Ruston, LA (Louisiana) Houses and Residents

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Total population: 21,123 (Urban population: 20,452 (all inside urban clusters), Rural population: 671 (32 farm, 639 nonfarm))

Ruston, Louisiana Age and Sex of Residents

Houses: 8,453 (7,669 occupied: 3,602 owner occupied, 4,067 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	53%
State:	32%

Housing density: 468 houses/condos per square mile

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Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2007 in this state: $151,800.

Median contract rent in 2007: $473 (lower quartile is $349, upper quartile is $615)

Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2007: $434

Median gross rent in Ruston, LA in 2007: $618

Housing units in Ruston with a mortgage: 1,929 (166 second mortgage, 98 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,397

Ruston,LA index of house prices

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $133,273 (it was $79,900 in 2000)

Ruston:	$133,273
Louisiana:	$126,800

Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $77,360 - $190,402

Mean price in 2007:

Detached houses: $171,130
Here: $171,130
State: $177,270

Townhouses or other attached units: $182,218
Here: $182,218
State: $167,971

In 2-unit structures: $109,168
Here: $109,168
State: $218,101

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $109,935
Here: $109,935
State: $189,844

Mobile homes: $19,205
Here: $19,205
State: $34,481

Household type by relationship

Households: 17,888

In family households: 13,290 (2,933 male householders, 1,469 female householders)
2,932 spouses, 4,981 children (4,562 natural, 68 adopted, 351 stepchildren), 286 grandchildren, 210 brothers or sisters, 60 parents, 201 other relatives, 218 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 4,598 (1,477 male householders (948 living alone)), 1,796 female householders (1,341 living alone)), 1,325 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 2,870 (333 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 1,964 2-persons, 1,108 3-persons, 775 4-persons, 367 5-persons, 140 6-persons, 48 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 2,289 1-person, 756 2-persons, 172 3-persons, 37 4-persons, 9 5-persons, 3 6-persons, 7 7-or-more-persons.

2,103 married couples with children.
1,555 single-parent households (159 men, 1,396 women).

93.0% of residents of Ruston speak English at home.
1.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (68% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 12% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
2.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (79% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 4% speak English not well).
1.8% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (53% speak English very well, 35% speak English well, 11% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
0.9% of residents speak other language at home (68% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 13% speak English not well).

Foreign born population: 745 (3.6%)
(34.2% of them are naturalized citizens)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:

Here:	6.1
State:	5.8

Median number of rooms in apartments:

Here:	3.9
State:	4.1

Home Value Estimate
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Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Ruston, Louisiana:
	1 room: 0 2 rooms: 29 3 rooms: 136 4 rooms: 291 5 rooms: 809 6 rooms: 901 7 rooms: 669 8 rooms: 443 9 or more rooms: 324

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Ruston, Louisiana:
	1 room: 91 2 rooms: 530 3 rooms: 853 4 rooms: 1,260 5 rooms: 807 6 rooms: 329 7 rooms: 106 8 rooms: 70 9 or more rooms: 21

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 356
1995 to 1998: 682
1990 to 1994: 468
1980 to 1989: 1,477
1970 to 1979: 2,142
1960 to 1969: 1,535
1950 to 1959: 798
1940 to 1949: 518
1939 or earlier: 477

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Ruston:
	no bedroom: 6 1 bedroom: 89 2 bedrooms: 584 3 bedrooms: 2,132 4 bedrooms: 674 5 or more bedrooms: 117

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Ruston:
	no bedroom: 97 1 bedroom: 1,191 2 bedrooms: 1,889 3 bedrooms: 743 4 bedrooms: 134 5 or more bedrooms: 13

Owners and renters by unit type in %

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders

Cars and other vehicles available in Ruston in owner-occupied houses/condos:
	no vehicle: 197 1 vehicle: 1,157 2 vehicles: 1,638 3 vehicles: 446 4 vehicles: 111 5 or more vehicles: 53

