Maringouin - Rosedale is a very small town located in the state of Louisiana. With a population of 2,286 people and just one neighborhood, Maringouin - Rosedale is the 159th largest community in Louisiana.
When you are in Maringouin - Rosedale, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 39.39% of Maringouin - Rosedale’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Maringouin - Rosedale is a town of professionals, construction workers and builders, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Maringouin - Rosedale who work in healthcare (11.73%), teaching (9.50%), and sales jobs (9.03%).
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!) Maringouin - Rosedale 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. Maringouin - Rosedale has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Maringouin - Rosedale than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Maringouin - Rosedale may be for you.
Maringouin - Rosedale 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 Maringouin - Rosedale with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 11.91% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Maringouin - Rosedale in 2022 was $28,796, which is middle income relative to Louisiana, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $115,184 for a family of four. However, Maringouin - Rosedale contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Maringouin - Rosedale is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Maringouin - Rosedale home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Maringouin - Rosedale residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Maringouin - Rosedale include Italian, Polish, French, Acadian/Cajun, and Irish.
The most common language spoken in Maringouin - Rosedale is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
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.
Most American households own a car or other vehicle. Many own two cars or perhaps three. In the United States, it is useful to have an automobile not only for commuting, but also for shopping and getting to other services one needs. But NeighborhoodScout's analysis revealed that households in the neighborhood have a highly unusual car ownership. Residents of this neighborhood must really love automobiles. NeighborhoodScout's Analysis reveals that 49.8% of the households here have four, five, or more cars. That is more cars per household than in 99.6% of the neighborhoods in the nation.
The neighborhood has a greater percentage of children living in poverty (55.6%) than found in 96.0% 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.
The real estate in this neighborhood consists of more mobile homes than 95.9% of all neighborhoods in America, with 32.1% of the occupied housing here being classified as mobile homes. So if you are looking for a mobile home, or you like the look and feel of mobile home parks, this neighborhood might have the setting you desire.
In addition, this neighborhood has wide open spaces, few people, and lots of space to stretch out. If you like locations that fit that description, you may like this neighborhood. Based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis, with only 28 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 93.2% of America.
Significantly, 6.7% 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 95.6% 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 Maringouin - Rosedale are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 89.9% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 55.6% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 96.0% 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, 39.4% 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 26.9% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (19.8%), and 13.9% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.1% of households. Some people also speak Italian (6.7%).
Boston's Beacon Hill blue-blood streets, Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish enclaves, Los Angeles' Persian neighborhoods. Each has its own culture derived primarily from the ancestries and culture of the residents who call these neighborhoods home. Likewise, each neighborhood in America has its own culture – some more unique than others – based on lifestyle, occupations, the types of households – and importantly – on the ethnicities and ancestries of the people who live in the neighborhood. Understanding where people came from, who their grandparents or great-grandparents were, can help you understand how a neighborhood is today.
In the neighborhood in Maringouin - Rosedale, LA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Italian (9.5%). There are also a number of people of Polish ancestry (4.5%), and residents who report French roots (2.7%), and some of the residents are also of Mexican ancestry (2.0%), along with some Irish ancestry residents (1.1%), 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 under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (36.8% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (86.5%) 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 (12.4%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.