Louisburg is also a college town, where lots of students live while attending area colleges. Because of the high percentage of people living in Louisburg enrolled in college, Louisburg has a number of services, amenities and opportunities geared towards the needs and activities of students.
In Louisburg, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 31.87 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.
As is often the case in a small town, Louisburg doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The percentage of adults in Louisburg who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 20.36% of the adults 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.
