Louisburg is a somewhat small city located in the state of Kansas. With a population of 5,266 people and two associated neighborhoods, Louisburg is the 68th largest community in Kansas. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Louisburg, you'll find that a large proportion of houses were recently built. New growth in residential real estate is an indication that people are choosing to move to Louisburg, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Louisburg’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. Louisburg does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is $68,824.00. Louisburg real estate is some of the most expensive in Kansas, although Louisburg house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Louisburg is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Louisburg is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Louisburg who work in sales jobs (18.69%), office and administrative support (11.10%), and healthcare (8.30%). Also of interest is that Louisburg has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 17.27% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. Being a small city, Louisburg does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The education level of Louisburg citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 33.70% of adults in Louisburg have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Louisburg in 2022 was $37,802, which is upper middle income relative to Kansas, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $151,208 for a family of four. However, Louisburg contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. 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 White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Louisburg include German, Irish, English, Croatian, and European. The most common language spoken in Louisburg is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Italian.
