Haynesville is a very small town located in the state of Louisiana. With a population of 1,933 people and two associated neighborhoods, Haynesville is the 172nd largest community in Louisiana.Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Haynesville is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Haynesville is a town of service providers, sales and office workers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Haynesville who work in maintenance occupations (28.73%), healthcare suport services (19.52%), and office and administrative support (12.94%). The town 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, Haynesville has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Haynesville a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. Haynesville is a small town, and as is often the case with smaller towns, the population isn't large or dense enough to support much in the way of a public transportation system. In fact, there are many rural roads around Haynesville, which makes walking or biking to and from work a bit difficult. This makes for a very car-oriented town: 97.15% of residents commute to work by private automobile, and people often drive out of town for work, shopping, and other activities. Being a small town, Haynesville does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The population of Haynesville has one of the lowest overall levels of education in the country: only 4.25% of people over 25 hold a college degree. The national average for all municipalities is 21.84%. The per capita income in Haynesville in 2022 was $12,840, which is low income relative to Louisiana and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $51,360 for a family of four. Haynesville also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 56.74% of its population below the federal poverty line.Haynesville is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Haynesville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Haynesville residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Haynesville include English, Irish, German, Scots-Irish, and French. The most common language spoken in Haynesville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Arabic.
