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Buras, Louisiana: commercial real estate data.
Buras is a Census CDP of 607 people across 2.30 square miles of land, in Plaquemines Parish. Median household income is $54,167, 84.9 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 3 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $2.0 m since FY2020.
Underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency.
Buras
What Buras is
- Census place typeCDP
- Land area2.3 sq mi
- Water area1.05 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land264 plus or minus 85
- County holding the largest share of its areaPlaquemines Parish, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Buras
How many people live in Buras
- Population607 plus or minus 195
- Median age56.2
- Population under 18118 plus or minus 77
- Share under 1819.4 percent plus or minus 11.0
- Population 65 and over128 plus or minus 63
- Share 65 and over21.1 percent plus or minus 7.8
- Households272 plus or minus 93
- Family households146 plus or minus 53
- Share of households that are families53.7 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Buras
Income and work in Buras
- Median household income$54,167 plus or minus $43,084
- Per capita income$26,911 plus or minus $11,402
- Civilian labor force263 plus or minus 129
- Employed230 plus or minus 143
- Unemployed33 plus or minus 41
- Unemployment rate12.5 percent plus or minus 14.3
- Adults 25 and over449 plus or minus 147
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher52.1 percent plus or minus 13.4
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher4.0 percent plus or minus 5.5
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree1.6 percent plus or minus 3.9
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Buras
Housing in Buras
- Housing units475 plus or minus 118
- Occupied units272 plus or minus 93
- Vacant units203 plus or minus 109
- Vacancy rate42.7 percent plus or minus 20.3
- Owner occupied231 plus or minus 88
- Renter occupied41 plus or minus 37
- Ownership rate84.9 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$45,300 plus or minus $22,688
- Single family units76 plus or minus 63
- Share single family16.0 percent plus or minus 12.6
- Units in buildings of two or more18 plus or minus 34
- Share in buildings of two or more3.8 percent plus or minus 7.1
- Mobile homes381 plus or minus 102
- Median year structure built2004
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Buras
How Buras gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute196 plus or minus 135
- Commuting under 15 minutes32 plus or minus 34
- Share commuting under 15 minutes16.3 percent plus or minus 12.9
- Commuting 30 minutes or more33 plus or minus 37
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more16.8 percent plus or minus 14.9
- Drove alone83.2 percent plus or minus 20.4
- Carpooled4.2 percent plus or minus 6.5
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked4.2 percent plus or minus 8.0
- Worked from home8.4 percent plus or minus 12.4
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Buras
SBA loans in Buras (7(a))
- Approvals3
- Gross approval$1,990,100
- Average approval$663,367
- Median approval$740,000
- Largest approval$750,100
- Jobs supported23
- Jobs per approval7.7
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Paid in full1
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more0.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders3
- Distinct industries by NAICS3
Counted by borrower city: approvals to borrowers whose address is in Buras, in any county, FY2020 to FY2026. Only 1 loan has reached a final outcome, fewer than the 30 a charge-off rate needs, so no rate is published.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Plaquemines Parish, not Buras
Plaquemines Parish context, not Buras figures
- Establishments in Plaquemines Parish644
- Covered employment, Plaquemines Parish12,528
- Average annual pay, Plaquemines Parish$88,198
- Housing units permitted, Plaquemines Parish88
Every figure in this section is published for Plaquemines Parish as a whole and is not a measurement of Buras.
All Plaquemines Parish figures →
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Parcel detail, zoning and the flood zone at an address are not on this page; they resolve at the address in the platform. How this page was built →
Common questions
Buras questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Buras, Louisiana?
607, in 272 households. Buras CDP covers 2.30 square miles of land, which is 264 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Buras in?
Plaquemines Parish, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Buras?
$54,167. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $45,300. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Buras businesses?
3 7(a) approvals totaling $2.0 m since FY2020, across 3 lenders, median approval $740,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Buras, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Buras borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Buras. Only 1 loan has reached a final outcome, fewer than the 30 a charge-off rate needs, so no rate is published. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page Buras figures?
No, and they are labeled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Plaquemines Parish as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Buras.
Is zoning published for Buras?
No. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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