Grambling vs Ruston

A side-by-side comparison of Grambling and Ruston: population, income, housing, and more.

Grambling and Ruston are places in Louisiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Ruston has the higher population (22,224 vs 5,302 in Grambling). Ruston has the higher median household income ($32,765 vs $17,670 in Grambling). Ruston has the higher median home value ($226,700 vs $176,000 in Grambling).

Population, income & housing

	Grambling	Ruston
Population	5,302	22,224
Median age	21.1 yrs	23.8 yrs
Median household income	$17,670	$32,765
Median home value	$176,000	$226,700
Median gross rent	$518	$819
Housing units	2,050	9,283
Homeownership rate	33.6%	36.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.9%	42.9%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grambling	Ruston
Population	5,185 → 5,302 (+2.3%)	21,976 → 22,224 (+1.1%)
Median household income	$22,398 → $17,670 (-21.1%)	$29,128 → $32,765 (+12.5%)
Median home value	$114,800 → $176,000 (+53.3%)	$169,600 → $226,700 (+33.7%)
Median gross rent	$712 → $518 (-27.2%)	$744 → $819 (+10.1%)

Grambling

Population

5,1855,302

Median household income

$22,398$17,670

Median home value

$114,800$176,000

Median gross rent

$712$518

Ruston

Population

21,97622,224

Median household income

$29,128$32,765

Median home value

$169,600$226,700

Median gross rent

$744$819

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Grambling	Ruston
Under 5	2.9%	5.2%
5 to 17	19.1%	10.2%
18 to 24	38.8%	37.7%
25 to 34	10.7%	12.8%
35 to 44	9.3%	8.7%
45 to 54	3.7%	6.8%
55 to 64	4.8%	7.3%
65 to 74	4.5%	6.4%
75 and over	6.2%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grambling	Ruston
White (non-Hispanic)	7.3%	46.9%
Black or African American	84.1%	42.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.7%
Asian	0.3%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.3%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.5%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grambling	Ruston
No high school diploma	10.0%	7.1%
High school graduate	32.6%	25.0%
Some college or associate's	25.4%	25.0%
Bachelor's degree	13.3%	25.9%
Graduate or professional degree	18.6%	17.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grambling	Ruston
Drove alone	58.6%	72.8%
Carpooled	8.6%	9.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.1%	4.2%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.1%
Worked from home	25.2%	12.8%
Other means	2.4%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grambling	Ruston
1-unit, detached	54.5%	51.9%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	28.6%	19.7%
5 to 19 units	9.5%	16.0%
20 or more units	2.5%	4.9%
Mobile home & other	4.3%	6.1%

Poverty & households

	Grambling	Ruston
Poverty rate	58.5%	36.3%
Average household size	2.36	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	20	14
Median year structure built	1976	1986