Lacombe is a somewhat small town located in the state of Louisiana. With a population of 8,657 people and three associated neighborhoods, Lacombe is the 56th largest community in Louisiana. Lacombe real estate is some of the most expensive in Louisiana, although Lacombe house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Lacombe is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Lacombe is a town of professionals, service providers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Lacombe who work in office and administrative support (12.19%), teaching (10.10%), and law enforcement and fire fighting (7.49%). Also of interest is that Lacombe has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. Because of many things, Lacombe is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Lacombe really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Lacombe perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic nightlife, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live. It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Lacombe has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Lacombe has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Lacombe than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Lacombe may be for you. One downside of living in Lacombe is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Lacombe, the average commute to work is 32.37 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. Being a small town, Lacombe does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.In terms of college education, Lacombe is somewhat better educated than the 21.84% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 28.71% of adults 25 and older in the town have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Lacombe in 2022 was $35,664, which is wealthy relative to Louisiana, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $142,656 for a family of four. However, Lacombe contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Lacombe is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Lacombe home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Lacombe residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Lacombe include German, French, Italian, Irish, and English. The most common language spoken in Lacombe is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and African languages.
