Pineville is also a college town, where lots of students live while attending area colleges. Because of the high percentage of people living in Pineville enrolled in college, Pineville has a number of services, amenities and opportunities geared towards the needs and activities of students.
Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Pineville spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 18.40 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the city are less than they would otherwise be.
The population of Pineville overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 21.84%. Of adults 25 and older in Pineville, 24.77% have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Pineville in 2022 was $30,824, which is upper middle income relative to Louisiana, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $123,296 for a family of four. However, Pineville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Pineville is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Pineville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Pineville residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Pineville include French, Irish, English, German, and Italian.
The most common language spoken in Pineville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.
