Vacherie is a somewhat small town located in the state of Louisiana. With a population of 5,827 people and two associated neighborhoods, Vacherie is the 78th largest community in Louisiana.Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Vacherie is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 35.77% of the Vacherie workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Vacherie is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Vacherie who work in teaching (10.11%), sales jobs (10.03%), and office and administrative support (9.96%). 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!) Vacherie 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. Vacherie has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Vacherie than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Vacherie may be for you. In Vacherie, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 31.51 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. The percentage of adults in Vacherie who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 20.02% of the adults in Vacherie have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Vacherie in 2022 was $32,538, which is upper middle income relative to Louisiana, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $130,152 for a family of four. However, Vacherie contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Vacherie is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Vacherie home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Vacherie residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Vacherie include French, German, Acadian/Cajun, French Canadian, and English. The most common language spoken in Vacherie is English. Other important languages spoken here include French and Spanish.
