The median home value in Ruston, LA is $231,864 as of 2026-06-30, up 1.11% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$231,864
Year-over-Year
+1.11%
Population
22,259
Ruston ranks #12 of 36 Louisiana cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 12.6% above the state's city median of $205,926. It sits in Lincoln Parish, where the county-wide median is $227,169.
Ruston police recorded a violent crime rate of 427 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — higher than most cities that report to the FBI. Property crime runs at 2,956 per 100,000.
Reported by the city's own police department to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program (what this covers).
The median home value in Ruston is $231,864. That's up 1.11% from a year earlier. That is about 12.6% above the typical county in Louisiana.
Homes in Ruston are more expensive than Lincoln Parish as a whole, where the median is $227,169 — a difference of about 2.1%.
Ruston police reported 427 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 22,259. Crime rates are one input among many — they vary block to block within a city, and this figure is a citywide average.