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Population 4,023
About Ball
Ball is a very small town located in the state of Louisiana. With a population of 4,023 people and two constituent neighborhoods, Ball is the 103rd largest community in Louisiana.
Unlike some towns, Ball isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Ball are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Ball is a town of sales and office workers, service providers and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Ball who work in office and administrative support (17.75%), sales jobs (11.43%) and healthcare (6.63%).
It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Ball has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Ball has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Ball than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Ball may be for you.
Ball Information and Demographics
The rate of college-level education in Ball is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 12.46% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree.
The per capita income in Ball in 2010 was $19,479, which is middle income relative to Louisiana, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $77,916 for a family of four. However, Ball contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Ball home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Ball residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Ball include French, Irish, German, English and Italian.
The most common language spoken in Ball is English. Some people also speak Spanish.
| BALL INFORMATION | DETAILS |
|---|---|
| POPULATION | 4,023 |
| NUMBER OF HOMES AND APARTMENTS | 1,521 |
| BALL HOME OWNERSHIP | |
| % OWNER OCCUPIED | 71.95% |
| % RENTER OCCUPIED | 28.05% |
| % VACANT | 5.87% |
| TYPE OF BALL HOMES | |
| SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED | 62.66% |
| ROWHOUSES AND ATTACHED HOMES | 0.00% |
| SMALL APARTMENT BUILDINGS | 10.24% |
| COMPLEXES OR HIGH RISE APARTMENTS | 9.65% |
| MOBILE HOMES | 17.45% |
| OTHER | 0.00% |
| SIZE OF BALL HOMES | |
| NO BEDROOM | 0.46% |
| 1 BEDROOM | 4.59% |
| 2 BEDROOMS | 28.68% |
| 3 BEDROOMS | 52.43% |
| 4 BEDROOMS | 12.73% |
| 5 OR MORE BEDROOMS | 1.12% |
| AGE OF BALL HOMES | |
| NEWER HOMES (2000 OR LATER) | 12.34% |
| ESTABLISHED, BUT NOT OLD HOMES (1970-1999) | 63.19% |
| WELL-ESTABLISHED, OLD HOMES (1940-1969) | 23.23% |
| HISTORIC (1939 OR BEFORE) | 1.25% |
| BALL REAL ESTATE INFORMATION | DETAILS |
|---|---|
| MEDIAN HOME VALUE | $109,670 |
| MEDIAN RENTAL PRICE | $469 |
| HOME VALUE RANGE | |
| $0 - $50,000 | 18.58% |
| $50,001 - $100,000 | 21.40% |
| $100,001 - $200,000 | 45.20% |
| $200,001 - $301,000 | 13.36% |
| $301,001 - $401,000 | 0.94% |
| $401,001 - $501,000 | 0.52% |
| $501,001 - $752,000 | 0.00% |
| $752,001 - $1,002,000 | 0.00% |
| > $1,002,000 | 0.00% |
| PEOPLE OF BALL | DETAILS |
|---|---|
| POPULATION DISTRIBUTION | |
| UNDER 5 YEARS | 6.78% |
| 5 TO 17 | 18.28% |
| 18 TO 24 | 9.00% |
| 25 TO 34 | 14.98% |
| 35 TO 54 | 26.53% |
| 55 TO 64 | 11.88% |
| 65 YEARS AND OVER | 12.58% |
| EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT OF ADULTS | |
| HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES | 84.30% |
| COLLEGE GRADUATES | 12.46% |
| MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME | $39,631 |
| PER CAPITA INCOME | $19,479 |
| INDIVIDUALS BELOW POVERTY LEVEL | 16.01% |
| INDUSTRIES PEOPLE WORK IN | Construction (17.27%) Healthcare (17.10%) Retail (14.18%) Manufacturing (9.62%) Public Service (9.11%) Education (5.15%) Transportation (4.98%) Finance (4.21%) Accommodation (3.95%) Other (3.52%) Professional, scientific, and technical services (3.35%) Utilities (2.15%) |
| ATTENDING COLLEGE | 5.47% |
| RACIAL MAKEUP | |
| WHITE | 89.65% |
| BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN | 6.90% |
| AMERICAN INDIAN AND ALASKA NATIVE | 0.63% |
| ASIAN | 0.33% |
| NATIVE HAWAIIAN AND OTHER PACIFIC ISLANDERS | 0.03% |
| SOME OTHER RACE ALONE | 0.80% |
| TWO OR MORE RACES | 1.68% |
| HISPANIC OR LATINO (OF ANY RACE) | 3.18% |
| ETHNICITIES PRESENT | French (18.46%) Irish (9.43%) German (7.94%) English (7.06%) Italian (3.33%) |
| FOREIGN BORN | 3.88% |
| LANGUAGES SPOKEN | English (94.98%) Spanish (4.45%) |
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