Brusly vs Port Allen

A side-by-side comparison of Brusly and Port Allen: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Port Allen has the higher population (4,928 vs 2,592 in Brusly). Brusly has the higher median household income ($89,597 vs $59,380 in Port Allen). Brusly has the higher median home value ($259,200 vs $167,700 in Port Allen).

Population, income & housing

	Brusly	Port Allen
Population	2,592	4,928
Median age	36.4 yrs	44.7 yrs
Median household income	$89,597	$59,380
Median home value	$259,200	$167,700
Median gross rent	$972	$1,046
Housing units	1,088	2,526
Homeownership rate	91.0%	64.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.4%	15.3%
Unemployment rate	19.2%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brusly	Port Allen
Population	2,741 → 2,592 (-5.4%)	4,958 → 4,928 (-0.6%)
Median household income	$77,563 → $89,597 (+15.5%)	$55,426 → $59,380 (+7.1%)
Median home value	$218,400 → $259,200 (+18.7%)	$135,100 → $167,700 (+24.1%)
Median gross rent	$760 → $972 (+27.9%)	$934 → $1,046 (+12.0%)

Brusly

Population

2,7412,592

Median household income

$77,563$89,597

Median home value

$218,400$259,200

Median gross rent

$760$972

Port Allen

Population

4,9584,928

Median household income

$55,426$59,380

Median home value

$135,100$167,700

Median gross rent

$934$1,046

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brusly	Port Allen
Under 5	4.6%	2.9%
5 to 17	17.9%	11.0%
18 to 24	8.2%	5.8%
25 to 34	13.9%	10.2%
35 to 44	16.3%	20.8%
45 to 54	8.1%	15.0%
55 to 64	11.8%	16.2%
65 to 74	10.0%	8.7%
75 and over	9.3%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brusly	Port Allen
White (non-Hispanic)	77.2%	42.5%
Black or African American	17.0%	55.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.3%	0.1%
Hispanic or Latino	5.6%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brusly	Port Allen
No high school diploma	4.4%	6.1%
High school graduate	35.7%	43.6%
Some college or associate's	31.5%	35.1%
Bachelor's degree	23.5%	11.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brusly	Port Allen
Drove alone	95.7%	74.4%
Carpooled	0.9%	13.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.4%	9.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brusly	Port Allen
1-unit, detached	83.3%	77.9%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	9.3%	6.9%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	3.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.2%
Mobile home & other	4.5%	10.0%

Poverty & households

	Brusly	Port Allen
Poverty rate	11.0%	19.1%
Average household size	2.82	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	24	23
Median year structure built	1989	1962