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French Settlement, LA

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Overview


French Settlement is a very small village located in the state of Louisiana. With a population of 1,124 people and just one neighborhood, French Settlement is the 227th largest community in Louisiana. Much of the housing stock in French Settlement was built relatively recently. The construction of new real estate can often be taken as an indication that the local French Settlement economy is robust, and that jobs or other amenities are attracting an influx of new residents. This seems to be the case in French Settlement, where the median household income is $84,583.00.

French Settlement real estate is some of the most expensive in Louisiana, although French Settlement house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some villages where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, French Settlement is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, French Settlement is a village of sales and office workers, service providers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in French Settlement who work in sales jobs (18.27%), management occupations (15.22%), and office and administrative support (14.75%).

Also of interest is that French Settlement has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Setting & Lifestyle

Residents will find that the village is relatively quiet. This is because it is not over-populated, and it has fewer college students, renters, and young children - all of whom can be noisy at times. So, if you're looking for a relatively peaceful place to live, French Settlement is worth considering.

One downside of living in French Settlement, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 40.32 minutes every day commuting to work.

As is often the case in a small village, French Settlement doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Demographics

The citizens of French Settlement are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 21.67% of adults in French Settlement having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in French Settlement in 2022 was $35,402, which is wealthy relative to Louisiana, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $141,608 for a family of four. However, French Settlement contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call French Settlement home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of French Settlement residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in French Settlement include French, Italian, German, English, and Irish.

The most common language spoken in French Settlement is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Greek.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

Many things matter about a neighborhood, but the first thing most people notice is the way a neighborhood looks and its particular character. For example, one might notice whether the buildings all date from a certain time period or whether shop signs are in multiple languages. This particular neighborhood in French Settlement, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.

People

Astoundingly, the neighborhood has one of the highest concentrations of divorcees living here than of any neighborhood, a higher concentration than NeighborhoodScout found in 99.4% of U.S. neighborhoods. This may be because people living here divorce more often than others, or that divorced people move here after they become divorced. If you are divorced, you will be in good company in this particular French Settlement neighborhood.

Real Estate

The real estate in this neighborhood consists of more mobile homes than 98.0% of all neighborhoods in America, with 41.7% of the occupied housing here being classified as mobile homes. So if you are looking for a mobile home, or you like the look and feel of mobile home parks, this neighborhood might have the setting you desire.

Occupations

NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research identifies the neighborhood as having one of the highest concentrations of people employed in manufacturing or as laborers of any neighborhood in America. In fact, despite the loss of manufacturing jobs nationally, this neighborhood has 43.5% of its working residents employed in such fields, which is a higher proportion than 96.3% of American neighborhoods.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more French ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 18.8% of this neighborhood's residents have French ancestry.

The Neighbors

There are two complementary measures for understanding the income of a neighborhood's residents: the average and the extremes. While a neighborhood may be relatively wealthy overall, it is equally important to understand the rate of people - particularly children - who are living at or below the federal poverty line, which is extremely low income. Some neighborhoods with a lower average income may actually have a lower childhood poverty rate than another with a higher average income, and this helps us understand the conditions and character of a neighborhood.

The neighbors in the neighborhood in French Settlement are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 72.0% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 21.3% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 70.7% of U.S. neighborhoods.

What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle.

In the neighborhood, 43.5% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is executive, management, and professional occupations, with 20.7% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (18.4%), and 17.4% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.4% of households.

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior – comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures.

In the neighborhood in French Settlement, LA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as French (18.8%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (12.6%), and residents who report Italian roots (8.0%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (5.9%), along with some English ancestry residents (5.3%), among others.

Getting to Work

Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 45 minutes and one hour commuting one-way to work (35.1% of working residents), longer and tougher than most commutes in America.

Here most residents (86.6%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (9.8%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.


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