Edgard is a very small town located in the state of Louisiana. With a population of 1,948 people and just one neighborhood, Edgard is the 176th largest community in Louisiana.
Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Edgard is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Edgard is a town of managers, transportation and shipping workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Edgard who work in management occupations (25.57%), law enforcement and fire fighting (8.22%), and sales jobs (7.53%).
Residents will find that the town is relatively quiet. This is because it is not over-populated, and it has fewer college students, renters, and young children - all of whom can be noisy at times. So, if you're looking for a relatively peaceful place to live, Edgard is worth considering.
One downside of living in Edgard, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 33.35 minutes every day commuting to work.
Being a small town, Edgard does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The overall education level of Edgard is somewhat higher than in the average US city of 21.84%: 28.03% of adults 25 and older in the town have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Edgard in 2022 was $26,348, 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 $105,392 for a family of four. However, Edgard contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Edgard home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Edgard residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Edgard include French, Yugoslavian, Other West Indian, West Indian, and U.S. Virgin Islander.
The most common language spoken in Edgard is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and French.
Many things matter about a neighborhood, but the first thing most people notice is the way a neighborhood looks and its particular character. For example, one might notice whether the buildings all date from a certain time period or whether shop signs are in multiple languages. This particular neighborhood in Edgard, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
There are two complementary measures for understanding the income of a neighborhood's residents: the average and the extremes. While a neighborhood may be relatively wealthy overall, it is equally important to understand the rate of people - particularly children - who are living at or below the federal poverty line, which is extremely low income. Some neighborhoods with a lower average income may actually have a lower childhood poverty rate than another with a higher average income, and this helps us understand the conditions and character of a neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Edgard are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 60.9% of U.S. neighborhoods. In addition, 6.8% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 59.3% of America'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, 31.6% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 29.2% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (24.3%), and 14.9% in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.6% of households.
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 Edgard, LA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Puerto Rican (2.9%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (2.1%).
Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 30 and 45 minutes commuting one-way to work (48.1% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.
Here most residents (87.1%) 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 (8.1%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.