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71227

3,783 Population
115.3 square miles 32.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.4 ±3.7 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: 38 ±0.1

Economics

$42,655 ±$7,386 Per capita income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in the Ruston, LA Micro Area: $25,888 ±$1,327
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Louisiana: $35,038 ±$248
$64,195 ±$14,915 Median household income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in the Ruston, LA Micro Area: $39,172 † ±$4,326
  • a little higher than the amount in Louisiana: $60,756 ±$408

7.8% ±3.9% (294  ±154) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Ruston, LA Micro Area: 31.2% 13,575 (±2.4% / ±1,058)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Louisiana: 18.9% 848,967 (±0.3% / ±13,955)

23.7 minutes ±3.2 (36,225  ±8,770) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the Ruston, LA Micro Area: 19.2 323,675 (±1.5 / ±31,165)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Louisiana: 25.7 46,906,036 (±0.2 / ±362,947)

Families

1,428 ±215 Number of households
  • the Ruston, LA Micro Area: 18,487 ±414
  • Louisiana: 1,804,780 ±5,143
2.7 ±0.1 (3,783  ±600) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Ruston, LA Micro Area: 2.4 43,488 (±0.1 / ±161)
  • a little higher than the figure in Louisiana: 2.5 4,488,126

0.7% ±0.9% (7  ±9) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-fifth of the rate in the Ruston, LA Micro Area: 3.5% † 479 (±2.1% / ±283)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Louisiana: 5.7% 61,378 (±0.2% / ±2,325)

Housing

1,631 ±217 Number of housing units
  • the Ruston, LA Micro Area: 20,827 ±77
  • Louisiana: 2,108,902 ±333

$255,800 ±$61,101 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Ruston, LA Micro Area: $210,100 ±$13,148
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Louisiana: $216,500 ±$1,367

1.2% ±1.2% (45  ±46.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent of the rate in the Ruston, LA Micro Area: 11.7% † 5,599 (±2% / ±939.5)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Louisiana: 11.4% 520,360 (±0.2% / ±10,157.4)

Social

92.3% ±20.3% (2,362  ±340.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Ruston, LA Micro Area: 90.2% 23,900 (±4.5% / ±1,187.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in Louisiana: 87.3% 2,711,692 (±0.5% / ±14,180.6)
31.4% ±3.4% (803  ±158.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Ruston, LA Micro Area: 36.2% 9,583 (±2.9% / ±756.7)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Louisiana: 27% 840,382 (±0.3% / ±8,276.4)

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

2.8% ±2.2% (105  ±86) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Ruston, LA Micro Area: 3.2% 1,521
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Louisiana: 4.9% 224,537

6.9% ±4.3% (191  ±121) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Ruston, LA Micro Area: 4.5% † 1,757 (±0.7% / ±288)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Louisiana: 6.1% 212,834 (±0.1% / ±3,526)
191 Total veterans ±121 191 Male ±121 N/A Female ±14

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