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Louisiana, MO

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Overview


Louisiana is a very small city located in the state of Missouri. With a population of 3,248 people and just one neighborhood, Louisiana is the 194th largest community in Missouri. Much of the housing stock in Louisiana was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic cities in the country.

Occupations and Workforce

When you are in Louisiana, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 45.89% of Louisiana’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Louisiana is a city of construction workers and builders, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Louisiana who work in office and administrative support (8.78%), teaching (8.21%), and sales jobs (7.25%).

Setting & Lifestyle

As is often the case in a small city, Louisiana doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Demographics

In Louisiana, just 11.52% 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 Louisiana in 2022 was $23,571, which is lower middle income relative to Missouri, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $94,284 for a family of four. However, Louisiana contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

The most common language spoken in Louisiana is English. Other important languages spoken here include Chinese and Spanish.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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.

Occupations

NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research identifies the neighborhood as having one of the highest concentrations of people employed in manufacturing or as laborers of any neighborhood in America. In fact, despite the loss of manufacturing jobs nationally, this neighborhood has 47.7% of its working residents employed in such fields, which is a higher proportion than 98.3% of American neighborhoods.

The Neighbors

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 Louisiana are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 80.0% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 19.2% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 67.6% 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, 47.7% 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 24.9% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (13.6%), and 12.7% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 95.3% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (4.1%).

Ethnicity / Ancestry

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 Louisiana, MO, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (12.3%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (11.0%), and residents who report Mexican roots (9.8%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (6.4%), along with some English ancestry residents (4.7%), 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 (55.2% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.

Here most residents (88.0%) 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 (7.6%) . 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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