St. Gabriel is a somewhat small city located in the state of Louisiana. With a population of 6,613 people and just one neighborhood, St. Gabriel is the 72nd largest community in Louisiana. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in St. Gabriel, you'll find that a large proportion of houses were recently built. New growth in residential real estate is an indication that people are choosing to move to St. Gabriel, and putting down their money on brand new construction. St. Gabriel’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. St. Gabriel does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is $55,735.00.
St. Gabriel real estate is some of the most expensive in Louisiana, although St. Gabriel house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.
St. Gabriel is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, St. Gabriel is a city of managers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in St. Gabriel who work in management occupations (23.84%), office and administrative support (8.98%), and healthcare suport services (7.52%).
St. Gabriel is home to a number of people employed in the armed forces. When you visit or walk around St. Gabriel, some of the people you will bump into will be military people In and out of uniform, jogging, shopping and generally out and about town.
One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 8.50% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.
As is often the case in a small city, St. Gabriel doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The percentage of adults in St. Gabriel who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 18.94% of the adults in St. Gabriel have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in St. Gabriel in 2022 was $20,644, 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 $82,576 for a family of four. However, St. Gabriel contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
St. Gabriel is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call St. Gabriel home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of St. Gabriel residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in St. Gabriel include German, Irish, Italian, French Canadian, and French.
The most common language spoken in St. Gabriel is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.
The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.
An interesting characteristic about the neighborhood is that there are more incarcerated people living here than 99.3% of neighborhoods in the U.S. The United States has the highest rate of incarceration in the world, currently with 1 out of every 100 adults in the country are incarcerated as a punishment for crimes committed. The extremely high incarceration rate of this neighborhood could mean that a prison, juvenile detention facility or other correctional facility occupies a large proportion of the neighborhood, or contains a large portion of the neighborhood's population.
The neighborhood stands out nationally for having a greater proportion of its residents active in the military than 96.8% of other U.S. neighborhoods. If you come here, you will notice military people active in their jobs, going to and from work, and in plain clothes out and about the neighborhood.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more French Canadian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 2.9% of this neighborhood's residents have French Canadian ancestry.
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 St. Gabriel are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 44.8% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 9.8% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 51.2% of America'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, 44.5% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations, with 18.3% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (18.2%), and 17.4% in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants.
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 89.4% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
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 St. Gabriel, LA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (7.6%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (5.3%), and residents who report Italian roots (4.6%), and some of the residents are also of French ancestry (3.5%), along with some English ancestry residents (3.2%), 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 (38.5% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (80.2%) 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 (11.5%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.