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Coushatta, LA

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Overview


Coushatta is a very small town located in the state of Louisiana. With a population of 1,678 people and just one neighborhood, Coushatta is the 186th largest community in Louisiana.

Occupations and Workforce

When you are in Coushatta, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 37.91% of Coushatta’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Coushatta is a town of service providers, sales and office workers, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Coushatta who work in food service (14.71%), sales jobs (14.22%), and maintenance occupations (10.62%).

You will also find that a lot of people in Coushatta work in agricultural jobs - much more than in the average community in America. This will be quite apparent if you drive around town, as much of the landscape is dedicated to farms.

Setting & Lifestyle

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!) Coushatta 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. Coushatta has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Coushatta than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Coushatta may be for you.

Residents of the town have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 17.01 minutes getting to work every day.

Demographics

The citizens of Coushatta have a very low rate of college education: just 7.27% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, compared to a national average of 21.84% for all cities.

The per capita income in Coushatta in 2022 was $16,049, which is low income relative to Louisiana and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $64,196 for a family of four. Coushatta also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 40.02% of its population below the federal poverty line.

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

The most common language spoken in Coushatta is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and African languages.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.

People

There is an especially high percentage of incarcerated people (1.7%) living in the neighborhood.

In addition, the neighborhood stands out for having an average per capita income lower than 95.9% of the neighborhoods in the United States. Also of note, 57.2% of the children in this area live in poverty; an extraordinarily high percentage compared to other neighborhoods in the nation. In a nation where approximately one in four children grows up in poverty, this neighborhood stands out for the depth of the problem manifested here.

Occupations

From major sales accounts to fast-food workers, sales and service employees are often the backbone of the local economy. In the neighborhood, they truly stand out. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis identifies this neighborhood as having a higher percentage of sales and service workers than 96.5% of all American neighborhoods.

Furthermore, each year, fewer and fewer Americans make their living as farmers, foresters, or fishers. But the neighborhood truly stands out among U.S. neighborhoods. According to exclusive NeighborhoodScout analysis, this neighborhood has a greater proportion of farmers, foresters, or fishers than 96.4% of all American neighborhoods. This is truly a unique cultural characteristic of this neighborhood.

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 Coushatta are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 95.9% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 57.2% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 96.3% of U.S. neighborhoods.

The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place.

In the neighborhood, 39.3% of the working population is employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is executive, management, and professional occupations, with 24.3% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (21.3%), and 11.4% in government jobs, whether they are in local, state, or federal positions.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.9% of households.

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.

In the neighborhood in Coushatta, LA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (3.6%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (3.4%), and residents who report French roots (1.5%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (1.5%).

Getting to Work

How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (48.9% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.

Here most residents (87.6%) 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 (7.3%) . 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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