Norco is a very small town located in the state of Louisiana. With a population of 2,984 people and just one neighborhood, Norco is the 137th largest community in Louisiana.
Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Norco is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 38.93% of the Norco workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Norco is a town of production and manufacturing workers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Norco who work in office and administrative support (11.14%), law enforcement and fire fighting (6.73%), and computer science and math (6.44%).
Also of interest is that Norco has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
Being a small town, Norco does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The education level of Norco citizens, measured as those with bachelor's degrees or advanced degrees, is similar to the national average for all American cities and towns. 19.65% of adults 25 and older in Norco have a college degree.
The per capita income in Norco in 2022 was $45,076, which is wealthy relative to Louisiana, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $180,304 for a family of four. However, Norco contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Norco is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Norco home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Norco residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Norco include French, Italian, German, Irish, and Scottish.
The most common language spoken in Norco is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.
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 Norco, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
Our research reveals that 93.7% of commuters who live in the neighborhood get to work each day by driving alone in their automobiles, which is a higher proportion than 99.3% of U.S. neighborhoods.
The neighborhood is a great option for families, as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's research on this neighborhood. The combination of top public schools, low crime rates, and owner-occupied single family homes, make this neighborhood among the top 9.0% of family-friendly neighborhoods in the state of Louisiana. Many other families also live here, making it easy to socialize and develop a sense of community. In addition, families here highly value education, as is reflected by the strength of the local schools.
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, 25.8% of this neighborhood's residents have French ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 12.8% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Italian at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 98.8% of the neighborhoods in America.
How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Norco are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 44.8% of the neighborhoods in America. With 25.2% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 76.6% of U.S. neighborhoods.
A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.
In the neighborhood, 39.2% 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 30.3% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (16.7%), and 13.8% in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants.
The languages spoken by people in this neighborhood are diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 96.1% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.
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 Norco, LA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as French (25.8%). There are also a number of people of Italian ancestry (10.5%), and residents who report German roots (7.5%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (3.1%), along with some Arab ancestry residents (2.6%), among others.
How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (35.6% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (93.7%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.