St. Bernard is a very small coastal town (i.e. on the ocean, a bay, or inlet) located in the state of Louisiana. With a population of 2,312 people and two associated neighborhoods, St. Bernard is the 160th largest community in Louisiana. Much of the housing stock in St. Bernard was built relatively recently. The construction of new real estate can often be taken as an indication that the local St. Bernard economy is robust, and that jobs or other amenities are attracting an influx of new residents. This seems to be the case in St. Bernard, where the median household income is $51,359.00.St. Bernard is a blue-collar town, with 49.42% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, St. Bernard is a town of construction workers and builders, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in St. Bernard who work in healthcare (12.30%), computer science and math (9.04%), and food service (7.14%). Also of interest is that St. Bernard has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. 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, St. Bernard has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes St. Bernard a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. St. Bernard is also nautical, which means that parts of it are somewhat historic and touch the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and bays. Such areas are often places that visitors and locals go for waterfront activities or taking in the scenery. One downside of living in St. Bernard is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In St. Bernard, the average commute to work is 34.17 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. As is often the case in a small town, St. Bernard doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.The population of St. Bernard has a very low overall level of education: only 8.74% of people over 25 hold a 4-year college degree or higher. The per capita income in St. Bernard in 2022 was $29,444, which is middle income relative to Louisiana, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $117,776 for a family of four. However, St. Bernard contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. St. Bernard is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call St. Bernard home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of St. Bernard residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. St. Bernard also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 28.90% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in St. Bernard include French, Italian, German, Irish, and English. The most common language spoken in St. Bernard is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.
