Saline is a tiny village located in the state of Louisiana. With a population of 252 people and just one neighborhood, Saline is the 311th largest community in Louisiana.
Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Saline is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 54.90% of the Saline workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Saline is a village of construction workers and builders, service providers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Saline who work in office and administrative support (16.67%), healthcare suport services (12.75%), and personal care services (4.90%).
The overall crime rate in Saline is one of the lowest in the US. This makes it one of the safer places to live in the country in terms of crime.
The village is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Saline has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Saline a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
One downside of living in Saline is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Saline, the average commute to work is 31.68 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
Being a small village, Saline does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
In terms of college education, Saline ranks among the least educated cities in the nation, as only 2.69% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Saline in 2022 was $24,677, 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 $98,708 for a family of four. However, Saline contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Saline is a very ethnically-diverse village. The people who call Saline home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Saline residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Saline include Irish, Acadian/Cajun, French, English, and German.
The most common language spoken in Saline is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Langs. of India.
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.
The real estate in this neighborhood consists of more mobile homes than 98.0% of all neighborhoods in America, with 41.5% 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, uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 7 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 97.7% of all U.S. neighborhoods. One of the notable things about is that it is one of the quietest neighborhoods in America, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis and quantitative rating of quietness. When you are here, you will find it to be very quiet. If quiet and peaceful are your cup of tea, you may have found a great place for you.
More people work in manufacturing and as laborers here in the neighborhood than in 97.7% of the neighborhoods in America. Despite the loss of manufacturing jobs across the nation, this neighborhood remains a place where, compared to other parts of the country, you will find many laborers and manufacturers.
The neighborhood is unique for having just 6.0% of adults here having earned a bachelor's degree. This is a lower rate of college graduates than NeighborhoodScout found in 96.5% of America's neighborhoods.
There are two complementary measures for understanding the income of a neighborhood's residents: the average and the extremes. While a neighborhood may be relatively wealthy overall, it is equally important to understand the rate of people - particularly children - who are living at or below the federal poverty line, which is extremely low income. Some neighborhoods with a lower average income may actually have a lower childhood poverty rate than another with a higher average income, and this helps us understand the conditions and character of a neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Saline are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 94.9% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 19.4% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 68.7% 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, 45.9% 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 24.1% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (18.1%), and 10.2% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.7% of households. Some people also speak Italian (5.4%).
Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior – comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures.
In the neighborhood in Saline, LA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (3.9%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (3.2%), and residents who report German roots (2.4%), and some of the residents are also of French ancestry (1.1%).
Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 30 and 45 minutes commuting one-way to work (37.9% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.
Here most residents (80.7%) 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 (7.4%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.