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Bunkie is a very small city located in the state of Louisiana. With a population of 3,246 people and just one neighborhood, Bunkie is the 126th largest community in Louisiana.
Occupations and Workforce
Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Bunkie is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 36.04% of the Bunkie workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Bunkie is a city of service providers, production and manufacturing workers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Bunkie who work in maintenance occupations (18.71%), healthcare suport services (13.91%), and personal care services (8.81%).
Setting & Lifestyle
It is a fairly quiet city 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!) Bunkie 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. Bunkie has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Bunkie than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Bunkie may be for you.
Bunkie is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
Demographics
The rate of college-level education in Bunkie is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 10.81% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree.
The per capita income in Bunkie in 2022 was $20,729, which is lower middle income relative to Louisiana, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $82,916 for a family of four. Bunkie also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 41.71% of its population below the federal poverty line.
Bunkie is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Bunkie home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Bunkie residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Bunkie include French, Irish, Italian, Acadian/Cajun, and German.
The most common language spoken in Bunkie is English. Other important languages spoken here include French and Spanish.
Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics
When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.
Occupations
From major sales accounts to fast-food workers, sales and service employees are often the backbone of the local economy. In the neighborhood, they truly stand out. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis identifies this neighborhood as having a higher percentage of sales and service workers than 98.8% of all American neighborhoods.
People
The neighborhood stands out for having an average per capita income lower than 98.6% of the neighborhoods in the United States. The neighborhood also has a greater percentage of children living in poverty (67.9%) than found in 98.2% of all U.S. neighborhoods. Children living in poverty is one of the challenges facing America, and the world, and in this neighborhood in particular, the problem can be considered acute.
In addition, astoundingly, the neighborhood has one of the highest concentrations of divorcees living here than of any neighborhood, a higher concentration than NeighborhoodScout found in 96.0% 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 Bunkie neighborhood.
Also, if you're nearing retirement age, or in retirement, the is an excellent choice for you to consider for top-quality retirement living. This neighborhood is rated by NeighborhoodScout as among the top 8.6% of retiree-friendly neighborhoods in Louisiana, combining peace and quiet, safety from crime, and offering diverse housing options from which retirees can choose. Maybe it's because of these amenities that a large proportion of the residents here are college educated seniors, mixed with other age groups. For these and other reasons, NeighborhoodScout identifies this neighborhood as a top-notch place to consider if you are thinking of or planning to retire in Louisiana.
Diversity
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Scottish and French ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 9.0% of this neighborhood's residents have Scottish ancestry and 16.2% have French ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 7.6% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak French at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 98.6% of the neighborhoods in America.
The Neighbors
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 Bunkie are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 98.6% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 67.9% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 98.2% 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, 46.0% of the working population is employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 32.6% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (13.0%), and 8.3% in executive, management, and professional occupations.
Languages
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 90.7% of households. Some people also speak French (7.6%).
Ethnicity / Ancestry
Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.
In the neighborhood in Bunkie, LA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as French (16.2%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (11.7%), and residents who report English roots (9.1%), and some of the residents are also of Scottish ancestry (9.0%), along with some German ancestry residents (5.7%), among others.
Getting to Work
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 under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (42.8% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (73.8%) 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 (11.4%) and 7.5% of residents also hop out the door and walk to work for their daily commute. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.
SCOUT’s patented match algorithm identifies the most similar neighborhoods to a subject location, and quantifies the similarity to the subject location. This allows analysts to identify the most similar neighborhoods in a local market area for appraisals, investments, and research.
The algorithm uses 273 neighborhood conditions, identifies the dominant dimensions underlying the conditions and calculates the similarity. This captures the true culture and character of locations, economic conditions, and trends.
The closer to 100% means the locations are nearly identical. 80% is a very good, but not excellent match, and so forth.
