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71235

3,979 Population
162.5 square miles 24.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

48.4 ±4.5 Median age
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in the Ruston, LA Micro Area: 28.6 ±0.4
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Louisiana: 37.8 ±0.1

Economics

$31,424 ±$3,576 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Ruston, LA Micro Area: $25,193 ±$1,137
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Louisiana: $34,211 ±$247
$50,417 ±$14,068 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the Ruston, LA Micro Area: $38,035 † ±$5,384
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Louisiana: $60,023 ±$491

16.5% ±5.7% (655  ±243) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in the Ruston, LA Micro Area: 30.7% 13,415 (±2.8% / ±1,216)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Louisiana: 18.9% 848,769 (±0.3% / ±14,766)

24.6 minutes ±2.6 (42,735  ±8,721) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in the Ruston, LA Micro Area: 18.4 332,390 (±1.1 / ±26,119)
  • a little less than the figure in Louisiana: 25.8 47,566,968 (±0.2 / ±402,285)

Families

1,850 ±217 Number of households
  • the Ruston, LA Micro Area: 18,341 ±397
  • Louisiana: 1,783,168 ±5,717
2.2 ±0.2 (3,979  ±539) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Ruston, LA Micro Area: 2.4 43,738 (±0.1 / ±147)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Louisiana: 2.5 4,497,152

1.9% ±2.9% (14  ±22) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in the Ruston, LA Micro Area: 3.4% † 468 (±2.3% / ±306)
  • about one-third of the rate in Louisiana: 5.6% 60,096 (±0.2% / ±2,274)

Housing

2,121 ±242 Number of housing units
  • the Ruston, LA Micro Area: 20,650 ±76
  • Louisiana: 2,094,002 ±454

$155,900 ±$74,109 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Ruston, LA Micro Area: $195,500 ±$12,802
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Louisiana: $208,700 ±$1,365

5.6% ±3% (222  ±122.2) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Ruston, LA Micro Area: 14.6% † 6,979 (±2.3% / ±1,076.7)
  • about half the rate in Louisiana: 11.9% 543,392 (±0.2% / ±10,090.1)

Social

89.4% ±0.7% (2,595  ±352.8) 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)
20.3% ±3.2% (590  ±123.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Ruston, LA Micro Area: 36% 9,495 (±2.8% / ±743.4)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Louisiana: 26.6% 825,794 (±0.3% / ±7,861)

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

1.8% ±1.3% (71  ±54) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Ruston, LA Micro Area: 2.8% 1,349
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Louisiana: 4.7% 218,450

9.4% ±3.7% (303  ±126) Population with veteran status
  • nearly double the rate in the Ruston, LA Micro Area: 5.1% † 1,949 (±0.8% / ±298)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Louisiana: 6.2% 217,225 (±0.1% / ±3,492)
303 Total veterans ±126 265 Male ±118 38 Female ±27

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