It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Pierre Part has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Pierre Part has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Pierre Part than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Pierre Part may be for you.
One downside of living in Pierre Part is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Pierre Part, the average commute to work is 31.26 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
Being a small town, Pierre Part does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
In terms of college education, the citizens of Pierre Part rank slightly lower than the national average. 15.88% of adults 25 and older in Pierre Part have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community.
The per capita income in Pierre Part in 2022 was $34,437, which is wealthy relative to Louisiana, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $137,748 for a family of four. However, Pierre Part contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Pierre Part home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Pierre Part residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Pierre Part include French, French Canadian, English, Acadian/Cajun, and British.
The most common language spoken in Pierre Part is English. Other important languages spoken here include French and Polish.
