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71245

4,439 Population
5.4 square miles 818.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

21 ±0.7 Median age
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Ruston, LA Micro Area: 28.6 ±0.4
  • about half the figure in Louisiana: 38 ±0.1

Economics

$11,018 ±$2,323 Per capita income
  • about two-fifths of the amount in the Ruston, LA Micro Area: $25,888 ±$1,327
  • about one-third of the amount in Louisiana: $35,038 ±$248
$-666,666,700 Median household income
  • the Ruston, LA Micro Area: $39,172 † ±$4,326
  • Louisiana: $60,756 ±$408

52% ±16.6% (1,401  ±510) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Ruston, LA Micro Area: 31.2% 13,575 (±2.4% / ±1,058)
  • more than double the rate in Louisiana: 18.9% 848,967 (±0.3% / ±13,955)

22.5 minutes ±13.1 (18,840  ±12,959) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 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

1,419 ±331 Number of households
  • the Ruston, LA Micro Area: 18,487 ±414
  • Louisiana: 1,804,780 ±5,143
1.9 ±0.6 (2,732  ±468) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Ruston, LA Micro Area: 2.4 43,488 (±0.1 / ±161)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Louisiana: 2.5 4,488,126

0.8% ±1.6% (14  ±28) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Ruston, LA Micro Area: 3.5% † 479 (±2.1% / ±283)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Louisiana: 5.7% 61,378 (±0.2% / ±2,325)

Housing

1,673 ±350 Number of housing units
  • the Ruston, LA Micro Area: 20,827 ±77
  • Louisiana: 2,108,902 ±333

$164,300 ±$69,659 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Ruston, LA Micro Area: $210,100 ±$13,148
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Louisiana: $216,500 ±$1,367

13.3% ±8.5% (589  ±383.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Ruston, LA Micro Area: 11.7% † 5,599 (±2% / ±939.5)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Louisiana: 11.4% 520,360 (±0.2% / ±10,157.4)

Social

91.5% ±14.4% (1,363  ±335.6) 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)
35.4% ±12.6% (527  ±212.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Ruston, LA Micro Area: 36.2% 9,583 (±2.9% / ±756.7)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Louisiana: 27% 840,382 (±0.3% / ±8,276.4)

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

3.4% ±2.4% (152  ±109) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Ruston, LA Micro Area: 3.2% 1,521
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Louisiana: 4.9% 224,537

5.5% ±2.4% (207  ±94) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Ruston, LA Micro Area: 4.5% † 1,757 (±0.7% / ±288)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Louisiana: 6.1% 212,834 (±0.1% / ±3,526)
207 Total veterans ±94 166 Male ±85 41 Female ±43

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