Moving to Ruston, Louisiana

About Ruston, Louisiana
Ruston

Ruston is a small city in and the parish seat of Lincoln Parish, Louisiana, United States. The 2020 population was 22,166. Ruston is near the eastern border of the Ark-La-Tex region and is the home of Louisiana Tech University. Ruston is the principal city of the Ruston micropolitan statistical area, which includes all of Lincoln Parish.

Gender
Gender Ruston Louisiana Country
Female 50.9% 51.2% 50.8%
Male 49.1% 48.8% 49.2%
Gender
Created with Raphaël 2.2.051%49%Female50.9%

 Female Male
Household Income
Created with Raphaël 2.2.015%7%18%12%16%12%9%6%2%3%$15K to $25K18.4%

 < $10000 $10K to $15K $15K to $25K $25K to $35K $35K to $50K $50K to $75K $75K to $100K $100K to $150K $150K to $200K $200K or more

Income Ruston Louisiana Country
Less than $10,000 15% 8.9% 5.8%
$10,000 to $14,999 7% 5.5% 4.1%
$15,000 to $24,999 18.4% 12.2% 8.5%
$25,000 to $34,999 12.3% 10.2% 8.6%
$35,000 to $49,999 16.3% 12.5% 12.0%
$50,000 to $74,999 11.9% 16.3% 17.2%
$75,000 to $99,999 8.8% 11.4% 12.8%
$100,000 to $149,999 5.8% 13% 15.6%
$150,000 to $199,999 1.7% 5.3% 7.1%
$200,000 or more 2.8% 4.7% 8.3%
Education
Created with Raphaël 2.2.01%6%25%18%8%26%10%2%4%Bachelor Degree26%

 < 9th Grade 9-12th Grade High School or GED Other College Associate Degree Bachelor Degree Masters Degree Professional Degree Doctorate Degree

Education Ruston Louisiana Country
< 9th Grade 1% 5% 5.0%
9-12th Grade 6% 9% 7.0%
High School or GED 25% 33% 27.0%
Other College 18% 21% 20.0%
Associate's Degree 8% 7% 9%
Bachelor's Degree 26% 16% 20.0%
Master's Degree 10% 6% 9.0%
Professional Degree 2% 2% 2.0%
Doctorate Degree 4% 1% 1.0%
Household Income
 Ruston Louisiana  Country
Created with Raphaël 2.2.005101520>$200K$150K$200K$100K$150K$75K$100K$50K$75K$35K$50K$25K$35K$15K$25K$10K$15K<$10K158.95.875.54.118.412.28.512.310.28.616.312.51211.916.317.28.811.412.85.81315.61.75.37.12.84.78.3
Education
 Ruston Louisiana  Country
Created with Raphaël 2.2.0010203040Dr.DegreeProf.DegreeMastersDegreeBachelorDegreeAssociateDegreeOtherCollegeHighSchool9-12thGrade< 9thGrade1556972533271821208792616201069222411
Race / Ethnicity
Created with Raphaël 2.2.046%47%0%3%3%0%2%0%African American47.1%

 White African American American Indian Asian Hispanic Hawaiian Mixed Other

Ethnicity Ruston Louisiana Country
White 45.5% 58.3% 60.1%
African American 47.1% 31.9% 12.2%
American Indian 0.1% 0.5% 0.6%
Asian 2.5% 1.7% 5.6%
Hawaiian 0% 0% 0.2%
Other 0.3% 0.3% 0.3%
Multiracial 1.5% 2% 2.8%
Hispanic 3% 5.2% 18.2%
Race / Ethnicity
 Ruston Louisiana  Country
Created with Raphaël 2.2.0017.53552.570Hispanic2 or More$OthersHawaiianAsianAmericanIndianAfricanAmericanWhite45.558.360.147.131.912.20.10.50.62.51.75.6000.20.30.30.31.522.835.218.2