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Ball town, Louisiana: commercial real estate data.
Ball town is a Census town of 3,869 people across 7.95 square miles of land, in Rapides Parish. Median household income is $80,074, 84.9 percent of occupied homes are owned.
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Ball
What Ball is
- Census place typetown
- Land area7.95 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land487
- County holding the largest share of its areaRapides 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.
Ball
How many people live in Ball
- Population3,869
- Median age29.7
- Population under 181,089 plus or minus 245
- Share under 1828.1 percent plus or minus 6.3
- Population 65 and over389 plus or minus 120
- Share 65 and over10.1 percent plus or minus 3.1
- Households1,264
- Family households829
- Share of households that are families65.6 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Ball
Income and work in Ball
- Median household income$80,074
- Per capita income$34,310 plus or minus $7,563
- Civilian labor force1,816
- Employed1,715
- Unemployed101 plus or minus 105
- Unemployment rate5.6 percent plus or minus 5.7
- Adults 25 and over2,250
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher92.0 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher26.2 percent plus or minus 8.2
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree10.5 percent plus or minus 5.5
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Ball
Housing in Ball
- Housing units1,379
- Occupied units1,264
- Vacant units115 plus or minus 89
- Vacancy rate8.3 percent plus or minus 6.3
- Owner occupied1,073
- Renter occupied191 plus or minus 108
- Ownership rate84.9 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$175,800 plus or minus $37,769
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,337 plus or minus $294
- Annual rent as a share of median income20.0 percent plus or minus 5.5
- Single family units1,118
- Share single family81.1 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more27 plus or minus 32
- Share in buildings of two or more2.0 percent plus or minus 2.3
- Mobile homes173 plus or minus 82
- Median year structure built1984
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Ball
How Ball gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute1,465 plus or minus 326
- Commuting under 15 minutes509 plus or minus 262
- Share commuting under 15 minutes34.7 percent plus or minus 16.1
- Commuting 30 minutes or more224 plus or minus 115
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more15.3 percent plus or minus 7.0
- Drove alone72.9 percent
- Carpooled3.7 percent plus or minus 3.1
- Public transport0.5 percent plus or minus 0.9
- Walked14.8 percent plus or minus 16.5
- Worked from home5.2 percent plus or minus 3.2
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Rapides Parish, not Ball
Rapides Parish context, not Ball figures
These are Rapides Parish figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Ball measurements.
- Establishments in Rapides Parish3,172
- Employment at those establishments, Rapides Parish46,374
- Covered employment, Rapides Parish56,422
- Average annual pay, Rapides Parish$51,777
- Average weekly wage, Rapides Parish$996
- Housing units permitted, Rapides Parish237
- Of those, single family, Rapides Parish215
- County product, 2024, Rapides Parish$7,414,380,000
- County product change over the prior year, Rapides Parish2.6 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Rapides Parish$48,182
Every figure in this section is published for Rapides Parish as a whole and is not a measurement of Ball. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
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. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- No SBA approvals are recorded to a borrower address in this place in either FOIA release.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Ball questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Ball, Louisiana?
3,869, in 1,264 households. Ball town covers 7.95 square miles of land, which is 487 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Ball in?
Rapides 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 Ball?
$80,074. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $175,800. Median gross rent is $1,337 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Are the county figures on this page Ball figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Rapides 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 Ball.
Is zoning published for Ball?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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