Livonia - Fordoche is a very small town located in the state of Louisiana. With a population of 4,205 people and just one neighborhood, Livonia - Fordoche is the 104th largest community in Louisiana.
Unlike some towns, Livonia - Fordoche isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Livonia - Fordoche are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Livonia - Fordoche is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Livonia - Fordoche who work in teaching (16.72%), office and administrative support (16.41%), and management occupations (12.02%).
One downside of living in Livonia - Fordoche is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Livonia - Fordoche, the average commute to work is 32.38 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
Livonia - Fordoche 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.
The percentage of adults in Livonia - Fordoche with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 15.22% of adults in Livonia - Fordoche have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Livonia - Fordoche in 2022 was $26,220, 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 $104,880 for a family of four. However, Livonia - Fordoche contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Livonia - Fordoche is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Livonia - Fordoche home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Livonia - Fordoche residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Livonia - Fordoche include French, Italian, German, Irish, and French Canadian.
The most common language spoken in Livonia - Fordoche is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and French.
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.
While most Americans do drive to work alone each day, the neighborhood stands out by having 90.4% of commuters doing so, which is a higher proportion of people driving alone to work than NeighborhoodScout found in 96.8% of all American neighborhoods.
Uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 42 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 90.5% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more French and French Canadian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 23.2% of this neighborhood's residents have French ancestry and 2.7% have French Canadian ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 8.7% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Italian at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 97.3% of the neighborhoods in America.
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 Livonia - Fordoche are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 66.8% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 26.0% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 76.9% 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, 36.0% 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 28.6% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (18.0%), and 17.4% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 96.8% of households. Some people also speak Italian (8.7%).
Boston's Beacon Hill blue-blood streets, Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish enclaves, Los Angeles' Persian neighborhoods. Each has its own culture derived primarily from the ancestries and culture of the residents who call these neighborhoods home. Likewise, each neighborhood in America has its own culture – some more unique than others – based on lifestyle, occupations, the types of households – and importantly – on the ethnicities and ancestries of the people who live in the neighborhood. Understanding where people came from, who their grandparents or great-grandparents were, can help you understand how a neighborhood is today.
In the neighborhood in Livonia - Fordoche, LA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as French (23.2%). There are also a number of people of Italian ancestry (10.2%), and residents who report German roots (8.1%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (3.0%), along with some French Canadian ancestry residents (2.7%), among others.
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 between 45 minutes and one hour commuting one-way to work (31.7% of working residents), longer and tougher than most commutes in America.
Here most residents (90.4%) 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 (9.6%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.