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Sorrento, LA

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Overview


Sorrento is a very small town located in the state of Louisiana. With a population of 1,572 people and just one neighborhood, Sorrento is the 201st largest community in Louisiana. Much of the housing stock in Sorrento was built relatively recently. The construction of new real estate can often be taken as an indication that the local Sorrento economy is robust, and that jobs or other amenities are attracting an influx of new residents. This seems to be the case in Sorrento, where the median household income is $106,250.00.

Sorrento real estate is some of the most expensive in Louisiana, although Sorrento house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.

Occupations and Workforce

Sorrento is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Sorrento is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Sorrento who work in sales jobs (27.09%), office and administrative support (13.19%), and management occupations (9.09%).

Setting & Lifestyle

Residents will find that the town is relatively quiet. This is because it is not over-populated, and it has fewer college students, renters, and young children - all of whom can be noisy at times. So, if you're looking for a relatively peaceful place to live, Sorrento is worth considering.

Sorrento 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.

Demographics

In Sorrento, just 11.50% of people have at least a bachelor's degree, which is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%.

The per capita income in Sorrento in 2022 was $38,529, which is wealthy relative to Louisiana, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $154,116 for a family of four. However, Sorrento contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Sorrento is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Sorrento home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Sorrento residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Sorrento include French, French Canadian, Scots-Irish, Irish, and Italian.

The most common language spoken in Sorrento is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and French.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

Many things matter about a neighborhood, but the first thing most people notice is the way a neighborhood looks and its particular character. For example, one might notice whether the buildings all date from a certain time period or whether shop signs are in multiple languages. This particular neighborhood in Sorrento, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more French and French Canadian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 11.5% of this neighborhood's residents have French ancestry and 3.1% have French Canadian ancestry.

The Neighbors

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 Sorrento are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 80.4% of the neighborhoods in America. With 29.1% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 80.9% of U.S. neighborhoods.

A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.

In the neighborhood, 36.4% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 27.6% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (23.7%), and 12.3% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The languages spoken by people in this neighborhood are diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 87.0% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.

In the neighborhood in Sorrento, LA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as French (11.5%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (5.6%), and residents who report English roots (4.9%), and some of the residents are also of Mexican ancestry (4.9%), along with some French Canadian ancestry residents (3.1%), among others.

Getting to Work

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 under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (33.4% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.

Here most residents (70.6%) 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 (14.5%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.


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