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A town of 2,614, established in 1901. Public schools that outperform most of Louisiana.
Brusly is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades B overall, 12th of 161 graded towns in Louisiana, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is schools: its schools outperform 73% of the state's. It also does better than most on health: residents are healthier than 63% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. A typical home there costs about $283K, 4.1 years of the Baton Rouge metro’s $70K median household income. Brusly’s trail density is 1.1 miles per square mile, where Louisiana’s towns sit at 0.2 and U.S. towns at 0.4. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 88% of U.S. towns. Brusly has 3 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them Cinclare Sugar Mill Historic District and Hebert House.
Where Brusly beats most towns.
Where Brusly’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Louisiana), ordered by how far Brusly is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 216 in 1880, 2,578 in 2020. The archive holds 5 old photos and papers going back to 2006 and 6 maps from 1940 on.
3 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Brusly. Close and well known come first.
4 mi Stadium & arenaTiger Stadium
5 mi MuseumUSS Kidd
4 mi Stadium & arenaPete Maravich Assembly Center14 mi Theme parkBlue Bayou and Dixie Landin'
5 mi MuseumYazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad Company Depot
5 mi MuseumShaw Center for the ArtsTiger Stadium: Daniel Foster, CC BY-SA 2.0 · USS Kidd: Cobatfor, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Pete Maravich Assembly Center: Spatms, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad Company Depot: Niagara, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Shaw Center for the Arts: UrbanPlanet BR (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Brusly, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.
Ordered by what stands out in Brusly.
Brusly carries less natural-hazard risk than most of Louisiana (mostly cold waves), has milder winter nights than nearly all U.S. towns and looks healthier within Louisiana than nationally.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Landen L Alexander Park | — | 14 |
| 2. Saint James Park | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Its public schools are run by the West Baton Rouge Parish school district. Two of its 4 schools are below, each with why it’s listed. The largest public high school is Brusly High School, with 734 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brusly Middle SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 539 | B− |
| Brusly High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 734 | A− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within LA on state tests and graduation
Most working residents leave Brusly for work: only 2% work in town. At $106,000, Brusly’s median household income is above both Louisiana’s towns ($56,000) and U.S. towns ($80,000). 7.9% of residents live below the poverty line in Brusly.
| Brusly | Louisiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $106,000 | $56,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 7.9% | 20% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.8% | 9.8% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 26 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
90% of Brusly households own their home. The typical Brusly home is worth about $283,000, up 1.4% in a year, 32% above the Louisiana typical home. The median rent in Brusly is $1,469 a month.
| Brusly | Louisiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 90% | 68% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,469 a month | $989 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
January nights average 41.2°, milder than in 95% of U.S. towns; July afternoons average 91.7°.
Brusly has warm winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. Brusly’s January low is 41°F. Snow is almost unheard of.
| Brusly | Louisiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| January low | 41°F | 42°F | 22°F |
| July high | 92°F | 92°F | 85°F |
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Within Louisiana it is healthier than 96% of the 161 graded towns: much of Louisiana scores lower on these measures. Its widest gap with Louisiana is tooth loss: 8.9% of those 65+ have lost all their teeth, against 18.1% statewide.
Brusly beats the Louisiana average on 18 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. Among 161 Louisiana towns, just 5 have a lower share of adults 18 to 64 who have no health insurance than Brusly.
| Brusly | Louisiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 16% | 14% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 16% | 16% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 23% | 34% | 25% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 27% | 19% |
| What stands out | Brusly | LA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 8.9% | 18.1% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 13.1% | 22.5% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 8.5% | 7.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The median household earns $105,538, against $60,756 across Louisiana, one input to its B for jobs and income.
Children under 18 are 30% of residents (24% statewide); adults 35 to 64 are 33% of residents (37% statewide). 26% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 27% across Louisiana.
| Brusly | Louisiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 35.2 years | 37.9 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 26% | 20% | 29% |
53% women, 47% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±5.8 points. Across Louisiana, 51.1% of residents are women.
| Brusly | LA | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 18.1% | 12.6% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 11.8% | 10.9% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 7% | 9.1% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 12.7% | 13.3% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 17.7% | 13.3% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 4.7% | 11.5% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 11% | 12.6% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 9.6% | 10.2% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 7.4% | 6.5% | 7% |
| No diploma | 5.8% | 12.7% | 10.4% |
| High school | 34.9% | 32.5% | 26% |
| Some college | 26.1% | 20.4% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 7.6% | 7.3% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 20.9% | 17% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 4.7% | 10.1% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 2,600, single groups can be off by several points
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk lower than 80% of Louisiana towns; that rating is what its B for hazard risk is built on.
Since 1980, 13 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Brusly.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Brusly's reported crime rate is well below Louisiana's. Among 51 Louisiana towns, just 4 have a lower property crime rate than Brusly. 10 violent crimes were reported in 2023.
| Brusly | Louisiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2023) | 3.1 per 1,000 residents | 31 | 13.1 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2023) | 3.8 per 1,000 residents | 6.3 | 1.8 |
FBI crime data, 2023 · crimes reported to police
6 within 15 miles of the center of Brusly
About 4 of every 100 Brusly residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Louisiana.
3 places in Brusly on the National Register of Historic Places.
Town in Louisiana, United States
Brusly is a town in West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, Brusly had a population of 2,578. It is part of the Baton Rouge Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Brusly grades B overall, better than 64% of U.S. towns and #12 of 161 in Louisiana. It grades B for health and B+ for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a D.
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B.
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