In addition, Louisburg is a college town. There are a lot of students in Louisburg attending college, and as a result Louisburg provides a number of services, amenities and opportunities geared to the needs and activities of students.
One downside of living in Louisburg, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 31.87 minutes every day commuting to work.
Being a small town, Louisburg does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
In terms of college education, Louisburg is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 20.36% of adults 25 and older in Louisburg have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Louisburg in 2022 was $19,273, which is low income relative to North Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $77,092 for a family of four. However, Louisburg contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Louisburg also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 37.05% of its population below the federal poverty line.
Louisburg is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Louisburg home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Louisburg residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Louisburg include English, Irish, European, German, and Scots-Irish.
The most common language spoken in Louisburg is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Arabic.
