One downside of living in Meraux is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Meraux, the average commute to work is 30.50 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
Being a small town, Meraux does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The education level of Meraux citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 22.66% of adults in Meraux have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Meraux in 2022 was $33,226, which is upper middle income relative to Louisiana, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $132,904 for a family of four. However, Meraux contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Meraux is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Meraux home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Meraux residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Meraux include French, Italian, German, English, and Irish.
The most common language spoken in Meraux is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.
