Home values, rents and more in the Ruston metro area
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How the Ruston metro compares
The typical home in the Ruston metro area is worth about $225,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in the Ruston metro are 5% above the typical value in Louisiana ($214,000) and 39% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in the Ruston metro rose 2.5%, compared with +2.1% in Louisiana and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $1,156 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), 16% below Louisiana ($1,384) and 40% below the U.S. ($1,932). Rents rose 7.2% over the past year.
The median household income is $39,172, against $60,756 in Louisiana and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 48,360 people live in the Ruston metro (Census Bureau estimate for July 2025).
The Ruston metro has the 347th-lowest typical home value of the 923 metro areas in the United States and the 4th-highest of 18 in Louisiana with Zillow figures.
Part of: Louisiana
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Sources
Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), all homes, middle tier, smoothed and seasonally adjusted, September 2026. Rents: Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI), seasonally adjusted. Population: Census population estimates (July 2025) for states, metros and counties; ACS 2020–24 for cities and ZIP codes. Income: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020–24 5-year estimates. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files. Compiled by Home Economics.
"Typical" is Zillow's middle-tier value (homes between the 35th and 65th percentiles), not a median sale price. Changes are over the 12 months to September 2026.