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!) Mansfield 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. Mansfield has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Mansfield than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Mansfield may be for you.
The population of Mansfield has one of the lowest overall levels of education in the country: only 1.95% of people over 25 hold a college degree. The national average for all municipalities is 21.84%.
The per capita income in Mansfield in 2022 was $17,713, which is low income relative to Louisiana and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $70,852 for a family of four.
Mansfield is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Mansfield home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Mansfield residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Mansfield include Irish, English, British, Czechoslovakian, and Scots-Irish.
The most common language spoken in Mansfield is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and German/Yiddish.
