Lacombe is a somewhat small town located in the state of Louisiana. With a population of 8,657 people and three associated neighborhoods, Lacombe is the 56th largest community in Louisiana.
Also of interest is that Lacombe has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
A relatively large number of people in Lacombe telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 9.38% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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.
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, Lacombe has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Lacombe a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
In Lacombe, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 32.10 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.
Lacombe is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
In terms of college education, Lacombe is somewhat better educated than the 21.84% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 26.84% of adults 25 and older in the town have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Lacombe in 2022 was $41,623, which is wealthy relative to Louisiana, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $166,492 for a family of four. However, Lacombe contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Lacombe is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Lacombe home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Lacombe residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Lacombe also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 10.57% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Lacombe include French, German, English, Irish, and Italian.
The most common language spoken in Lacombe is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Arabic.