One downside of living in DeQuincy, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 32.78 minutes every day commuting to work.
Being a small city, DeQuincy does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The citizens of DeQuincy are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 14.50% of adults in DeQuincy have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree
The per capita income in DeQuincy in 2022 was $23,800, which is lower middle income relative to Louisiana, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $95,200 for a family of four. However, DeQuincy contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. DeQuincy also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 32.27% of its population below the federal poverty line.
DeQuincy is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call DeQuincy home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of DeQuincy residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in DeQuincy include French Canadian, English, German, Irish, and French.
The most common language spoken in DeQuincy is English. Other important languages spoken here include French and Italian.