Cars and other vehicles available in Ruston in n renter-occupied apartments
	no vehicle: 673 1 vehicle: 1,924 2 vehicles: 1,228 3 vehicles: 196 4 vehicles: 40 5 or more vehicles: 6

Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses in 2007 in Ruston, LA:

Less than $10,000: 46
$10,000 to $14,999: 23
$15,000 to $19,999: 30
$20,000 to $24,999: 32
$25,000 to $29,999: 33
$30,000 to $34,999: 36
$35,000 to $39,999: 38
$40,000 to $49,999: 129
$50,000 to $59,999: 103
$60,000 to $69,999: 161
$70,000 to $79,999: 165
$80,000 to $89,999: 163
$90,000 to $99,999: 173
$100,000 to $124,999: 579
$125,000 to $149,999: 597
$150,000 to $174,999: 276
$175,000 to $199,999: 212
$200,000 to $249,999: 342
$250,000 to $299,999: 202
$300,000 to $399,999: 168
$400,000 to $499,999: 70
$500,000 to $749,999: 80
$750,000 to $999,999: 13
$1,000,000 or more: 33

Ruston rent paid by renters for apartments graph

Rent paid by renters in 2007 in Ruston:

Less than $100: 133 people
$100 to $149: 91
$150 to $199: 150
$200 to $249: 121
$250 to $299: 180
$300 to $349: 259
$350 to $399: 380
$400 to $449: 465
$450 to $499: 472
$500 to $549: 456
$550 to $599: 400
$600 to $649: 280
$650 to $699: 190
$700 to $749: 110
$750 to $799: 59
$800 to $899: 124
$900 to $999: 73
$1,000 to $1,249: 47
$1,250 to $1,499: 0
$1,500 to $1,999: 0
$2,000 or more: 13
No cash rent: 166

Year of entry for the foreign-born population
	1995 to March 2000: 266 1990 to 1994: 101 1985 to 1989: 160 1980 to 1984: 89 1975 to 1979: 42 1970 to 1974: 57 1970 to 1974: 24 1965 to 1969: 6

Ruston, LA Time Leaving Home for Work

Percentage of workers working in this county: 82.1%
Number of people working at home: 132 (1.5% of all workers)

Travel time to work

Less than 5 minutes: 688
5 to 9 minutes: 2743
10 to 14 minutes: 2138
15 to 19 minutes: 905
20 to 24 minutes: 470
25 to 29 minutes: 82
30 to 34 minutes: 510
35 to 39 minutes: 160
40 to 44 minutes: 186
45 to 59 minutes: 169
60 to 89 minutes: 200
90 or more minutes: 142

Ruston mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 6,498 (76%)
Carpooled: 1,130 (13%)
Taxi: 15 (0%)
Motorcycle: 13 (0%)
Bicycle: 30 (0%)
Walked: 587 (7%)
Other means: 120 (1%)
Worked at home: 132 (2%)

Household income:

Less than $10,000: 2176
$10,000 to $14,999: 827
$15,000 to $19,999: 458
$20,000 to $24,999: 606
$25,000 to $29,999: 376
$30,000 to $34,999: 329
$35,000 to $39,999: 309
$40,000 to $44,999: 376
$45,000 to $49,999: 239
$50,000 to $59,999: 564
$60,000 to $74,999: 471
$75,000 to $99,999: 521
$100,000 to $124,999: 149
$125,000 to $149,999: 79
$150,000 to $199,999: 81
$200,000 or more: 114

First ancestries reported:

