Ruston vs Simsboro

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

Ruston and Simsboro 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 831 in Simsboro). Simsboro has the higher median household income ($36,370 vs $32,765 in Ruston). Ruston has the higher median home value ($226,700 vs $79,500 in Simsboro).

Population, income & housing

	Ruston	Simsboro
Population	22,224	831
Median age	23.8 yrs	44.3 yrs
Median household income	$32,765	$36,370
Median home value	$226,700	$79,500
Median gross rent	$819	$962
Housing units	9,283	468
Homeownership rate	36.7%	62.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.9%	10.7%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ruston	Simsboro
Population	21,976 → 22,224 (+1.1%)	969 → 831 (-14.2%)
Median household income	$29,128 → $32,765 (+12.5%)	$50,000 → $36,370 (-27.3%)
Median home value	$169,600 → $226,700 (+33.7%)	$78,300 → $79,500 (+1.5%)
Median gross rent	$744 → $819 (+10.1%)	$649 → $962 (+48.2%)

Ruston

Population

21,97622,224

Median household income

$29,128$32,765

Median home value

$169,600$226,700

Median gross rent

$744$819

Simsboro

Population

969831

Median household income

$50,000$36,370

Median home value

$78,300$79,500

Median gross rent

$649$962

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ruston	Simsboro
Under 5	5.2%	5.4%
5 to 17	10.2%	13.4%
18 to 24	37.7%	11.7%
25 to 34	12.8%	5.7%
35 to 44	8.7%	14.8%
45 to 54	6.8%	6.5%
55 to 64	7.3%	21.5%
65 to 74	6.4%	17.7%
75 and over	5.1%	3.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ruston	Simsboro
White (non-Hispanic)	46.9%	69.4%
Black or African American	42.5%	18.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.7%	0.0%
Asian	2.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	6.1%
Two or more races	3.9%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	4.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ruston	Simsboro
No high school diploma	7.1%	14.4%
High school graduate	25.0%	47.2%
Some college or associate's	25.0%	27.7%
Bachelor's degree	25.9%	9.3%
Graduate or professional degree	17.0%	1.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ruston	Simsboro
Drove alone	72.8%	92.1%
Carpooled	9.9%	5.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.2%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.8%	1.1%
Other means	0.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ruston	Simsboro
1-unit, detached	51.9%	47.4%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	19.7%	3.4%
5 to 19 units	16.0%	3.4%
20 or more units	4.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.1%	45.7%

Poverty & households

	Ruston	Simsboro
Poverty rate	36.3%	25.8%
Average household size	2.32	2.02
Mean commute (minutes)	14	30
Median year structure built	1986	1978