Buras vs Port Sulphur

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

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

Port Sulphur has the higher population (1,529 vs 757 in Buras). Buras has the higher median household income ($57,596 vs $54,342 in Port Sulphur). Since 2019, Buras's population has grown faster (-4.1% vs -14.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Buras	Port Sulphur
Population	757	1,529
Median age	46.2 yrs	34.2 yrs
Median household income	$57,596	$54,342
Median home value	—	$87,300
Housing units	536	554
Homeownership rate	94.9%	90.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	10.8%
Unemployment rate	0.7%	13.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buras	Port Sulphur
Population	789 → 757 (-4.1%)	1,789 → 1,529 (-14.5%)
Median household income	$40,714 → $57,596 (+41.5%)	$29,688 → $54,342 (+83.0%)
Median home value	$62,500 → $85,800 (+37.3%)	$75,600 → $87,300 (+15.5%)

Buras

Population

789757

Median household income

$40,714$57,596

Median home value

$62,500$85,800

Port Sulphur

Population

1,7891,529

Median household income

$29,688$54,342

Median home value

$75,600$87,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buras	Port Sulphur
Under 5	3.4%	7.1%
5 to 17	18.6%	20.6%
18 to 24	10.6%	13.7%
25 to 34	9.9%	10.4%
35 to 44	6.6%	5.2%
45 to 54	18.4%	20.5%
55 to 64	15.7%	10.4%
65 to 74	16.1%	5.2%
75 and over	0.7%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buras	Port Sulphur
White (non-Hispanic)	39.9%	15.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	57.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.9%
Asian	50.6%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	9.5%	20.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buras	Port Sulphur
No high school diploma	57.6%	27.3%
High school graduate	27.8%	41.2%
Some college or associate's	14.5%	20.6%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	1.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	9.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buras	Port Sulphur
Drove alone	72.0%	86.0%
Carpooled	16.5%	14.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	11.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buras	Port Sulphur
1-unit, detached	20.0%	6.1%
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%	93.9%

Poverty & households

	Buras	Port Sulphur
Poverty rate	29.7%	10.7%
Average household size	2.42	3.33
Mean commute (minutes)	37	30
Median year structure built	2004	2005