Buras vs New Orleans Station

A side-by-side comparison of Buras and New Orleans Station: population, income, housing, and more.

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

New Orleans Station has the higher population (2,414 vs 757 in Buras). Buras has the higher median household income ($57,596 vs $54,375 in New Orleans Station). Since 2019, Buras's population has grown faster (-4.1% vs -16.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Buras	New Orleans Station
Population	757	2,414
Median age	46.2 yrs	25.6 yrs
Median household income	$57,596	$54,375
Median gross rent	—	$2,010
Housing units	536	1,017
Homeownership rate	94.9%	0.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	13.1%
Unemployment rate	0.7%	12.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buras	New Orleans Station
Population	789 → 757 (-4.1%)	2,883 → 2,414 (-16.3%)
Median household income	$40,714 → $57,596 (+41.5%)	$66,023 → $54,375 (-17.6%)
Median home value	$62,500 → $85,800 (+37.3%)	—
Median gross rent	—	$1,491 → $2,010 (+34.8%)

Buras

Population

789757

Median household income

$40,714$57,596

Median home value

$62,500$85,800

New Orleans Station

Population

2,8832,414

Median household income

$66,023$54,375

Median gross rent

$1,491$2,010

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buras	New Orleans Station
Under 5	3.4%	14.9%
5 to 17	18.6%	23.9%
18 to 24	10.6%	8.8%
25 to 34	9.9%	27.2%
35 to 44	6.6%	18.3%
45 to 54	18.4%	6.0%
55 to 64	15.7%	0.3%
65 to 74	16.1%	0.4%
75 and over	0.7%	0.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buras	New Orleans Station
White (non-Hispanic)	39.9%	35.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	21.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	50.6%	4.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	9.5%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	35.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buras	New Orleans Station
No high school diploma	57.6%	6.1%
High school graduate	27.8%	30.1%
Some college or associate's	14.5%	50.7%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	8.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buras	New Orleans Station
Drove alone	72.0%	77.6%
Carpooled	16.5%	3.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	11.5%	14.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.1%
Other means	0.0%	2.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buras	New Orleans Station
1-unit, detached	20.0%	0.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	58.4%
2 to 4 units	3.4%	29.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	11.2%
Mobile home & other	76.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Buras	New Orleans Station
Poverty rate	29.7%	12.7%
Average household size	2.42	2.98
Mean commute (minutes)	37	18
Median year structure built	2004	1997