Boothville vs Buras

A side-by-side comparison of Boothville and Buras: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Buras has the higher population (757 vs 481 in Boothville). Buras has the higher median household income ($57,596 vs $24,700 in Boothville). Since 2019, Buras's population has grown faster (-4.1% vs -19.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Boothville	Buras
Population	481	757
Median age	37.9 yrs	46.2 yrs
Median household income	$24,700	$57,596
Median home value	$77,300	—
Housing units	284	536
Homeownership rate	84.2%	94.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boothville	Buras
Population	594 → 481 (-19.0%)	789 → 757 (-4.1%)
Median household income	$31,500 → $24,700 (-21.6%)	$40,714 → $57,596 (+41.5%)
Median home value	$74,000 → $77,300 (+4.5%)	$62,500 → $85,800 (+37.3%)

Boothville

Population

594481

Median household income

$31,500$24,700

Median home value

$74,000$77,300

Buras

Population

789757

Median household income

$40,714$57,596

Median home value

$62,500$85,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boothville	Buras
Under 5	4.6%	3.4%
5 to 17	10.6%	18.6%
18 to 24	13.9%	10.6%
25 to 34	17.3%	9.9%
35 to 44	10.0%	6.6%
45 to 54	27.2%	18.4%
55 to 64	6.9%	15.7%
65 to 74	1.5%	16.1%
75 and over	8.1%	0.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boothville	Buras
White (non-Hispanic)	73.0%	39.9%
Black or African American	12.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	4.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	50.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	10.4%	9.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boothville	Buras
No high school diploma	34.3%	57.6%
High school graduate	51.3%	27.8%
Some college or associate's	14.4%	14.5%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boothville	Buras
Drove alone	91.3%	72.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	16.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.4%	11.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	5.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boothville	Buras
1-unit, detached	13.7%	20.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	86.3%	76.7%

Poverty & households

	Boothville	Buras
Poverty rate	33.1%	29.7%
Average household size	2.17	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	62	37
Median year structure built	2006	2004