Other groups: 8665

English: 1453

United States or American: 1256

Irish: 1032

German: 830

French (except Basque): 447

Scotch-Irish: 425

Italian: 376

European: 228

Scottish: 224

Arab:: 125

Subsaharan African:: 118

French Canadian: 97

Dutch: 81

British: 70

African: 62

Welsh: 58

Lebanese: 54

West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups):: 53

Ethiopian: 50

Swedish: 47

Iranian: 43

Other Arab: 43

Portuguese: 42

Jamaican: 41

Norwegian: 41

Hungarian: 33

Polish: 30

Acadian/Cajun: 27

Russian: 19

Egyptian: 19

Slovak: 15

Ukrainian: 13

Danish: 13

Lithuanian: 11

Jordanian: 9

Trinidadian and Tobagonian: 8

Belgian: 8

Canadian: 7

Greek: 7

Brazilian: 6

Nigerian: 6

Czechoslovakian: 6

Swiss: 4

Haitian: 4

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents (%):

China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (19%)
India (17%)
Taiwan (9%)
Africa, n.e.c. (4%)
Other Eastern Africa (4%)
Iran (4%)
Mexico (3%)

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

This state: 14835
Northeast: 251
Midwest: 751
South: 3290
West: 811

42% of Ruston residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 38% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 68% lived in Louisiana.

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

No schooling: 93
Nursery to 4th grade: 29
5th and 6th grade: 23
7th and 8th grade: 82
9th grade: 71
10th grade: 83
11th grade: 129
12th grade, no diploma: 159
High school graduate (or equivalency): 860
Less than 1 year of college: 206
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 629
Associate degree: 77
Bachelor's degree: 860
Master's degree: 583
Professional school degree: 186
Doctorate degree: 435

Educational Attainment for Males

Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

No schooling: 64
Nursery to 4th grade: 34
5th and 6th grade: 101
7th and 8th grade: 132
9th grade: 103
10th grade: 145
11th grade: 155
12th grade, no diploma: 163
High school graduate (or equivalency): 1,121
Less than 1 year of college: 366
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 900
Associate degree: 226
Bachelor's degree: 1,018
Master's degree: 698
Professional school degree: 43
Doctorate degree: 82

Educational Attainment for Females

Class of Workers

Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic males: 5.1%
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic females: 9.2%

Unemployment rate for Black males: 13.4%
Unemployment rate for Black females: 17.0%

Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native males: 25.0%
Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native females: 0.0%

Unemployment rate for Asian males: 4.1%
Unemployment rate for Asian females: 13.2%

Unemployment rate for two or more race males: 15.4%
Unemployment rate for two or more race females: 9.2%

Median household income in 2007 for:

White non-Hispanic householders: $43,243
Black householders: $16,558
American Indian and Alaska Native householders: $19,649
Asian householders: $50,904
Some other race householders: $3,237
Two or more races householders: $30,886
Hispanic or Latino race householders: $3,899

Ruston household income for White non-Hispanic householders

Ruston household income for Black householders

Ruston household income for American Indian and Alaska Native householders

Ruston household income for Asian householders

Ruston household income for Some other race householders

Ruston household income for Two or more races householders

Ruston household income for Hispanic or Latino race householders

Ruston marital status for males

Ruston marital status for females

Median 2007 house value for:

White Non-Hispanic householders: $149,214
Black or African American householders: $80,824
American Indian or Alaska Native householders: $81,806
Asian householders: $210,406
Some other race householders: $306,774
Two or more races householders: $249,836
Hispanic or Latino householders: $122,709

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 4,909
One, attached: 291
Two: 1,143
3 or 4: 590
5 to 9: 433
10 to 19: 159
20 to 49: 293
50 or more: 320
Mobile homes: 315

Median worth of mobile homes: $20,366

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 0%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 1%

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Ruston:

Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
	Utility gas (78%) Electricity (21%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
	Utility gas (52%) Electricity (46%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 286

Here:	14.6%
Louisiana:	17.2%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 119

Here:	13.0%
Louisiana:	15.5%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 181

Here:	3.2%
Louisiana:	16.8%

School Enrollment by Level of School for Male Students

School Enrollment by Level of School for Female Students

Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninst.)

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