Rayville vs Start

A side-by-side comparison of Rayville and Start: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Rayville has the higher population (3,297 vs 941 in Start). Start has the higher median household income ($67,673 vs $24,474 in Rayville). Start has the higher median home value ($134,600 vs $111,600 in Rayville).

Population, income & housing

	Rayville	Start
Population	3,297	941
Median age	31.0 yrs	50.1 yrs
Median household income	$24,474	$67,673
Median home value	$111,600	$134,600
Median gross rent	$731	—
Housing units	1,447	441
Homeownership rate	32.3%	68.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.0%	28.2%
Unemployment rate	12.0%	1.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rayville	Start
Population	3,556 → 3,297 (-7.3%)	1,067 → 941 (-11.8%)
Median household income	$19,950 → $24,474 (+22.7%)	$30,573 → $67,673 (+121.3%)
Median home value	$71,000 → $111,600 (+57.2%)	$99,400 → $134,600 (+35.4%)
Median gross rent	$646 → $731 (+13.2%)	$601 → $682 (+13.5%)

Rayville

Population

3,5563,297

Median household income

$19,950$24,474

Median home value

$71,000$111,600

Median gross rent

$646$731

Start

Population

1,067941

Median household income

$30,573$67,673

Median home value

$99,400$134,600

Median gross rent

$601$682

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Rayville	Start
Under 5	9.2%	1.3%
5 to 17	26.1%	14.5%
18 to 24	9.1%	11.9%
25 to 34	9.8%	5.8%
35 to 44	11.3%	6.2%
45 to 54	6.7%	24.2%
55 to 64	13.6%	19.9%
65 to 74	8.3%	5.5%
75 and over	5.8%	10.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rayville	Start
White (non-Hispanic)	18.0%	87.4%
Black or African American	79.8%	7.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rayville	Start
No high school diploma	28.9%	22.2%
High school graduate	36.2%	20.6%
Some college or associate's	20.9%	29.1%
Bachelor's degree	8.2%	24.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	3.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rayville	Start
Drove alone	64.9%	80.4%
Carpooled	23.7%	3.8%
Public transit	0.0%	8.9%
Walked	7.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	6.9%
Other means	4.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rayville	Start
1-unit, detached	70.6%	71.4%
1-unit, attached	6.8%	7.5%
2 to 4 units	16.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.0%	5.9%
Mobile home & other	4.5%	15.2%

Poverty & households

	Rayville	Start
Poverty rate	38.5%	17.5%
Average household size	2.86	2.13
Mean commute (minutes)	22	30
Median year structure built	1975	1976