Ruston vs Vienna

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

Ruston and Vienna 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 624 in Vienna). Vienna has the higher median household income ($86,875 vs $32,765 in Ruston). Vienna has the higher median home value ($328,800 vs $226,700 in Ruston).

Population, income & housing

	Ruston	Vienna
Population	22,224	624
Median age	23.8 yrs	41.7 yrs
Median household income	$32,765	$86,875
Median home value	$226,700	$328,800
Median gross rent	$819	$589
Housing units	9,283	240
Homeownership rate	36.7%	64.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.9%	39.7%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	0.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ruston	Vienna
Population	21,976 → 22,224 (+1.1%)	520 → 624 (+20.0%)
Median household income	$29,128 → $32,765 (+12.5%)	$82,153 → $86,875 (+5.7%)
Median home value	$169,600 → $226,700 (+33.7%)	$254,200 → $328,800 (+29.3%)
Median gross rent	$744 → $819 (+10.1%)	$700 → $589 (-15.9%)

Ruston

Population

21,97622,224

Median household income

$29,128$32,765

Median home value

$169,600$226,700

Median gross rent

$744$819

Vienna

Population

520624

Median household income

$82,153$86,875

Median home value

$254,200$328,800

Median gross rent

$700$589

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ruston	Vienna
Under 5	5.2%	2.6%
5 to 17	10.2%	21.8%
18 to 24	37.7%	3.4%
25 to 34	12.8%	10.7%
35 to 44	8.7%	16.8%
45 to 54	6.8%	13.1%
55 to 64	7.3%	10.7%
65 to 74	6.4%	16.3%
75 and over	5.1%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ruston	Vienna
White (non-Hispanic)	46.9%	83.5%
Black or African American	42.5%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.7%	0.0%
Asian	2.2%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	13.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ruston	Vienna
No high school diploma	7.1%	13.5%
High school graduate	25.0%	29.3%
Some college or associate's	25.0%	17.5%
Bachelor's degree	25.9%	22.2%
Graduate or professional degree	17.0%	17.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ruston	Vienna
Drove alone	72.8%	68.9%
Carpooled	9.9%	23.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.2%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.8%	6.6%
Other means	0.2%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ruston	Vienna
1-unit, detached	51.9%	73.3%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	19.7%	0.4%
5 to 19 units	16.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.9%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	6.1%	25.4%

Poverty & households

	Ruston	Vienna
Poverty rate	36.3%	6.3%
Average household size	2.32	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	14	30
Median year structure built	1986	1982