Real estate · Small-town market · Louisiana
Property management companies in the Ruston, LA area
How the Ruston, LA area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for property management companies: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 18 out of 100: Low
Ranked #179 of 180 scored small-town markets
#2 of 2 scored small-town markets based in Louisiana
- Listings
- 9
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 13
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $235.1M
- On rent and homeowner costs · $12,718 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 47
- 53% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.9
- 63% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 48,360
- +0.1% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for property management companies in the Ruston area is 18 (low), #179 of 180 scored small-town markets and #2 of 2 scored small-town markets based in Louisiana. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 9 property management companies in the Ruston area. None of them are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. That is 4.9 per 10,000 households, 63% above the U.S. rate of 3.0.
Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in the Ruston area comes to about $235.1M a year: $12,718 per household, 24% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per company is 53% below the U.S. figure. That figure is all rent and homeowner costs, used as a measure of housing demand; it is not money property management companies take in.
Official counts show 13 businesses with payroll classed as residential and commercial property managers in the Ruston area in 2023. That is one for every 1,422 households, against one for every 1,638 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in the Ruston area from 2020 to 2025 at +0.1%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Ruston area compares
The same measures for Louisiana and the whole U.S. Housing spending per listing divides all rent and homeowner costs by the listings counted: a measure of housing demand for each business, not money any of them take in, so it is shown against the U.S. (100) only. Households per establishment divides households by the official count.
| Measure | Ruston area | Louisiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.9 | 2.2 | 3.0 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 47 | 119 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 1,422 | 2,442 | 1,638 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +10.1% | +11.4% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.1% | −0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $12,718 | $14,200 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $39,172 | $60,756 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 18 | 50 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 13
- Employees, 2023
- 140
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $4.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 90 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 4The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as residential and commercial property managers in the Ruston area, through June 2026, placed by the borrower’s ZIP code. Official establishments are businesses with payroll; the official counts leave out places with fewer than 3.
Population and households in the Ruston area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 48,360+0.1% since 2020
- Households
- 18,487
- Median age
- 32.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 54%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 472 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 102
- Median household income
- $39,172+10.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $66,113
- Median home value
- $210,100
- Jobs located here
- 18,570
- Daytime population
- 48,307Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top small-town markets in Louisiana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Morgan City, LA | 45 | 5 | 2.7 | 87 | −5.3% | #109 of 180 |
| 2Ruston, LA | 18 | 9 | 4.9 | 47 | +0.1% | #179 of 180 |
Other business types in the Ruston area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
- Real estate26
- Real estate agents and brokers41
- Property management18
- Mortgage brokers and lenders28
- Home inspectors
Funeral services
Questions
How many property management companies are in the Ruston, LA area?
There are 9 property management companies on map listings in the Ruston area as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count property management companies. Official counts show 13 businesses with payroll classed as residential and commercial property managers in 2023.
How much do households in the Ruston, LA area spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $235.1M a year, or $12,718 per household. That is 24% below the U.S. average (an index of 76, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 9 property management companies on map listings, housing spending per company is 53% below the U.S. figure. The spending figure is all rent and homeowner costs, a measure of housing demand, not money property management companies take in. It is estimated from the incomes of the 18,487 households in the Ruston area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Ruston, LA area compare with the U.S. for property management companies?
The Ruston area has 4.9 property management companies per 10,000 households, 63% above the U.S. rate of 3.0. The index of housing spending per company is 47, where 100 is the U.S. At the national ratio of property management companies to household spending, the Ruston area would have about 4, against 9 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,422 households, against one for every 1,638 across the U.S.
How fast is the Ruston, LA area growing?
Population estimates put the Ruston area at 48,360 people in 2025, up 0.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 18,487 households. The median household income in the Ruston area is $39,172 a year, 51% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 10.5% from the 2015–2019 survey, before inflation.
What is the Groundwork market score?
The Groundwork market score runs from 0 to 100 and compares a market with others of its kind for one business type: states with states, metro areas with metro areas, small-town markets and counties with their own. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. It weighs household spending per competitor (35%), households per business with payroll (25%), population growth (20%) and spending power (20%), each ranked against those peers. A higher score means that, taken together, the market has more household spending and more households for each business already there, faster population growth and more spending per household than similar markets. It describes a market, not any one site or deal. The Ruston area scores 18 for property management companies (low), #179 of 180 scored small-town markets.
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