Buras vs Empire

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

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

Empire has the higher population (1,218 vs 757 in Buras). Buras has the higher median household income ($57,596 vs $45,018 in Empire). Since 2019, Empire's population has grown faster (-0.3% vs -4.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Buras	Empire
Population	757	1,218
Median age	46.2 yrs	27.7 yrs
Median household income	$57,596	$45,018
Median home value	—	$84,700
Housing units	536	524
Homeownership rate	94.9%	89.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	8.7%
Unemployment rate	0.7%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buras	Empire
Population	789 → 757 (-4.1%)	1,222 → 1,218 (-0.3%)
Median household income	$40,714 → $57,596 (+41.5%)	$21,087 → $45,018 (+113.5%)
Median home value	$62,500 → $85,800 (+37.3%)	$74,300 → $84,700 (+14.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$849 → $922 (+8.6%)

Buras

Population

789757

Median household income

$40,714$57,596

Median home value

$62,500$85,800

Empire

Population

1,2221,218

Median household income

$21,087$45,018

Median home value

$74,300$84,700

Median gross rent

$849$922

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buras	Empire
Under 5	3.4%	7.1%
5 to 17	18.6%	29.7%
18 to 24	10.6%	11.2%
25 to 34	9.9%	9.1%
35 to 44	6.6%	8.5%
45 to 54	18.4%	4.4%
55 to 64	15.7%	19.1%
65 to 74	16.1%	8.5%
75 and over	0.7%	2.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buras	Empire
White (non-Hispanic)	39.9%	37.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	47.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	50.6%	10.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.2%
Two or more races	9.5%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buras	Empire
No high school diploma	57.6%	28.2%
High school graduate	27.8%	28.9%
Some college or associate's	14.5%	34.2%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	8.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buras	Empire
Drove alone	72.0%	77.2%
Carpooled	16.5%	12.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	11.5%	4.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.0%
Other means	0.0%	4.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buras	Empire
1-unit, detached	20.0%	17.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	76.7%	83.0%

Poverty & households

	Buras	Empire
Poverty rate	29.7%	28.8%
Average household size	2.42	2.85
Mean commute (minutes)	37	20
Median year structure built	2004	2005