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!) Erwinville 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. Erwinville has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Erwinville than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Erwinville may be for you.
One downside of living in Erwinville, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 31.87 minutes every day commuting to work.
Erwinville is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
The percentage of people in Erwinville with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 12.11% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Erwinville in 2018 was $23,350, 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 $93,400 for a family of four. However, Erwinville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Erwinville also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 53.43% of its population below the federal poverty line.
Erwinville is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Erwinville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Erwinville residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Erwinville include French, Acadian/Cajun, German, English, and French Canadian.
The most common language spoken in Erwinville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.
