same as the amount in Louisiana: $60,023 ±$491

15.8% ±8.8% (645  ±371) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in the Ruston, LA Micro Area: 30.7% 13,415 (±2.8% / ±1,216)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Louisiana: 18.9% 848,769 (±0.3% / ±14,766)

21.8 minutes ±3.5 (35,540  ±8,656) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Ruston, LA Micro Area: 18.4 332,390 (±1.1 / ±26,119)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Louisiana: 25.8 47,566,968 (±0.2 / ±402,285)

Families

1,487 ±199 Number of households
  • the Ruston, LA Micro Area: 18,341 ±397
  • Louisiana: 1,783,168 ±5,717
2.8 ±0.1 (4,099  ±578) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Ruston, LA Micro Area: 2.4 43,738 (±0.1 / ±147)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Louisiana: 2.5 4,497,152

3.6% ±4.7% (38  ±50) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in the Ruston, LA Micro Area: 3.4% † 468 (±2.3% / ±306)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Louisiana: 5.6% 60,096 (±0.2% / ±2,274)

Housing

1,624 ±206 Number of housing units
  • the Ruston, LA Micro Area: 20,650 ±76
  • Louisiana: 2,094,002 ±454

$209,900 ±$88,418 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Ruston, LA Micro Area: $195,500 ±$12,802
  • about the same as the amount in Louisiana: $208,700 ±$1,365

7.1% ±7.4% (286  ±301.4) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in the Ruston, LA Micro Area: 14.6% † 6,979 (±2.3% / ±1,076.7)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Louisiana: 11.9% 543,392 (±0.2% / ±10,090.1)

Social

91.1% ±7.6% (2,455  ±382) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Ruston, LA Micro Area: 89.4% 23,609 (±4.3% / ±1,147)
  • a little higher than the rate in Louisiana: 86.9% 2,702,854 (±0.5% / ±14,218.9)
28.1% ±6% (758  ±189) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Ruston, LA Micro Area: 36% 9,495 (±2.8% / ±743.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in Louisiana: 26.6% 825,794 (±0.3% / ±7,861)

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

2.2% ±1.9% (88  ±80) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Ruston, LA Micro Area: 2.8% 1,349
  • about half the rate in Louisiana: 4.7% 218,450

8.1% ±4.6% (234  ±136) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Ruston, LA Micro Area: 5.1% † 1,949 (±0.8% / ±298)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Louisiana: 6.2% 217,225 (±0.1% / ±3,492)
234 Total veterans ±136 208 Male ±129 26 Female ±33

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