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Golden Meadow, LA

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Overview


Golden Meadow is a very small town located in the state of Louisiana. With a population of 1,693 people and just one neighborhood, Golden Meadow is the 184th largest community in Louisiana.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some towns, Golden Meadow isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Golden Meadow are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Golden Meadow is a town of sales and office workers, transportation and shipping workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Golden Meadow who work in office and administrative support (18.90%), sales jobs (16.15%), and management occupations (9.45%).

Also of interest is that Golden Meadow has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 9.11% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

Setting & Lifestyle

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, Golden Meadow has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Golden Meadow a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.

Demographics

The rate of college-level education in Golden Meadow is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 12.92% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree.

The per capita income in Golden Meadow in 2022 was $30,552, 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 $122,208 for a family of four. However, Golden Meadow contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Golden Meadow is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Golden Meadow home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Golden Meadow residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Golden Meadow include French Canadian, French, Italian, Acadian/Cajun, and English.

The most common language spoken in Golden Meadow is English. Other important languages spoken here include French and Spanish.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.

People

has the amazing distinction of housing more same sex couples living together than 97.4% of neighborhoods in the U.S. If you are seeking such a neighborhood, NeighborhoodScout's analysis shows that this is one place that you should consider.

Occupations

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 95.8% of all American neighborhoods. This is truly a unique cultural characteristic of this neighborhood.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more French Canadian and French ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 16.5% of this neighborhood's residents have French Canadian ancestry and 13.7% have French ancestry.

is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 15.5% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak French at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 99.6% of the neighborhoods in America.

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 Golden Meadow are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 74.0% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 18.9% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 67.0% of U.S. neighborhoods.

A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.

In the neighborhood, 30.2% 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 manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 25.7% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (23.2%), and 16.9% in executive, management, and professional occupations.

Languages

The languages spoken by people in this neighborhood are diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 79.0% of households. Other important languages spoken here include French and Spanish.

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior – comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures.

In the neighborhood in Golden Meadow, LA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as French Canadian (16.5%). There are also a number of people of French ancestry (13.7%), and residents who report Italian roots (5.7%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (3.0%), along with some Native American ancestry residents (2.1%), among others.

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 (51.2% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.

Here most residents (68.6%) 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 (19.9%) . 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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